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Securitization of Receivables

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Securitization of Receivables
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]  
Securitization of Receivables
5. Securitization of Receivables

The following summarizes certain transactions with our securitization trusts:

 

     As of and for the nine months
ended September 30,
 
     2017      2016  
     (dollars in millions)  

Gains on securitizations

   $ 15      $ 13  

Purchase of receivables securitized

   $ 277      $ 394  

Proceeds from securitizations

   $ 292      $ 407  

Residual and servicing assets included in other assets

   $ 35      $ 18  

Cash received from residual and servicing assets

   $ 4      $ 2  

In connection with securitization transactions, we typically retain servicing responsibilities and residual assets. In certain instances, we receive annual servicing fees of up to 0.20% of the outstanding balance. We may periodically make servicer advances, which are subject to credit risk. Included in other assets in our consolidated balance sheets are our servicing assets at amortized cost, our residual assets at fair value, and our servicing advances at cost, if any. Our residual assets are subordinate to investors’ interests, and their values are subject to credit, prepayment and interest rate risks on the transferred financial assets. The investors and the securitization trusts have no recourse to our other assets for failure of debtors to pay when due. In computing gains and losses on securitizations, we use the same discount rates we use for the fair value calculation of residual assets, which are determined based on a review of comparable market transactions including Level 3 unobservable inputs which consist of base interest rates and spreads over base rates. Depending on the nature of the transaction risks, the discount rate ranged from 4% to 7%.

As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, our managed assets totaled $4.6 billion and $3.9 billion, respectively, of which $2.5 billion and $2.3 billion, respectively, were securitized assets held in unconsolidated securitization trusts. There were no securitization credit losses in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 or 2016. As of September 30, 2017, there was approximately $1.8 million in payments from certain debtors to the securitization trusts that was greater than 90 days past due. The securitized assets consist of financing receivables from contracts for the installation of energy efficiency and other technologies in facilities owned by, or operated for or by, federal, state or local government entities where the ultimate obligor is the government. The contracts may have guarantees of energy savings from third party service providers, which typically are entities rated investment grade by an independent rating agency. Based on the nature of the receivables and experience-to-date, we do not currently expect to incur any credit losses on the receivables sold.