Bank of America Auto Trust is in the market with an auto-backed ABS. The $1.5 billion deal is lead by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Preliminary details on the deal are available via the link below from the ASR Scorecard database.
Despite the quality of the pool's underlying loans, the pool has a large proportion of investment properties, 76.7%, which are susceptible to higher default probabilities.
Two other nonbank mortgage firms also recently got in position to raise capital while NVR, a builder and lender, added new authorization for share repurchases.
Three senior officials say attackers will eventually breach bank defenses, and supervisors should plan for it — while U.S. regulators stay nearly silent.
Employers hired an additional 115,000 workers in April, while unemployment remained unchanged at 4.3%. Despite the positive headline figure, a spike in newly unemployed workers and a rising number of underemployed workers suggests instability under the surface.
The deal features a principal acceleration trigger. If breached, the transaction will divert all additional funds to paying down the principal on the notes.
The Treasury Department held a high-stakes huddle with state insurance officials to discuss risks associated with the rapid growth of private credit in the economy and whether those investments could pose systemic vulnerabilities.