“We believe that if Treasury decides it wants to forgive the [senior preferred shares], then this plan appears reasonable,” said Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst Bose George.
“The president’s got a lot on his plate,” Bill Ackman, CEO and portfolio manager of Pershing Square Holdings, said of President Trump. “We’re approaching Thanksgiving, but it’s actually theoretically possible.”
If the GSEs continue the long-term path of reducing the size of their portfolios, that’s not necessarily attractive for potential investors in a capital raise by the GSEs.
The nonbank is marketing a $341.2 million non-agency MBS in which 41.0% of the dollar volume is mortgages eligible for sale to the GSEs, with jumbos accounting for the rest.