ABS

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While debt outstanding and performance issues are up, and new securitizations are down as expected, only auto ABS showed early signs of issuance growth.

Expected lifetime cumulative net loss is 9.25%, while higher note coupons, only partially offset by higher collateral interest rates, cut excess spread to 5.44%.

Self-employed borrowers account for 36.2% of the loan pool's outstanding balance, and borrowers with multiple properties represent 47.9% of the pool balance.

The consumer loan and credit card collateral will consist entirely of assets that are seasoned, yet of shorter terms overall.

Investors offloaded $12.6 billion of Treasuries last year, but that figure was dwarfed by a record $121.8 billion purchase of U.S. agency debt, higher-yielding securities.

The move to shutter the lines of credit for future collateralized loan obligations — so-called warehouses — comes as BirchLane winds down and returns cash to its investors.

Borrowers that are couples, and where the female is younger, account for 32.55% of the pool's aggregate unpaid principal balance, the plurality.

S&P views the transaction's exposure to environmental credit factors as above average, given that the collateral pool primarily comprises vehicles with ICEs.