NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to four classes of Mariner Finance Issuance Trust 2018-A (“MFIT 2018-A”), a personal loan asset-backed securities transaction. The collateral in the MFIT 2018-A deal includes approximately $248 million of loans, as of September 30, 2018. The preliminary ratings reflect the initial credit enhancement levels of 24.77% for the Class A, 22.55% for the Class B notes, 18.93% for the Class C notes, and 11.00 for the