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Structured Finance

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Structured Finance transactions include all forms of asset backed securities, ranging from homogeneous and granular to heterogeneous and concentrated.
Ratings’ criteria from ARC Ratings include and consider:

  • Assessment of the underlying assets to determine the portfolio risk
  • Legal analysis
  • Model and tool suites to assess creditworthiness in combination with qualitative analysis
  • Stress-testing and scenario analysis

Methodologies

Global Structured Finance

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Asset Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP)

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Collateralised Loan Obligations (CLO)

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Consumer Asset Backed Securities

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Credit-Linked Note (‘CLN’) and Repackaging Vehicle

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European Non-Performing Loans (NPL)

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Project Finance

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Trade Receivables

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Residential Mortgage Backed Securities

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Global Reverse Mortgage Securitisations

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Structured Finance Servicers

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Shipping Finance Securitisation

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Data Centre Securitisations Rating Methodology

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Cross Sector Methodology and Other Documents

Arc Ratings - Download Document

Credit Ratings and Other Analytical Products - Definitions and Scales

1 May 2026

Arc Ratings - Download Document

Use of External Sovereign Ratings, Country Ceilings and Other Credit Ratings

31 Aug 2026

Contacts

Analytical

Arc Ratings - Ashley Thomas

Business development

Arc Ratings - Jason Barrass
Arc Ratings - Rhonda Moore

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