Year 2008 to 2009 is an interesting and dramatic time for the financial markets‚ which marks the beginning of the financial tsunami that went on for a long period of time. First we have Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae taken over by the US Treasury‚ which is one major event contributing to the subprime mortgage crisis. Then we have the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers which Mamudi (2008) reported to be one of the largest bankruptcy filing in US history with Lehman holding over $600 billion in assets. Then
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Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………..3 History……………………………………………………………………………………………..3 Business Method and Philosophy…………………………………………………………………4 Corporate Growth and Diversity.…………………………………………………………………6 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………...7 References…………………………………………………………………………………………8 Figure Chart 1……………………………………………………………………………………10 Fannie Mae Fannie Mae is a leading mortgage company and one of the most financially successful businesses within its industry. Given the salient features of
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GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING EXTRA CREDIT H/WORK FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC 1. Fannie Mae was started in 1938 by President Franklin Roosevelt. He wanted to create a system or a new deal which would benefit people who didn’t have homes. Fannie Mae is the nickname of what is known as the federal National Mortgage Association‚ and Freddie Mac is the nickname for Federal Home Mortgage Corporation. 2. The great depression was the major reason for such a system to be put in place simply because
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What do Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac do? Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are "government-supported enterprises" (Gses). This implies that they are private enterprises but get help from the Federal Government‚ and undertake some public responsibilities also .The Gses give an optional market in home loans‚ obtaining home loans from the banks who start them. They hold some of these home loans‚ and some are "securitized" - sold as securities which the Gses ensure. The essential capacity of Fannie Mae and Freddie
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National Mortgage Association (FNMA) (NYSE: FNM)‚ commonly known as Fannie Mae‚ is a stockholder-owned corporation chartered by Congress in 1968 as a government sponsored enterprise (GSE)‚ but founded in 1938 during the Depression. Contrary to some beliefs‚ Fannie Mae does not make home loans directly to consumers‚ but rather functions as an intermediary in the U.S. secondary mortgage market. By purchasing and securitizing mortgages‚ Fannie Mae facilitates liquidity in the primary mortgage market by ensuring
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Fannie Mae case. Federal regulators noted a growing string of high profile scandals at major U.S. corporations in recent years. The number of fraud cases investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission jumped 41 percent in the last three years (112 cases in 2001 compare to 79 cases investigated in 1998)‚ resulting in tens of millions of dollars in fines to settle the charges. I have decided to take a closer look at Fannie May. This company operates in the residential mortgage finance industry
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Use strategic thinking to outline a recommended alternative for Franklin Raines to use in deciding the strategic direction of Fannie Mae. It is 1998 and you are about to take over as CEO of Fannie Mae. Use the two cases on Fannie Mae in the Course Documents (Fannie Mae A and Fannie Mae B abbreviated) for background on Fannie Mae. Exactly how should Franklin Raines proceeded in terms of strategy development what subsequent implementation steps should he have adopted. The Strategic Audit process should
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The Fannie Mae Foundation created a guide‚ titled Knowing and Understanding Your Credit‚ to inform people on how to maintain good credit and move them closer to their dream of owning their own home. This guide covered the topics of building and maintaining a good credit as well as figuring out what kind of credit you have. Credit reports are records of how you paid off your debt and loans. It shows how much debt you have‚ if you’ve made loan payments on time‚ or if you’ve paid back the loans at
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Cover Page ◦Title Corporate Governance: Relevance and significance in the current Corporate environment. ◦Abstract This article will discuss whether the concept of Corporate Governance appears to make a difference in the way in which companies are managed at board level. It will also briefly mention whether the recent economic turmoil in major and minor companies alike‚ would have been due to a lack of proper corporate governance. It will also explore in brief about the principles
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A quick recap of what has already been discussed leading into the next segment of this paper. Fannie Mae (FNM) was created in 1938 as a mortgage association and in 1968 it became a Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE). Freddie Mac (FM) also known as the federal home loan mortgage association was created as a GSE. Both organizations were in the business for buying mortgages from banks and turning them into mortgage backed securities. The differences of the two GSE’s are that FNM would tend to
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