KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Aran Funding 2025-1 DAC

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA Europe (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to six classes of notes to be issued by Aran Funding 2025-1 DAC (Aran 2025-1), a static RMBS securitisation collateralised by predominantly reperforming mortgage loans. As of 31 May 2025, the underlying collateral is a €423.4 million portfolio consisting of seasoned first lien mortgages secured by owner-occupied (95.6%) and buy-to-let (4.4%) properties located in Ireland.

The loans were originated by Exicon DAC (formerly KBC Bank Ireland plc), with Pepper Finance Corporation (Ireland) DAC being the legal title holder and the servicer of the portfolio. Aran 2025-1 will be a refinancing of the issuance under the Kinbane 2022-RPL 1 DAC transaction which closed in July 2022.

The payment priority of the notes is sequential, with the notes benefiting from a yield supplement overcollateralisation and fully funded reserve funds that provide both liquidity and credit support.

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Methodologies

• RMBS: European RMBS Rating Methodology
• RMBS: European RMBS Rating Methodology Country Addendum: Republic of Ireland
• Structured Finance: Global Structured Finance Counterparty Methodology
• ESG Global Rating Methodology

Disclosures

Further information on key credit considerations, sensitivity analyses that consider what factors can affect these credit ratings and how they could lead to an upgrade or a downgrade, and ESG factors (where they are a key driver behind the change to the credit rating or rating outlook) can be found in the full rating report referenced above.

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Information on the meaning of each rating category can be located here.

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About KBRA Europe

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC (KBRA), one of the major credit rating agencies (CRA), is a full-service CRA registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an NRSRO. Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited is registered as a CRA with the European Securities and Markets Authority. Kroll Bond Rating Agency UK Limited is registered as a CRA with the UK Financial Conduct Authority. In addition, KBRA is designated as a Designated Rating Organization (DRO) by the Ontario Securities Commission for issuers of asset-backed securities to file a short form prospectus or shelf prospectus. KBRA is also recognized as a Qualified Rating Agency by Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission and is recognized by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as a Credit Rating Provider (CRP) in the U.S. Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited is located at 2nd Floor, One George’s Quay Plaza, George’s Quay, Dublin 2, D02 E440, Ireland.

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