Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Securitization of Receivables

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Securitization of Receivables
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]  
Securitization of Receivables

5. Securitization of Receivables

The following summarizes certain transactions with our securitization trusts:

 

     Year ended December 31,  
         2016              2015              2014      
     (dollars in millions)  

Gains on securitizations

   $ 17      $ 8      $ 9  

Purchase of receivables securitized

   $ 532      $ 286      $ 248  

Proceeds from securitizations

   $ 549      $ 294      $ 257  

Residual and servicing assets included in Other Assets

   $ 19      $ 9      $ 6  

Cash received from residual and servicing assets

   $ 2      $ 2      $ 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 December 31, 2016 and 2015, our managed assets totaled $3.9 billion and $3.2 billion, of which $2.3 billion and $1.8 billion were securitized assets held in unconsolidated securitization trusts. There were no securitization credit losses in 2016, 2015 or 2014, and no material securitization delinquencies as of December 31, 2016 and 2015. 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, the federal government where the ultimate obligor is the U.S. federal government. The contracts may have guarantees of energy savings from third party service providers, the majority of which 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.