{"id":523,"date":"2018-08-08T14:13:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T12:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b-foncier.vaadigm.xyz\/?page_id=523"},"modified":"2021-04-09T09:16:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T07:16:55","slug":"notation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/b-foncier.vaadigm.xyz\/en\/notation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"chapo\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Obligations fonci\u00e8res of Compagnie de Financement Foncier are rated by Standard &amp; Poor&#8217;s (S&amp;P), Moody&#8217;s and Scope Ratings.<\/p>\n<a name=\"anc-69e03729236f2\" class=\"space size1\" data-attr=\"1\"><\/a>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: 61788e;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3334%; vertical-align: middle; background-color: #61788e;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Standard &amp; Poor&#8217;s (S&amp;P)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3334%; vertical-align: middle; background-color: #61788e;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Moody&#8217;s<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3334%; vertical-align: middle; background-color: #61788e;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Scope Ratings<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">ST<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">LT<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">ST<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">LT<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">ST<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">LT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">A1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\"><strong>AAA<br \/>\n<\/strong>Stable outlook<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">P1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\"><strong>Aaa<br \/>\n<\/strong>Stable outlook<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\"><strong>AAA<br \/>\n<\/strong>Stable outlook<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<p>The rating of Compagnie de Financement Foncier not only reflects the stringent legal and regulatory framework but also the additional commitments it has made to investors, taken into account by the rating agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Compagnie de Financement Foncier is committed to maintain an overcollateralization level on its covered bond program commensurate with a AAA rating from S&amp;P Global Ratings.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed Compagnie de Financement is required to effect management requirements allowing it to achieve overcollateralization above the regulatory minimum and minimize its risks:<\/p>\n<a class=\"chapitre\" name=\"credit-and-counterparty-risks\" href=\"#\">Credit and counterparty risks<\/a>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">Credit and counterparty risks<\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Asset purchasing criteria by category<\/h3>\n<p>Although regulations require that a soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de cr\u00e9dit foncier invest only in high quality assets, Compagnie de Financement Foncier implements additional asset purchasing criteria for each asset category, so as to limit its exposure to credit risk.<br \/>\nCompagnie de Financement Foncier selects the assets that it wishes to acquire based on their rating, probability of default, score at origination, expected loss and any hedging of assets, as well as yield curves. The assets that meet the Compagnie de Financement Foncier\u2019s criteria are then purchased at a price determined by the previous study.<br \/>\nFurthermore, Compagnie de Financement Foncier replacement values have very good external credit ratings. The minimum acceptable credit rating for each asset (except for intragroup assets) depends on the investment horizon and must meet the minimum rating criteria of each of the two main agencies, as shown below:<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 160px;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 40px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; background-color: #61788e; height: 40px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; background-color: #61788e; height: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Standard &amp; Poor&#8217;s<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; background-color: #61788e; height: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Moody&#8217;s<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 40px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 40px;\">From 0 to 59 days<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 40px;\">ST : A1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 40px;\">ST : P1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 40px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 80px;\" rowspan=\"2\">From 60 days to 6 months<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 80px;\" rowspan=\"2\">ST : A1 +<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 40px;\">ST : P1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 40px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 40px;\">LT : Aa3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<p>Scope Ratings applies no predefined minimum rating. The analysis is done on a case by case basis.<\/p>\n<a name=\"anc-69e037292375b\" class=\"space size1\" data-attr=\"1\"><\/a>\n<h3>Limiting counterparty risk<\/h3>\n<p>Cr\u00e9dit Foncier Group\u2019s risk policy specifies per-counterparty limits and Compagnie de Financement Foncier observes these limits in its decision process.<\/p>\n<p>For its hedging transactions and the company executes a framework agreement with each of its counterparties, with asymmetrical collateralisation and other specific terms set forth in an appendix to this agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Each counterparty agrees to pay Compagnie de Financement Foncier on a daily basis (or on a weekly basis for some of them) depending on the counterparty\u2019s rating a security deposit equal to its net debt position, with no compensation for this.<\/p>\n<p>On 9 January 2013, Compagnie de Financement Foncier made the following committments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>in the event of a counterparty\u2019s downgrade rating below a certain level, new circumstance allowing Compagnie de Financement Foncier to terminate a swap contract: committment to find under sixty days an equivalent coverage or to have the necessary overcollateralisation to set off the risk that has become uncovered for swaps overpassing 5% of obligations fonci\u00e8res outstanding;<\/li>\n<li>in the event of BPCE\u2019s downgrade rating below A1 (Standard &amp; Poor\u2019s rating): committment to put in order under sixty days non-compliant swap contracts and whose outstandings overpass 5% of the privileged resources, or to replace the counterparties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"separate\"><\/div>\n<a class=\"chapitre\" name=\"currency-and-interest-rate-risks\" href=\"#\">\nCurrency and interest rate risks<\/a>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">Currency and interest rate risks<\/h1>\n<h3>Systematically hedged variable-rate assets and liabilities<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Management of interest rate risk<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Compagnie de Financement Foncier is committed to keeping its interest rate gaps within the specific limits set for each period and to correct any excess observed by the following quarter:<\/p>\n<table class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 52px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 52px;\">Horizon<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 52px;\">Limits as a % of N-1 balance sheet (start of period)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 40px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 40px;\">Less than 2 years<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 40px;\">2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 40px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 40px;\">2-4 years<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 40px;\">3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 40px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 40px;\">4-8 years<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 40px;\">5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 40px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 40px;\">Threshold of 8-15 years<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 40px;\">\u00a05%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<a name=\"anc-69e0372923794\" class=\"space size1\" data-attr=\"1\"><\/a>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">No currency risk<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Compagnie de Financement Foncier prohibits any open foreign exchange positions. As such, all asset purchase or refinancing transactions that are not denominated in euros are systematically hedged against currency risk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In practice, Compagnie de Financement Foncier limits its residual currency positions to \u20ac3m by currency with a \u20ac5m cap for all currencies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separate\"><\/div>\n<a class=\"chapitre\" name=\"hedging-liquidity-risks\" href=\"#\">Hedging liquidity risks<\/a>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">Hedging liquidity risks<\/h1>\n<p>The legislative constraints require that soci\u00e9t\u00e9s de cr\u00e9dit foncier ensure that, at all times, all of their cash flow requirements are hedged for a period of 180 days, Compagnie de Financement Foncier guarantees that it always maintains enough liquidity to honour its privileged liability commitments with no need for new resources for 6 months in a run-off scenario (i.e. with no new activity).<\/p>\n<p>The high quality of Compagnie de Financement Foncier&#8217;s assets, and in particular of its eligible securities and receivables, give it immediate access to funding from central banks, such as the ECB for large amounts.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the Company&#8217;s cash position is sufficient at any given time to meet the contractual payments on its privileged debt over the coming twelve months.<\/p>\n<p>With the volume of Compagnie de Financement Foncier&#8217;s assets eligible for the European Central Bank&#8217;s liquidity facility (\u20ac9 bn as of December 31, 2020), it could service its payments and build up its liquidity for much longer than the 6 months to which it is committed.<\/p>\n<p>Compagnie de Financement Foncier also limits the average maturity between its assets and its overall liabilities to two years at most.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separate\"><\/div>\n<a class=\"chapitre\" name=\"rating-agencies-reports\" href=\"#\">Rating agencies\u2019 reports<\/a>\n<h1 class=\"ce_headline\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Rating agencies\u2019 reports<\/h1>\n<div class=\"multidoc\" role=\"list\"><div class=\"titre\">Standard &amp; poors<\/div>\n<div role=\"listitem\" class=\"encart  doc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b-foncier.vaadigm.xyz\/fcontent\/uploads\/2020\/06\/SP_TU_CieFF_Oct-07-2019.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" media\"><div class=\"picto align-self-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"media-body align-self-center\"><div class=\"meta\">Download - PDF - 740 KB<\/div><div class=\"titre\">Transaction Update<\/div><div class=\"date\">October 7, 2019<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<div role=\"listitem\" class=\"encart  doc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b-foncier.vaadigm.xyz\/fcontent\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Moodys_Groupe-BPCE-would-benefit-from-integration-of-Credit-Foncier_201...-1.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" media\"><div class=\"picto align-self-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"media-body align-self-center\"><div class=\"meta\">Download - PDF - 1 MB<\/div><div class=\"titre\">Foncier 2018<\/div><div class=\"date\">August 2, 2018<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"multidoc\" role=\"list\"><div class=\"titre\">Moody\u2019s<\/div>\n<div role=\"listitem\" class=\"encart  doc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b-foncier.vaadigm.xyz\/fcontent\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Compagnie-de-Financement-Foncier-Covered-Bonds-31-12-2019.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" media\"><div class=\"picto align-self-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"media-body align-self-center\"><div class=\"meta\">Download - PDF - 1 MB<\/div><div class=\"titre\">Moody&#8217;s : CieFF CB<\/div><div class=\"date\">December 31, 2019<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<div role=\"listitem\" class=\"encart  doc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b-foncier.vaadigm.xyz\/fcontent\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Moodys_Groupe-BPCE-would-benefit-from-integration-of-Credit-Foncier_201....pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" media\"><div class=\"picto align-self-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"media-body align-self-center\"><div class=\"meta\">Download - PDF - 1 MB<\/div><div class=\"titre\">Moody&#8217;s Groupe BPCE would benefit from integration of Credit <\/div><div class=\"date\">July 2018<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<div role=\"listitem\" class=\"encart  doc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b-foncier.vaadigm.xyz\/fcontent\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Moodys_Groupe-BPCE-would-benefit-from-integration-of-Credit-Foncier_201...-1.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" media\"><div class=\"picto align-self-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"media-body align-self-center\"><div class=\"meta\">Download - PDF - 1 MB<\/div><div class=\"titre\">Foncier 2018<\/div><div class=\"date\">July 2, 2018<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"multidoc\" role=\"list\"><div class=\"titre\">Scope Ratings<\/div>\n<div role=\"listitem\" class=\"encart  doc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b-foncier.vaadigm.xyz\/fcontent\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200420_CoFF_OF.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" media\"><div class=\"picto align-self-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"media-body align-self-center\"><div class=\"meta\">Download - PDF - 535 KB<\/div><div class=\"titre\">Scope Ratings<\/div><div class=\"date\">April 2, 2020<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<div role=\"listitem\" class=\"encart  doc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b-foncier.vaadigm.xyz\/fcontent\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Scope-Ratings-2-July-2018.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" media\"><div class=\"picto align-self-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"media-body align-self-center\"><div class=\"meta\">Download - PDF - 39 KB<\/div><div class=\"titre\">Scope Ratings<\/div><div class=\"date\">July 2, 2018<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obligations fonci\u00e8res of Compagnie de Financement Foncier are rated by Standard &amp; 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