Kroll Bond Rating Agency Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Springleaf Funding Trust 2017-A

NEW YORK--()--Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to four classes of notes issued by Springleaf Funding Trust 2017-A (SLFT 2017-A), a consumer loan asset-backed securities transaction.

The collateral in the SLFT 2017-A deal includes approximately $685.0 million of loans, as of the May 31, 2017 statistical cutoff date. The transaction includes a three-year revolving period during which additional collateral may be funded in the transaction so long as it complies with certain eligibility criteria. The preliminary ratings reflect the initial credit enhancement levels ranging from 25.05% for the Class A notes to 5.35% for the Class D notes.

Springleaf Finance Corporation is an experienced originator and servicer of consumer loans and has been in the personal lending business, through its predecessors, for nearly 100 years. On November 15, 2015, Springleaf Holdings, Inc. acquired OneMain Financial Holdings, LLC from CitiFinancial Credit Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Citigroup for $4.49 billion in cash. As a result, on October 1, 2016 Springleaf Holdings, Inc. changed its name to OneMain Holdings, Inc. The Company has consolidated the two platforms since closing of the acquisition and completed system conversion of OneMain Financial branches in Q1 2017.

KBRA applied our U.S. Consumer Loan ABS Rating Methodology as part of our analysis of the transaction’s underlying collateral pool, the proposed capital structure and Springleaf’s historical annualized gross and net loss data. KBRA also conducted an operational assessment of Springleaf, as well as a review of the transaction’s legal structure and transaction documents. KBRA will also review the operative agreements and legal opinions for the transaction prior to closing.

For complete details on the analysis, please see KBRA’s Pre-Sale Report, Springleaf Funding Trust 2017-A, which was published today at www.kbra.com.

Preliminary Ratings Assigned: Springleaf Funding Trust 2017-A

Class     Rating     Expected Initial Class Principal
A     AA(sf)     $516,820,000
B     A(sf)     $35,960,000
C     BBB(sf)     $41,450,000
D     BB(sf)     $57,540,000

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Contacts

Kroll Bond Rating Agency
Analytical Contacts:
Rosemary Kelley, Senior Managing Director
rkelley@kbra.com, (646) 731-2337
or
Haksun Kim, Director
hkim@kbra.com, (646) 731-2412
or
Sem Ducatel, Associate Director
sducatel@kbra.com, (646) 731-3309
or
Andrew Silverhardt, Analyst
asilverhardt@kbra.com, (646) 731-2492
or
Follow us on Twitter!
@krollbondrating