![]() |
![]() |
Product | Quantum (Rs. Cr) | Long Term Rating | Short Term Rating |
Pass Through Certificates (PTCs) | 0.54 | ACUITE BBB+ | SO | Reaffirmed | - |
Total Outstanding | 0.54 | - | - |
Total Withdrawn | 0.00 | - | - |
Rating Rationale |
Acuité has reaffirmed the long-term rating of ‘ACUITE BBB+ (SO)’ (read as ACUITE Triple B plus (Structured Obligation) to the Pass Through Certificates (PTCs) having an current outstanding of Rs. 0.54 Cr. issued by Loanx 07 2024 (Trust) under a securitisation transaction originated by VELICHAM FINANCE PRIVATE LIMITED (VFPL) (The Originator). The PTCs are backed by a pool of unsecured and secured MSME, Agri and Allied and Family Support loans with principal outstanding of Rs. 1.68 Cr.( After the September 2025 payout). The pool has an amortisation of 81.57 percent after the September 2025 payout. The rating is based on the strength of cash flows from the selected pool of contracts; the credit enhancement is available in the form of (i) Subordinated Equity tranche with investment by the originator of Rs. 1.14 Cr. ; (ii)Cash collateral of Rs 0.46 Cr.; (iii) Excess Interest Spread of Rs 1.37 Cr. |
About the Originator |
Chennai based Velicham Finance Private Limited (VFPL) is an NBFC engaged in extending secured and unsecured loans towards MSME borrowers and income generation loans. Velicham Finance Private Limited (VFPL) has its genesis with Bharathi Women Development Centre (BWDC), which was established in December 1987 as a Society by Mr. Nagarajan Muthukrishnan, who is the Managing Director of Velicham Finance Private Limited (VFPL). The company operates in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Maharashtra, Telangana and Kerala with a network of 56 branches as on June 30, 2025. |
Standalone Rating of the Originator ((if rated by Acuite) |
Acuite BBB-/Stable |
Assessment of the Pool |
As per the initial rating, VFPL had Assets under management of Rs. 191.31 Cr. as on March 31, 2024.(VFPL's AUM stood at Rs.231.85 crore in March 2025 (prov.)) The pool being securitised comprises 4.76 percent of the total AUM.The underlying pool in the current Pass Through Certificate (PTC) transaction comprises of unsecured and secured MSME, Agri and allied, Family Support loans extended towards 647 borrowers, with an average ticket size of Rs. 1.72 lakhs, minimum ticket size of Rs. 0.75 lakhs and maximum of Rs. 5 lakhs, indicating moderate granularity. The current average outstanding per borrower stands at Rs. 1.41 lakhs. The weighted average original tenure for the pool is 24.91 months. The pool has weighted average seasoning of 7.03 months (minimum 5 months seasoning and maximum of 9 months seasoning). Hence, the pool is moderately seasoned. All the loans under the pool are current as on pool cut-off date. The pool’s geographical concentration is high. About 93.1 percent of the borrowers are concentrated in Tamil Nadu based on the principal outstanding. The top 10 borrowers of pool constitute 4.18 percent of the pool principal o/s. |
Transaction Structure |
The transaction has a par structure, wherein the initial loan pool assigned to the trust for a purchase consideration was equal to 87.50% of the principal outstanding (POS) consisting of Series A1 PTCs and Subordinated Equity Tranche of 12.50%. The final rating of Series A1 PTCs addresses the timely payment of interest on each payout date and the ultimate payment of principal to the Series A1 PTCs investors on the scheduled payout date in accordance with the transaction documentation. Upon the occurence of certain events as duly mentioned in the term sheet, 100% EIS in the structure will be trapped and will be utilized towards accelerated prepayments of Series A1 PTC's Principal till the time Series A1 PTCs are outstanding. |
Brief Methodology |
Parameters considered are seasoning of the pool, pool vs portfolio, portfolio cuts, amortisation of the pool, internal cash flow modeling, pool characteristics, static pool, dynamic DPDs to assign final rating. |
Legal Assessment |
The rating is assigned based on the fulfilment of the structure, terms and covenants detailed in the executed trust deed, servicing agreement, legal opinion, assignment agreement and other documents relevant to the transaction. |
Key Risks |
Counter Party Risks |
The pool has average ticket size of Rs. 1.72 lakhs, minimum ticket size of Rs. 0.75 lakhs and maximum of Rs. 5 lakhs. Considering the vulnerable credit profile of the borrowers, the risk of delinquencies/defaults are elevated. These risks of delinquencies are partly mitigated, considering the efficacy of the originator’s origination and monitoring procedures. |
Concentration Risks |
The pool is concentrated, i.e. 81.98 percent of underlying assets in the pool are in nature of unsecured MSME, Agri and Allied and Family Support loans extended towards 647 individual borrowers, hence the concentration risk exists. However top 10 borrowers constitutes 4.18 percent of the pool principal O/s. |
Servicing Risks |
Since, this is the one of the initial PTC transactions for the originator. Also, the vintage of the originator in this portfolio is low. Therefore, the servicing risk for the transaction remains high. |
Regulatory Risks |
In the event of a regulatory stipulation impacting the bankruptcy remoteness of the structure, the payouts to the PTC holders may be impacted. |
Prepayment Risks |
The pool is subject to prepayment risks since rate of interest is significantly high and borrowers may be inclined to shift to low cost options (based on availability). Further, the asset classes being Agri & Allied , MSME, Family Support loans, the risk of prepayment remains high. In case of significant prepayments, the PTC holders will be exposed to interest rate risks, since the cash flows from prepayment will have to be deployed at lower interest rates. |
Commingling Risk |
The transaction is subject to commingling risk since there is a time gap between last collection date and transfer to payout account. |
Credit Enhancements (CE) |
The rating is based on the strength of cash flows from the selected pool of contracts; the credit enhancement is available in the form of (i) Subordinated Equity tranche with investment by the originator of Rs. 1.14 Cr. ; (ii)Cash collateral of Rs 0.46 Cr.; (iii) Excess Interest Spread of Rs 1.37 Cr. |
Rating Sensitivity |
|
All Covenants |
OBLIGATIONS AND COVENANTS OF THE SELLER The Seller hereby covenants and undertakes the obligations set out below:
(a) MRR shall be maintained by way of Funded FLCE or by way of subscription/investment in Equity Tranche of PTCs;
(b) MRR shall not be reduced either through hedging of credit risk, selling or encumbering the MRR; (c) MRR shall be maintained by the Seller itself and not by/through any of its group entities;and (d) the form of MRR shall not change until the Last Maturity Date, and the MRR as a percentage of unamortised principle shall be maintained on an ongoing basis except for reduction of retained exposure due to repayment or through the absorption of losses. 21. For the purposes of ensuring compliance with paragraph 114 of the Securitisation Directions, on September 30 and March 31 of each calendar year, it shall provide such disclosures and confirmations that may be required in the format prescribed in the Securitisation Directions confirming that it is in compliance with the minimum holding period and the minimum retention requirements prescribed in the Securitisation Directions.
22. For the purposes of ensuring compliance with paragraph 118 of the Securitisation Directions, it shall report the securitisation transactions undertaken by it to the RBI in such format as may be prescribed in the Securitisation Directions, on a quarterly basis or such other periodicity as may be prescribed by the RBI.23. It shall always follow its defined credit policy. 24. While originating the Facilities comprising the Pool, the Seller has complied with the applicable provisions of the Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016. 25. The Seller will execute a power of attorney in favour of the Trustee (in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) to, inter alia, enable the Trustee to collect the Receivables from the Obligors and/or to enforce the relevant Facility Agreements, against the Obligors or to, inter alia, perfect its right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Assigned Assets. 26. For purposes of paragraph 24 of Securitisation Directions, in event actions by any counterparties or financial intermediaries associated with transactions contemplated under Deeds of Securitisation (including without limitation; Seller; Trustee; Trust; Servicer; providers of any credit enhancement), result at any point in material alteration of the risk profile of PTCs; Seller shall ensure adequate details about such occurrence are provided to PTC Holders, Rating Agency, and other service providers promptly and in no case later than fourteen calendar days of occurrence. 27. It shall make available a copy of the Trust Deed and accounts statement of affairs of the Trust to the RBI if required to do so. 28. It will provide funded FLC on Execution Date to Approved Bank in form and manner acceptable to Rating Agency and Trustee. 29. It shall make available to Trustee, on request and free of charge, all evidence under control or possession of Seller required by Trustee for any proceedings and strive to ensure attendance at hearing of such witnesses as Trustee may require. 30. It shall not create encumbrances on assigned assets in future. 31. It shall not create any lien, charge or encumbrance over Cash Collateral Account / Cash Collateral in favour of any third party. 32. It shall ensure Receivables being assigned will not be assigned again to any other person until Series A1 Investor is paid in full. 33. Shall bear costs of undertaking corporate actions on regular basis for reduction in FV of Series A1 PTCs. 34. Shall assist Auditor to carry out sample audit of contracts included in Pool to determine their existence, accuracy of loan level data provided by Originator,compliance with the selection criteria and loan level documentation. Based on Series A1 Investors requirement, Auditor shall conduct audit of Pool to confirm (i)KYC compliance (ii) compliance with Eligibility Criteria and (iii) ensure adequate documentationhas been executed for each of the Facilities and determine their existence on the books of the Originator.The scope of audit exercise to be decided by Investor once all information is shared and the diligence exercise is complete. 35. The Servicer shall provide its monitoring report to the Trustee on or before 7 (seven) days after the last date of each Collection Period. Based on the reports given by the Servicer, the Trustee will, within a period of 3 (three) Business Days from each Investor Payout Date, prepare and provide to each Investor, a new statement including: (a)The amount of the Receivables realized; (b)The amount of the Receivables outstanding; (b) The details of any Defaults including aging of such Defaults; (c) details of any utilization (including replenishment/reimbursement) of the Credit Enhancement; (d) The details of any Prepayments; and (e) If applicable, prepare a new Schedule with respect to payment of the Investor Payouts on all subsequent Investor Payout Dates and a new Schedule V with respect to expected cash flows from the Receivables comprising the Pool, each adjusted for:(A) The impact of Prepayments and/or Defaults on the Pool (if so required), change in Principal Payout schedule; or(B) any change in Effective Date pursuant to terms of Deeds of Securitisation. 36. It will continue to hold, in its own name, the Security Interest created over the Secured Assets along with relevant Security Documents on behalf and for the benefit of the Trustee, and will, if required by theTrust/Trustee, enforce the Security Interest created over Secured Assets including through legal proceedings (including for enforcement of any Security Interest in respect of Secured Assets underlying Facilities). In accordance with terms of Security Documents, it will manage, receive, and collect payment of any amounts received pursuant to enforcement of Security Interest created over such Secured Assets 37. It shall not provide any additional loan to Obligors (or other person(s)) against security (if any) of Secured Assets for so long as the relevant Facility comprising the Pool is outstanding. However, the Seller shall be at liberty to extend/facilitate Obligors other security interest. 38. It will make (and ensure/procure making) all relevant filings/notings with relevant Governmental Authorities (including without limitation CERSAI, jurisdictional sub-registrar of assurances), as may be required under Applicable Law in relation to Underlying Security (other than Security Interests in transactions contemplated in Transaction Documents when required by Trustee). |
All Assumptions |
Acuité has arrived at a base case delinquency estimate basis its analysis of the company's historical delinquencies and further applied appropriate stress factors to the base loss figures to arrive at the final loss estimates. The loss estimate also consider the risk profile of the particular asset class, the borrower strata, economic risks, collection efficiency over the past several months as well as the credit quality of the originator. Acuité also has simulated the potential losses to an extent by applying sensitivity analysis. |
Liquidity Position |
Adequate |
The liquidity position in the transaction is adequate. The rating is based on the strength of cash flows from the selected pool of contracts; the credit enhancement is available in the form of (i) Subordinated Equity tranche with investment by the originator of Rs. 1.14 Cr. ; (ii)Cash collateral of Rs 0.46 Cr.; (iii) Excess Interest Spread of Rs 1.37 Cr. |
Outlook: Not Applicable |
|
Key Financials - Originator | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Total Income is Net of Interest income plus other income ** GNPA and NNPA w/o FLDG for FY24, however the GNPA and NNPA inclusive of FLDG for FY24 stood at 0.4 % and 0.3%. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status of disclosure of all relevant information about the Obligation being Rated |
Non-public information |
|
Any Other Information |
None |
Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument |
Applicable Criteria |
• Application Of Financial Ratios And Adjustments: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-53.htm • Default Recognition: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-52.htm • Explicit Credit Enhancements: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-49.htm • Non-Banking Financing Entities: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-44.htm • Securitized Transactions: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-48.htm |
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Contacts |
About Acuité Ratings & Research |
© Acuité Ratings & Research Limited. All Rights Reserved. | www.acuite.in |