medium · Asset-Backed Securities tranching

In a 'second-priority principal' waterfall structure, how does excess spread trapping physically increase the overcollateralization amount?

  1. By depositing extra cash directly into the trustee's dedicated reserve account each period.
  2. By raising the interest rate charged on the loans held by the underlying borrowers.
  3. By having the trust issue new subordinate bonds and delivering them to the originator.
  4. By using excess interest to pay down bond principal faster than the collateral amortizes.

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