OREANDA-NEWS. Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ratings on L-STaRS One Funding Limited's notes with Stable Outlook. The transaction is a securitisation of residential mortgage loan receivables originated by Libertus Jutaku Loan K. K. and Lehman Brothers Commercial Mortgage K. K. (formerly known as New Century Finance Co., Ltd.). The collaterals of the underlying loans are predominantly investment properties.

The rating actions are as follows:

JPY3,023m* Class A notes affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable

JPY358m* Class B notes affirmed at 'AAsf'; Outlook Stable

JPY21m* Class C notes affirmed at 'Asf'; Outlook Stable

JPY100m* Class E notes affirmed at 'BBB-sf'; Outlook Stable

*as of 30 September 2016

KEY RATING DRIVERS

The affirmations of the ratings reflect Fitch's view that the available credit enhancement (CE) for the notes is sufficient to support the current ratings based on the agency's expectation that the underlying pool performance will remain stable.

Fitch believes that available excess spread will continue to be sufficient to cover expected losses from the underlying pool given the stable default performance.

Fitch's analysis incorporated Japan-specific assumptions in applying its APAC Residential Mortgage Criteria, in addition to its published rating criteria listed below. This includes frequency of foreclosure assumptions based on loan/value and debt/income ratios as well as loss severity for each underlying mortgage loan.

The transaction was not remodelled, given the stable underlying pool performance.

RATING SENSITIVITIES

An unexpected material increase in delinquencies, defaults and loss severities from defaulted loans in the underlying pools may lead to negative rating actions. The CE levels for the Class A notes can support defaults at least 1.4 times higher than assumed in Fitch's 'AAAsf' stress scenario.

USE OF THIRD PARTY DUE DILIGENCE PURSUANT TO SEC RULE 17G-10

Form ABS Due Diligence-15E was not provided to, or reviewed by, Fitch in relation to this rating action.

DATA ADEQUACY

Fitch checked the consistency and plausibility of the information it received about the performance of the underlying pools and the transaction. There were no findings that were material to this analysis. Fitch has not reviewed the results of any third-party assessment of the underlying pools information or conducted a review of loan origination files as part of its ongoing monitoring.

Overall, Fitch's assessment of the asset pool information relied upon for the agency's rating analysis according to its applicable rating methodologies indicates that it is adequately reliable.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

The information below was used in the analysis: