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The transaction, secured almost entirely by installment loans on new vehicles, can be upsized to $1.6 billion, and notes will be priced over the I-curve.

One potentially positive credit aspect includes consistently low delinquencies and net losses, and recent geopolitical events have played a part.

The bond market faces a bigger threat than recent rate hikes: the notion that rates will stay elevated even after the U.S. central bank's inflation fight is all over.

Applying blockchain technology to ABS is making progress, but cryptocurrency debacles are slowing a further rollout

While debt outstanding and performance issues are up, and new securitizations are down as expected, only auto ABS showed early signs of issuance growth.

Expected lifetime cumulative net loss is 9.25%, while higher note coupons, only partially offset by higher collateral interest rates, cut excess spread to 5.44%.

Interest rate increases and economic concerns led the government entity to lower the required amount from $1 million to $250,000.

Self-employed borrowers account for 36.2% of the loan pool's outstanding balance, and borrowers with multiple properties represent 47.9% of the pool balance.

The consumer loan and credit card collateral will consist entirely of assets that are seasoned, yet of shorter terms overall.

Investors offloaded $12.6 billion of Treasuries last year, but that figure was dwarfed by a record $121.8 billion purchase of U.S. agency debt, higher-yielding securities.

The move to shutter the lines of credit for future collateralized loan obligations — so-called warehouses — comes as BirchLane winds down and returns cash to its investors.

A pullback by the buyers of Upstart's consumer loans led to a "challenging year," CEO Dave Girouard told analysts. But he added that the company is in "late-stage discussions" with partners that are looking to make longer-term commitments.

Borrowers that are couples, and where the female is younger, account for 32.55% of the pool's aggregate unpaid principal balance, the plurality.

S&P views the transaction's exposure to environmental credit factors as above average, given that the collateral pool primarily comprises vehicles with ICEs.

The deal has a $10 million prefunding account that could purchase additional eligible receivables during a three-month period after closing.

Similar to recent transactions, the collateral pool includes loans with an original term greater than 72 months, which Ford adjusted for in the underwriting.

Lenders and borrowers have just a few months to negotiate how they're going to ditch the disgraced Libor benchmark in the leveraged loan market, and time is of the essence.

LBZZ 2023-1 has a reduced recovery rate assumption on the current transaction at 50%, given deteriorating recovery trends and lower used vehicle values.

Martin Silver, 65, pleaded guilty in April, admitting that he conspired to defraud investors by overvaluing distressed loans and creating bogus documents and fake loans to hide losses.

The pro-rata/sequential hybrid structure provides some credit enhancement along with cumulative loss and delinquency trigger events and excess spread.