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North American respondents had their own worries to process—a potential end to historically low interest rates, and an end of low defaults amid a recession.

The results offer the first look at how Wall Street fared in a tumultuous three months characterized by changing outlooks on prospects for the economy.

The US consumer price index probably climbed to 8.8% in June on an annual basis, from a 40-year high of 8.6% the previous month, according to a Bloomberg survey.

AESOP 2022-3 will be able to add more Tesla EVs to its fleet over time, but uncertainty about the vehicles’ resale value was a potential credit negative.

Global bonds climbed for a second day. Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes are seen raising the risk of recession, reviving the appeal of fixed-income securities.

Agricultural equipment accounts for more than half of the collateral pool, but accounts for the lowest concentration on the platform to date.

The world’s largest asset manager retains its long-term bullish view on equities, but has gone underweight developed-market stocks in the near term as the risk of stalling growth rises.

The collateral backing the notes are fixed-rate timeshare loans originated by Wyndham Vacation Resorts and Wyndham Resort Development Corp.

The collateral pool consists of new and used vehicles manufactured by Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp., 9% of which are electric and hybrid vehicles.

The transaction will be backed by commercial leases and loans primarily supported by Dell Technologies and Dell EMC branded equipment.

The securitization has a reserve account of 1% of the initial series note balance funded fully at closing.

The transaction sponsored by Hospitality Investors Trust has a strong credit profile because of the diverse properties, well-known hotel brands and strong management involved, analysts say.

The Class A note coupon initially will be linked to the USD Compounded Secured Overnight Financing Rate Index, a relatively new interest rate index. Royal Bank of Canada is the seller, servicer and administrative agent.

Amid reduced M&A activity, U.S. middle-market borrowers and investors in asset-backed securities are trying to reset and figure out where the right valuations levels are, says Sengal Selassie, CEO of Brightwood Capital Advisors, a lender and issuer of CLOs.

The transaction features two potential securitizations of collateral pools valued at approximately $1.11 billion and $1.32 billion, with bonds totaling $1.01 billion and $1.20 billion.

As of the May 31, 2022 cut-off date, 95.6% of the loans were current, of which 2.1% are bankruptcy-performing loans and 4.4%, 30 days delinquent.

Questions remain around switching benchmarks that could result in unexpected refinancings

Compared to the baseline macroeconomic scenarios updated in March, near-term growth outlooks have deteriorated across most DBRS Morningstar-rated sovereigns worldwide.

Loan forgiveness would help offset FFELP student loan ABS low prepayment rates and maturity risk, a primary driver of rating downgrades since 2016.

About 79% of the loans in the collateral pool were made to borrowers without full documentation, while 34% of the loans in the pool were underwritten to bank statements.