Consumer ABS

Outstanding loans eligible for repossession in December 2022 saw a 22.5% increase from December 2019, but redemptions were higher than pre-pandemic levels.

PAID 2024-PT1 follows a repayment sequence where funds are released to certificate holders after the control class has been paid down to maintain required levels of overcollateralization to the deal.

Consumer credit is deteriorating, but structured credit is well suited to weather the slide.

Those metrics were merely a return to solid pre-pandemic levels and do not suggest a deterioration, says Moody's. Yet a broader, and more weakened employment picture is emerging, SMBC Nikko Securities says separately.

Although the deal will sell just one tranche of notes to investors, those notes benefit from 26.0% in subordination, which comes from a subordinated transferor amount deficit.

With Theorem, Pagaya's fund management business is expected to grow to more than $3 billion of capital

Stubborn inflation is expected to work its way down, but combined with higher-for-longer interest rates, consumers are feeling the effects differently across the credit spectrum.

All three tranches have a May 15, 2030 final maturity date and are expected to yield 5.4% on the three-month interpolated yield curve.

Citing auto sales as a potential leading indicator, observers say the labor market's health might be overstated, while auto ABS assets start to underperform.