Fitch Affirms Goal Capital Funding Trust, Series 2006-1

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings affirms the ratings of Goal Capital Funding Trust, Series 2006-1 senior notes at 'AAAsf' and the subordinate notes at 'A+sf'. The Rating Outlook remains Stable for all notes.

KEY RATING DRIVERS

Collateral Quality: The trust collateral consists of 100% FFELP student loans. In Fitch's opinion, the credit quality of the trust collateral is high based on the guarantees provided by the transaction's eligible guarantors and the reinsurance provided by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) for at least 97% of principal and accrued interest for the FFELP loans.

Credit Enhancement (CE): CE is provided by overcollateralization (OC), or the excess of the trust's asset balance over the note principal balance and excess spread. As of March 2016, total parity is 102.14% and senior parity is 107.09%. Since total parity exceeds the cash release threshold of 100.25%, the trust is releasing cash.

Liquidity Support: Liquidity is provided by a reserve account sized at the greater 0.25% of the current pool balance and $2.9 million, the reserve account floor.

Servicing Capabilities: Day-to-day servicing is provided by AES, a servicing division of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) and ACS Education, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xerox Educations Services LLC. Fitch believes that both are acceptable servicers of FFELP student loans.

On Nov. 18, 2015, Fitch released its exposure draft which delineates revisions it plans to make to the 'Rating U.S. Federal Family Education Loan Program Student Loan ABS Criteria', dated June 23, 2014. Fitch has reviewed this transaction under both the existing and proposed criteria.

RATING SENSITIVITIES

Since the FFELP student loan ABS relies on the U.S. government to reimburse defaults, 'AAAsf' FFELP ABS ratings will likely move in tandem with the 'AAA' U.S. sovereign rating. Aside from the U.S. sovereign rating, defaults, basis risk, and loan extension risk account for the majority of the risk embedded in FFELP student loan transactions. Additional defaults, basis shock beyond Fitch's published stresses, lower than expected payment speed, and other factors could result in future downgrades. Likewise, a buildup of CE driven by positive excess spread given favorable basis factor conditions could lead to future upgrades.

DUE DILIGENCE USAGE

No third party due diligence was provided or reviewed in relation to this rating action.

Fitch has affirmed the following ratings:

Goal Capital Funding Trust, Series 2006-1:

--Class A-3 notes at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable;

--Class A-4 notes at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable;

--Class A-5 notes at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable;

--Class A-6 notes at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable;

--Class B notes at 'A+sf'; Outlook Stable.

Additional information is available at www.fitchratings.com.

Applicable Criteria

Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds (pub. 14 May 2014)

https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=744158

Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds: Derivative Addendum (pub. 14 May 2014)

https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=744175

Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds (pub. 19 Dec 2014)

https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=838868

Criteria for Servicing Continuity Risk in Structured Finance (pub. 17 Dec 2015)

https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=875586

Exposure Draft: Rating U.S. Federal Family Education Loan Program Student Loan ABS Criteria (pub. 04 Dec 2015)

https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=874971

Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria (pub. 06 Jul 2015)

https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=867952

Rating Criteria for Structured Finance Servicers (pub. 23 Apr 2015)

https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=864375

Additional Disclosures

Dodd-Frank Rating Information Disclosure Form

https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/press_releases/content/ridf_frame.cfm?pr_id=1004405

Solicitation Status

https://www.fitchratings.com/gws/en/disclosure/solicitation?pr_id=1004405

Endorsement Policy

https://www.fitchratings.com/jsp/creditdesk/PolicyRegulation.faces?context=2&detail=31

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