Securitization

The collateral pool is the largest in a year from the securitization program, whose yields are expected to range from 4.75% to 5.35%.

Atlas SP Partners — the structured finance business that's key to Apollo Chief Executive Officer Marc Rowan's plan to become a lending machine — has struggled under its new owner since last year's acquisition.

All the notes, which are fixed rate, have an Aug. 18, 2031 final maturity date, DBRS said. The transaction will repay investors sequentially.

The class A and B notes will receive cash distributions to reduce the interest payment amount and any interest carryforward. Principal payments will follow interest payments.

A unique convergence of several macroeconomic events with persistent financing demand from underserved borrowers and housing investors keeps changing the marketplace.

Notes benefit from overcollateralization of 2.60% of the initial pool. Subordination and a sequential payment priority will cause enhancement to be built up in the transaction, with overcollateralization reaching 4.5%.

Credit enhancement on the notes includes 3.5% in excess spread, subordination of the class M notes equaling 3.%, and a liquidity reserve that will equal 0.45% of the closing PACE assets balance.

Coordinated strikes by dock workers along the Eastern Seaboard and the Gulf Coast could cause issues for banks that provide credit to foreign shipping groups and domestic trucking companies.

In a potential credit drawback, TALT 2024-B has a residual value setting of 51.3% of the manufacturer's price. It was less than 50% in all the 2023 lease securitizations.

The collateral has subprime credit attributes, the credit quality of the Westlake 2024-3 pool was incrementally better than the 2024-2 transaction, and notably better than the 2023-4 deal.