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The senior tranche will sell a mix of floating and fixed-rate notes, benefiting 22.5% in credit support. The class B notes are covered to a level of 15.0% and the tranche sells all fixed-rate notes.

Consumer credit is deteriorating, but structured credit is well suited to weather the slide.

Further, the assets have a loan-to-value ratio of about 52%, with a cashflow that can withstand large haircuts.

The fund will include asset-based loans such as CLOs.

Analysts peppered CEO Jane Fraser with questions about whether Citigroup, already hit hard by its regulators, could face asset growth restrictions. She said there is "absolutely nothing" in the works that could impact the megabank's businesses.

The note balance can be upsized to $1.2 billion in auto ABS, according to Moody's Ratings, and the pool size can be increased to 26,514 contracts.

Traders are pricing in roughly 20% odds that the Fed holds rates steady in either November or December.

The megabank's scale hasn't made it immune from the deposit wars that have crimped bank profits. But the "stabilization" that Wells Fargo flagged is a positive sign as other banks start reporting earnings.

The megabank reported a big increase in credit costs for the third quarter, which included a reserve build of $1 billion.

Sales of airplane leases bundled into bonds have climbed to more than $5 billion this year, from around $1 billion in 2022 and 2023.