Pub securitization: Real estate pushes pubs through single-A ceiling

Higher underlying ratings will change the economics of the pub securitization market.

Cheers! M&B’s new paper got a triple-A rating on its underlyings from Fitch

UK pub group Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) tapped its 2003 managed pub securitization in mid-September. The structure of the deal itself was unremarkable – the issuer simply replaced its outstanding floating rate notes with £620 million equivalent of new paper – but what was significant was the rating. This is the first time that the underlying rating on a UK pub securitization has topped single-A.

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