...OVERVIEW + We have assigned credit ratings to Elizabeth Finance 2018's class A to E notes. + Our ratings reflect our assessment of the underlying loans' credit, cash flow, and legal characteristics, and an analysis of counterparty and operational risks. + The transaction is a securitization of two loans originated by Goldman Sachs to facilitate the refinancing of commercial real estate. LONDON (S&P Global Ratings) Aug. 28, 2018--S&P Global Ratings today assigned credit ratings to Elizabeth Finance 2018 DAC's class A to E notes (see list below). At closing, Elizabeth Finance 2018 also issued unrated class X1 and X2 certificates. Our ratings reflect our assessment of the underlying loans' credit, cash flow, and legal characteristics, and an analysis of the transaction's counterparty and operational risks. In our analysis, we evaluated the underlying real estate collateral securing each loan to generate an "expected case" value. This value constitutes the "S&P Value" that we determine for...