(The following statement was released by the rating agency)Link to Fitch Ratings' Report: APAC Residential Mortgage Criteriahttps://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=884215SYDNEY/HONG KONG, July 28 (Fitch)
Fitch Ratings' updated Asia-Pacific (APAC) residential mortgage criteria report, which details the agency's approach to analysing new and existing residential mortgage-backed securities transactions, contains minor changes to the rating framework but will not affect the ratings of existing transactions. The updated criteria report replaces the existing one of the same name, APAC Residential Mortgage Criteria, dated 23 June 2015.The APAC Residential Mortgage Criteria report is available on www.fitchratings.com or by clicking the link above.
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