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Its first of 2024, the collateral has an average loan balance of $368,691, a combined loan-to-value ratio of about 71.7%, a WA household income of $596,633, and liquid reserves of $172,562.

The underlying transactions pay on a pro-rata basis, but that can switch to sequential pay if performance triggers, which can be addressed, are breached.

In many ways the pool exhibits prime characteristics that are in line with other transactions from the MSRM platform, with an original FICO score of 772, an original loan-to-value ratio of 73.9%, and an original cumulative LTV of 74.2%.

Greater market acceptance of sophisticated models and attractive pricing prompted investors to seek more of the uncorrelated risk.

The private student loan market is in flux after one major lender, Discover Financial Services, said it's leaving the sector. Sallie Mae is gearing up to compete for that business, much as it did when Wells Fargo pulled up stakes in 2020.

Loan criteria such as credit scores, loan types and loan-to-value ratios are all weaker than those included in 2022 deals, Fitch said.

The underlying leases have an average contract balance of $18,129. The top borrower accounts for 0.8% of the pool balance, while the top 10 borrowers represent 4.2%.

The collateral has a high principal payment rate, 63.1%, for the eleven months ended November 2023. It also had payment rates of 66.7% and 59.0% for the twelve-month averages for 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Banks and Congressmen alike see U.S. regulators' version of Basel III as overly stringent for the securitization market.

The class A notes to price between 150-160 basis points over the three-month interpolated yield curve. The class C notes might also price within a range of 300-325 bps over the 3M I-Curve.

The AAA ratings also stem from a 5.5% base-case loss rate, a 22.5% base-case payment rate, a 15.0% base-case yield, and a 3.0% purchase rate assumption.

FCALT 2024A has a lower ratio of leases with an original term of 48 months, at 8.17%, compared with 6.85% on FCALT 2023B.

A substantial majority of obligors have investment-grade credit qualities and that, payments from the U.S. government account for the largest concentration, 26.75%.

Credit to the notes is bolstered by a cash reserve account, funded at closing, that equals 1.00% of the initial discounted contract balance, as well as annual excess spread amounting to 1.76%

Despite a surge in quarterly expenses in the fourth quarter and a projected uptick in the first quarter, the North Carolina company is standing by its expense guidance for 2024.

The cumulative net loss expectation is unchanged from CPSART 2023-D, even after considering the performance record of certain outstanding CPS program note series, like 2022 and 2023 in particular.

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.