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FHF sources almost all its loans—most recently 96% in 2024—from franchise dealers.

The deal is structured as a public securitization, under Rule 144A, and is supported by lending indirectly through more than 1,100 partnerships across the country.

The pass-through certificates are supported by a full pool of amortizing loans, which have no interest-only periods.

Now the structured mortgage securities are cheap enough that CLO investors are watching them more closely, according to strategists and investors.

The United Auto 2025-1 series of notes has a more mixed subordination element compared with the previous deal.

Tax liens have so-called super priority in repayments, even placing ahead of a previously filed mortgage.

A set of performance-related triggers—cash trapping and expense reserve—will help maintain cash flow to the notes.

Over 85% of the collateralized loan obligation's total dollar value will be comprised of apartment complexes and hospitality and industrial properties.

The giant asset manager is launching new CLO funds that generate higher returns without significantly increasing risk–by focusing on the less-favored tiers of CLO stacks.

Full documentation accounts for a little over a third of the pool, but otherwise FICO scores are high, as are weighted average liquid reserves.

From the Q3 2021 to the early 2024 vintages, cumulative gross loss (CGL) levels had been trending up, likely due to consumer credit normalizing, due to inflationary pressures.

GM Financial Revolving Receivables Trust, 2025-1 has a five-year-long revolving period, risking exposure to assets with longer terms.

Fitch notes that 74.8% of the collateral pool, made up entirely of 3,103 loans, is backed by trucking—or transportation—equipment.

The fund closes ahead of separate news that it formed the Private Real Estate Credit platform, which will originate senior and subordinated commercial real estate loans.

It is the program's second issuance to come to market with a pool made up entirely of consumer loans.

Easing regulations on the GSEs will likely drive elevated activity in non-QM if or when it occurs, leaders at the real estate investment trust also said.

Alternative asset managers, emboldened by the boom, will continue buying life insurers or seek more partnerships with them as they hunt for more capital to feed their dedicated funds.

Excess cash flow will pay timely interest and protect against realized losses in the rated certificates before being paid out to the class X notes.

The deal also offers a subordination piece that represents 14% of the pool balance, helping to boost the credit to the notes.

Total delinquencies as a percentage of John Deere's managed portfolio was 3.06%, an increase since 2022. That aligns with the decline in corn and soy prices in the same period.