Fitch to Rate RenewFund Receivables Trust 2015-1; Presale Issued

NEW DELHI & SEOUL, South Korea & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings expects to assign the following rating to RenewFund Receivables Trust 2015-1 notes:

--$12,580,000 fixed-rate notes 'Asf'; Outlook Stable.

KEY RATING DRIVERS

High Collateral Quality: The trust collateral consists of loans primarily originated by AFC First Financial Corporation through The WHEEL and Keystone Help programs, the latter of which is sponsored by the Pennsylvania State Treasury. The underlying collateral are five- or 10-year term low-rate loans to help make affordable energy efficiency home improvements. The weighted average FICO of the pool is 749 with an average loan balance of $7,554.

Sufficient Credit Enhancement (CE): CE supporting the class A notes is provided by overcollateralization (OC) and excess spread provided by a Yield Supplement Account (YSA). The initial OC amount (principal receivables less note balance) is projected to be 20.3%, or $3,208,382 as of the cutoff date. Fitch deemed this satisfactory based on various stressed cash flow runs.

Adequate Liquidity Support: Liquidity support is provided by the Reserve Fund and YSA. The Reserve Fund will be funded at closing at $157,884, and maintain 1% of the initial pool balance. The YSA will be funded at closing to $2,411,370, and on each distribution date, cash will be drawn from the YSA and added to the collection fund in an amount that would increase the yield of the loans from their contractual rate to 8.50%. No additional cash will be deposited to the YSA after closing.

Acceptable Servicing Capabilities: RenewFund Finance LLC will act as Master Servicer to the loans, with AFC First Financial Corporation acting as day-to-day servicer. Wells Fargo Bank, NA is the Backup Servicer for the trust, and would step in to perform the duties of RenewFund Finance LLC or AFC First Financial Corporation should either be terminated as Master Servicer or Servicer, respectively.

RATING SENSITIVITIES

Unanticipated increases in the frequency of defaults or charge-offs on customer accounts could produce loss levels higher than the base case and would likely result in declines of CE and remaining loss coverage levels available to the investments. Decreased CE may make certain ratings on the investments susceptible to potential negative rating actions, depending on the extent of the decline in coverage. Hence, Fitch conducts sensitivity analysis by stressing a transaction's initial base case charge-off assumption by 1.5x, 2.0x, and 2.5x and examining the rating implications. The 1.5x, 2.0x, and 2.5x increase of the base case charge-offs are intended to provide an indication of the rating sensitivity of the notes to unexpected deterioration of a transaction's performance.

During the sensitivity analysis, Fitch examines the magnitude of the multiplier compression by projecting the expected cash flows and loss coverage levels over the life of investments under higher than the initial base case charge-off assumptions. Fitch models cash flows with the revised charge-off estimates while holding constant all other modeling assumptions.

Under the 1.5x base case stress scenario, the multiple for the investments compresses from the initial level to 1.95x-2.05x, corresponding to a one-category downgrade. Under the 2.0x base case stress scenario, the multiple for the investments compresses from the initial level to 1.45x-2.05x, corresponding to a two-category downgrade. Under the 2.5x base case stress scenario, the multiple for the investments compresses from the initial level to 1.15x-1.25x, corresponding to a two-category downgrade.

DUE DILIGENCE USAGE

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

Additional information is available on www.fitchratings.com

Applicable Criteria and Related Research:

--'EMEA Consumer ABS Rating Criteria' (June 2014);

--'Rating Criteria for U.S. Auto Loan ABS' (April 2015);

--'Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria' (March 2015);

--'RenewFund Receivables Trust 2015-1 (May 2015);

--'RenewFund Receivables Trust 2015-1-Appendix' (May 2015).

RenewFund Receivables Trust 2015-1 (US ABS)

https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=866191

Applicable Criteria

EMEA Consumer ABS Rating Criteria (pub. 24 Jun 2014)

https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=750766

Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria (pub. 31 Mar 2015)

https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=864268

Rating Criteria for U.S. Auto Loan ABS -- Effective April 7, 2014 to April 10, 2015 (pub. 07 Apr 2014)

https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=738718

Additional Disclosures

Solicitation Status

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