
Explanation:
None of the features are inconsistent. The Planned Amortization Class (PAC) tranche is a common and widely traded component of collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs). It is characterized by certain features that define its structure and functioning. The principal repayment of the PAC is based on a sinking fund amortization schedule, which comes along with the initial PAC collars that set the prepayment rates. Every PAC tranche comes with a support tranche which absorbs the excess principal if the actual prepayment rate of the principal is greater than the defined prepayment rate of the PAC tranche collar and vice versa. Therefore, none of the features listed in the question are inconsistent with the actual features of a PAC tranche.
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Q.935 The Planned Amortization Class (PAC) is the most common and most widely traded tranche of collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs). Which of the following features is the most inconsistent feature of a PAC tranche?
I. The amortization of a PAC tranche is based on the sinking fund schedule that must prepay the tranche within initial PAC collars
II. A PAC tranche is available with a support tranche, which is created from the original mortgage pool
III. If prepayment rates are higher than the upper repayment rate of PAC collars, then the support tranche absorbs the excess principal, and the PAC tranche receives the scheduled principal
A
Feature I is inconsistent.
B
Feature II is inconsistent.
C
Feature III is inconsistent.
D
None of the features are inconsistent.