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Almost half of the loans, 49.6% did not have an associated FICO score, and the pool had a non-zero weighted average (WA) FICO score of 704.

While the deal has a lot of positive characteristics, Moody's noted that the managed portfolio and 2022 and 2023 origination vintages are showing some deteriorating performance.

Two weeks after Ted Pick rose to CEO, the company slightly revised its long-term targets for efficiency, return on tangible common equity and other metrics. Yet, Pick says, "there's not a change in strategy" after the departure of his predecessor, James Gorman.

Interest rate-related developments have reportedly created an environment where more mortgage firms are interested in selling and investors are eager to buy.

BLAST 2024-1 collateral pool exhibits a few key differences from BLAST 2023-1, such as a higher WA interest rate, at 23.4%, compared with 22.5%.

The A1 and a2 notes receive interest on a pro rata basis, while, the A1 notes receive ultimate principal before the A2 notes, unless certain conditions are met.

Stronger demand for auctions and the recent popularity of the 20-year could already be compelling the department to consider increasing the size the bank's strategists say.

After a record-breaking year of reeling in business from failed banks and scared customers defecting from rivals, the largest U.S. bank expects it will keep getting larger.

The coupons on the class A notes steps up after four years by 100 basis points, but the coupons are subject to a net weighted average coupon (WAC) cap.

Global financial market euphoria over the last two months of 2023 is overdone, according to members of the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers, who expect inflation, rates to stay elevated.

The trust will repay principal to investors sequentially, so that non-declining enhancement will grow as a percentage of remaining assets as the pool amortizes.

SFS' legacy company, First Investors Financial Services, securitized its first of 34 auto ABS deals in 2000, giving the SFS management team its experience in auto financing.

Both companies saw their stock rating cut because of their current valuation, similar to why Rocket's was previously dropped. They declined comment on the move.

The sponsor sourced the mortgage collateral from a range of originators, but none of them accounts for more than 10% of the pool balance.

A lockout feature helps extend subordination to preserve the senior notes against losses later in the transaction's cycle—notes have a final scheduled repayment date of January 2054.

Industry consolidation has resulted in fewer conventional and government loan programs being offered to consumers.

Focused on the next six to 12 months, Pimco looks for the bond market's recent gains to be sustained but not extended in a way that would warrant increasing exposure to interest rates.

The reasons for BofA's success vary, but in a year when the auto ABS sector experienced a surge in issuance in the second half of the year, several banks appeared to benefit.

December's shift in Federal Reserve policy gave a notable boost to the share of consumer respondents who think the affordability of home financing will improve.

Over-collateralization in the form of vehicles provides most of the deal's credit enhancement on the notes, which also has a higher concentration limit for Teslas.