KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Avant Loans Funding Trust 2023-REV1

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA assigns preliminary ratings to four classes of notes issued by Avant Loans Funding Trust 2023-REV1 (“AVNT 2023-REV1”), a $200 million consumer loan asset backed security transaction. The preliminary ratings reflect initial credit enhancement level ranging from 51.54% to 11.22% for the Class A through E Notes. Credit enhancement consists of overcollateralization, subordination (except for the Class E Notes) and a reserve account funded at closing.

This transaction represents Avant, LLC’s (“Avant”, the “Servicer” or the “Company”) 13th rated securitization collateralized by a trust certificate backed by unsecured consumer loans originated through its online marketplace lending platform (“Avant Platform”). Founded in 2012, Avant is located in Chicago, Illinois and operates an online lending platform, which offers unsecured personal loans, and credit cards primarily to non-prime consumers through the Avant Platform. Typical unsecured personal loan borrowers have FICO scores between 550 and 700. Loans have an original term of between 12 – 60 months, an original balance between $1,000 to $35,000 and a fixed APR between 9.95% - 36.00% depending on the borrower’s risk profile and loan term. The Avant Platform charges an administration fee to borrowers ranging from 1.50% to 4.75%. Loans are typically used for debt consolidation, emergency expenses, life event, or car repair purposes.

KBRA applied its Consumer Loan ABS Global Rating Methodology, as well as its Global Structured Finance Counterparty Methodology and ESG Global Rating Methodology as part of its analysis of the portfolio pool data, underlying collateral pool and capital structure. KBRA considered its operational reviews of Avant, as well as periodic update calls with the Company. Operative agreements and legal opinions will be reviewed prior to closing.

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Related Publications

• Consumer Loan ABS Global Rating Methodology
• Global Structured Finance Counterparty Methodology

• ESG Global Rating Methodology

Disclosures

Further information on key credit considerations, sensitivity analyses that consider what factors can affect these credit ratings and how they could lead to an upgrade or a downgrade, and ESG factors (where they are a key driver behind the change to the credit rating or rating outlook) can be found in the full rating report referenced above.

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