Securitization Accelerator
Build an ABF Model From Scratch in Excel
- Step-by-step videos of a simulated securitization deal
- Master concepts, terminology, & deal process
- Deeply understand the numbers & structures
About 5 hours. Taught by a 20-year practitioner, sell-side Analyst 1 to buy-side MD at Apollo. 30-day money-back guarantee.
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GOLDMAN SACHS · CITI · CARLYLE · FORTRESS · HSBC · KKR · APOLLO · I80
"…I just accepted an offer to join a private ABF fund…"
"Wanted to reach out and say thank you for creating the securitization modeling course. I just accepted an offer to join a small, private ABF fund, and the course taught me so much that I leveraged in the interview process. While I did the course in November, I re-did it in February, so by the time I had to do the case study in March, I felt very comfortable doing the model."
★★★★★
Analyst, Private ABF Fund
Who should take this course?
Incoming Analysts
- Hit the ground running with "job-ready" skills crucial to success.
- Master terminology, concepts, & structure.
- Build a comprehensive Excel model from scratch.
Investors New To ABS
- Learn how to analyze and stress-test ABS investments.
- Generate outsized risk-adjusted returns - based on cash flows.
- Use securitization to structure bespoke investments.
FinTech Operators
- Gain an "inside view" of how securitization investors think.
- Learn how to use securitization to raise non-dilutive capital.
NON-TARGET SCHOOL → LOAN TRADING DESK
"…secured a job on the loan trading desk straight out of university…"
"I can confidently say that Zach Bolster's Learn Securitization course helped me secure a job on the loan trading desk at an investment bank straight out of university. During my interview, I relied heavily on the course's in-depth Excel modeling of securitization structures, including creating prepayment curves, cash flow modeling, and pool-level analysis."
★★★★★
Loan Trading Analyst, Bulge Bracket Bank
This Course Is Perfect For You If...
No formal training in ABF. You're picking it up as you go, but you know there's a better way.
Good handle on the business, but still shaky on the numbers — modeling and stress testing.
You want to see the big picture — understand how each party makes money, their incentives, and where the risks really sit.
You've read the primers and can run Intex — but you couldn't build a model from scratch.
You want to form thoughtful opinions and speak with real confidence.
You feel like you should know this by now.
You can get far on a general understanding. But mastering the numbers is what gets you the promotion, or the buy-side seat.
This stuff isn't hard. It's just rarely taught.
VP → TRAINED 8 ANALYSTS ON HER DESK
"…multiple dense textbooks worth of material in a few hours…"
"As someone who is seven years in the industry, this course covers multiple dense and hard-cover textbooks worth of material in a few hours. Zach has really cracked the code on boiling down very complex topics into understandable material. I believe 8 analysts completed the course rather quickly. Since then, they've noticeably been asking even better questions and have been able to really level-up on the job."
★★★★★
VP, ABS — Bulge Bracket Investment Bank
What You'll Walk Away With
Job-ready practical skills
- Perform static pool analysis and build custom loss assumption curves
- Project asset cash flows and loan amortization schedules
- Calculate unlevered and levered IRRs
- Break-even analysis and return sensitivity
- Term sheet review
A real understanding of structure and economics
- How securitization boosts returns, mitigates risk, and raises non-dilutive capital
- The anatomy of a structure — process, parties, and incentives
- Why bankruptcy-remote SPVs exist and what they protect against
- How credit enhancements and triggers protect your investment
A model you built from scratch
- Learn the structure by building it, line by line
- Create visualizations that show what's actually happening in the deal
- Use the model to audit and pressure-test the term sheet's waterfall
The view from every seat
- Sit through a lender-investor term sheet negotiation
- See the deal as the investor (ABS equity), the banker (ABS debt), and the originator (FinTech lender)
BLACK BOX → DAILY ANALYST WORK
"…securitization modeling seemed like a black box…"
"The Learn Securitization course provided me with a deeper understanding of how structured finance investors analyze projects. Securitization modeling seemed like a black box but the instructor broke it down in a very digestible way. I have been able to apply many of the concepts I learned in this course in my day-to-day as a securitization analyst."
★★★★★
Analyst, Bulge Bracket Bank
Course Syllabus
The Challenge: Can investing auto loans provide a 10% return?
- We assume the role of an analyst at a buy-side firm that has a 10% return hurdle.
- Our boss connects us with a banker pitching us auto loans.
- We learn basics of auto loans, overview of the non-bank lending companies that originate of auto loans.
- Use excel to calc the monthly loan payment & amortization schedule.
- IRR from sched cash flows = coupon
Banker proposes Securitization Leverage to Boost Returns. Is it a good deal?
- Explanation of levered vs. unlevered returns
- Banker offers us securitization debt to boost levered returns
- Overview of ABS Debt vs. ABS Equity (Resid)
- Why does a banker want to lend to a BK Remote SPV?
- Banker sends Initial Term Sheet. We review and model cash flow waterfall.
- Calculate residual cash flows
- Analysis Resid IRR, MOIC, ongoing leverage
How can we change the structure to our benefit?
- Why are the returns on our Resid so bad?
- What is Turbo amortization?
- How can we change structure to our benefit?
- Crafting a counter-proposal to banker
- Banker's counter to our counter!
- Introduction to Securitization Triggers
- Analyzing historical loan performance using static pools
- Creating assumptions curves (e.g. default, prepay, recovery)
Time to get real! Projecting cash flows reflecting performance curves (default, prepay, recovery)
- Review the updated term sheet and structure. Update model accordingly
- Project cash flows that reflect our custom performance assumptions
- Pass loss-adjusted cash flows through the model's latest structural waterfall
- Calculate triggers and compliance tests
- Update analysis of Resid's return profile
Can this deal be saved?
- We research comparable transactions to validate pricing
- Although there is no perfect comp, we get several indications that we are not getting a good deal
- Show results to bankers and demand better pricing
- Banker compares comps vs. our trade and explains nuances between deals
- Banker provides "best and final"
Summarizing The Deal and Fielding Questions
- Update the model to reflect the banker's "best and final" offer.
- We summarize transactions to the boss and convey base case returns on our investment - the auto loan Resid
- Boss requests i) break-even returns; ii) upside returns
- We calculate banker's "write-down scenario" - at the loss level that impairs the bankers' ABS Debt
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"…I started and finished this weekend. It was invaluable…"
"As someone who's been in structured products for years and knew the materials already, I still learned so much. You have a talent of making confusing terms and concepts easy to understand. That's something that took me years to wrap my head around, and you made it simple and visual. And you genuinely made me excited about the modeling."
★★★★★
Structured Products Professional
One Payment. Lifetime Access.
CAREER SWITCH → 3 NEW CLIENTS
"…I was able to acquire 3 new clients…"
"After spending several years in another area of finance, I was able to successfully transition into structured finance largely thanks to my use of the Learn Securitization course. The line-by-line walk-through of a standard term sheet prepared me to seamlessly step into a transactional role myself. Shortly after taking the course, I was able to acquire 3 new clients and competently respond to modeling and document review requests."
★★★★★
Independent Consultant, Structured Finance
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I'm Zach Bolster, Lead Instructor
I've worked in securitization since 2004 as a banker, investor, and capital markets consultant to FinTech lenders. Over the years I've trained interns, analysts, and first-time securitizers.
Investor: Apollo (MD, Alternatives), Waterfall (FinTech Warehouse Lending)
Banking: Wells Fargo RMBS, Wachovia Consumer ABS
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