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Companies are returning to the asset-backed securities market for financing, reviving deals that stalled after a surge in bond yields and signs of mounting risk drove some investors to the sidelines.

At least seven such securitized bond offerings -- which bundle consumer debt -- were pulled in late February and early March as the war in Ukraine and the increasingly hawkish shift by the Federal Reserve rattled financial markets.