Late-payment rates among U.S. borrowers rose again in the second quarter, according to a report from the New York Fed. The trend reflects a sharp increase in student loan delinquencies, which have been climbing as pandemic-era policies have expired.

While the CPSART program, especially the 2022 and 2023 series, was performing worse than its initial or revised expectations, the 2025-C collateral was relatively better.

In 2021, banks pledged to wind down their support for oil and gas. Last year they made a $162 billion U-turn, according to a new report from a coalition of advocacy groups.

The transaction's pool of 365 fixed-rate mortgages, all first lien, breaks down to mostly non-agency loans (61.4%). The rest, 38.6%, are agency eligible.

Citigroup Inc. is structuring the so-called collateralized fund obligation, which will include both debt and equity portions.

The US 10-year term premium — or the extra return investors demand to own longer-term debt instead of a series of shorter ones — has climbed to near 1%, a level last seen in 2014.

The deal has a prefunding period through July, when more non-prime collateral can be purchased and added to the pool.

SLAM has debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) triggers and a utilization test in the structure to help maintain cashflow and support credit in the notes.

Indexed to the one-month, I-Curve, yields are expected to range from 4.60% on the A1+ rated, A1 notes to 6.22% on the BBB-rated, class D notes.

The selling comes after overseas investors made record purchases of US corporate debt in 2024. Official data shows the demand slowing in February.