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Across both deals, the class A notes have total initial hard credit enhancements of 19.25% of the pool balance. Class B notes benefit from 13.00% in total hard credit enhancement, and class C notes benefit from 9.25%.

A manager termination notice was issued Tuesday involving a $375 million asset-backed security sold in 2017 and backed by most of TGI Friday's revenue-generating assets.

More than 91.7% of the portfolio loans were extended to dentists, general medical practitioners or veterinary surgeons—considered prime obligors.

Since 2019, the portfolio has recorded five defaults—driven by bankruptcies—and each was resolved with a 100% recovery rate, Fitch said.

Fora Financial Asset Securitization, 2024-1, is the first for Fora Financial since 2021, and its third securitization overall. Tier 2 saw the greatest shift in credit distributions among the six credit tiers since the last deal.

FCI Funding 2024-1 has an additional tax liens account that can purchase up to $23 million of qualified assets on or prior to the second anniversary of the deal's closing date, while the subsequent tax lien account will be funded to $5 million for use during the reinvestment period.

The pool contains 494,987 accounts, where the top borrower accounts for 0.32%, and the top five account for 1.19%, and its granularity counts as a positive credit attribute.

The notes will repay investors sequentially, after a two-year revolving period. That's when proceeds from principal payoffs can be reinvested in the deal through newly originated loans added to the pool.

The pool consists of 2,384 contracts that Commercial Credit Group (CCG) and Keystone Equipment Finance (KEF) have extended to a customer base in the transportation, construction and waste industries.

The final maturity date is set in relation to the final payment of the notes in the most stressed scenarios, respectively, which is a departure from prior issuances.