Finance

The whole business securitization will issue notes through four classes of A, B and C notes, and uses a master trust structure, so it can issue additional classes.

The notes get credit enhancement from overcollateralization and a reserve representing 4.75% and 0.25% of the pool balance, respectively.

The transaction's pool of 365 fixed-rate mortgages, all first lien, breaks down to mostly non-agency loans (61.4%). The rest, 38.6%, are agency eligible.

Citigroup Inc. is structuring the so-called collateralized fund obligation, which will include both debt and equity portions.

Most of the contracts in Point Securitization Trust, 1,750 (81.64%), are second-lien as of the cut-off date.

The strategy, which focuses on non-bank lending to sectors such as residential mortgages, credit cards and auto loans, has been a key plank of the bond giant's push into private lending.

Several features, including a couple of cash trapping mechanisms and a rapid amortization feature, help maintain cashflow to the notes.

The initiative aims to channel the bloc's financial firepower more efficiently and spur growth by funding key industries including the defense sector.

The deal priced at 335 over, beating expectations for the transaction to price at 350 over, due to bond market volatility.

Bill Pulte and the government-sponsored enterprise's chief executive will be working with a firm that analyzes big data and utilizes artificial intelligence.