Fannie Mae

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac place large bids for mortgage-backed securities

Trump's executive orders last week aimed at making home ownership more affordable had no mention of an IPO or other plans to release Fannie and Freddie.

Fannie and Freddie shares tank as doubt swirls about Trump plans

The Trump administration fired about a dozen officials within Fannie Mae’s ethics and internal investigations unit, eliminating some guardrails meant to address and head off misconduct.

US-backed mortgage giant Fannie Mae cuts more than 62 jobs across departments

Bill Ackman, who has held stakes in Fannie and Freddie for more than a decade, said the merger would also reduce the cost and risks of government oversight.

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman proposes combining Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Shares of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have surged as much as 22% in Friday trading, the most in more than two months. 

Fannie, Freddie US$30 billion IPO being weighed for this year

Hedge funds and other investors have called for the government to release the two entities from conservatorship.

Trump says Fannie Mae to keep US guarantee as public firm

Advocates for privatising Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac say it would promote competition and move risk from taxpayers to private investors.

Trump mulling privatising Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Fannie and Freddie were created by US Congress and operate as for-profit corporations with private shareholders, with the mission of expanding the national home lending market by buying home loans from private lenders and repackaging them as mortgage-backed securities.

Trump allies are working on plans to privatise Fannie and Freddie: WSJ

The goal is to give investors who buy MBS more visibility into the underlying mortgages.

Fannie Mae’s new mortgage-scoring system aims to lift MBS demand