Finance

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.

The collateral pool is the largest in a year from the securitization program, whose yields are expected to range from 4.75% to 5.35%.

Atlas SP Partners — the structured finance business that's key to Apollo Chief Executive Officer Marc Rowan's plan to become a lending machine — has struggled under its new owner since last year's acquisition.

All the notes, which are fixed rate, have an Aug. 18, 2031 final maturity date, DBRS said. The transaction will repay investors sequentially.

The agency is disclosing the percentage of unpaid principal balance held by borrowers in rural areas as classified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The class A and B notes will receive cash distributions to reduce the interest payment amount and any interest carryforward. Principal payments will follow interest payments.

A unique convergence of several macroeconomic events with persistent financing demand from underserved borrowers and housing investors keeps changing the marketplace.

Quantitative tightening has helped to keep mortgage rates elevated, but new concerns over how it impacts market liquidity could lead the Fed to end the program.

Notes benefit from overcollateralization of 2.60% of the initial pool. Subordination and a sequential payment priority will cause enhancement to be built up in the transaction, with overcollateralization reaching 4.5%.

Credit enhancement on the notes includes 3.5% in excess spread, subordination of the class M notes equaling 3.%, and a liquidity reserve that will equal 0.45% of the closing PACE assets balance.

Coordinated strikes by dock workers along the Eastern Seaboard and the Gulf Coast could cause issues for banks that provide credit to foreign shipping groups and domestic trucking companies.

In a potential credit drawback, TALT 2024-B has a residual value setting of 51.3% of the manufacturer's price. It was less than 50% in all the 2023 lease securitizations.