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.

The potential for a global trade war has largely undone the optimism that the industry exhibited at the beginning of the year. Here's a look at three ways that tariffs could negatively impact banks.

As servicer, Rocket Mortgage will not provide advances of delinquent principal and interest. Doing so runs the chance of intermittent cashflows to the trust.