Freddie Mac

Delivered May 14th, 2019. Contributors: Olatunji O., Darius G., Joseph M. and

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Freddie Mac Part 1: Industry Groups, Regulators

Four industry groups that Freddie Mac has partnered with include the Mortgage Bankers Association, the Independent Community Bankers of America, The Mortgage Collaborative, and the American Bankers Association. The regulator for Freddie Mac is the Federal Housing Finance Agency. These details have been added to the attached presentation. 

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Freddie Mac Part 2: Analysts, Media

After reviewing credible sources, we have identified three different analysts that have covered Freddie Mac in the past two years. The individuals that have followed, wrote about, or assessed the organization includes Kevin Palmer, Haley Thayer, and Dave Drouault. Kevin Palmer reported on the company's Credit Risk Transfer program being awarded the Securitization Deal of the Year honor from Global Capital News, while Haley Thayer, a Personal Mortgage Consultant, spoke of Freddie Mac's 30-year fixed-rate mortgage falling to 4.10%. Meanwhile, Dave Rouault, a Realtor, discussed the new overseer for Freddie Mac mentioning that the company can be liberated from government authority. During our research, we also came across three prominent media outlets that have covered Freddie Mac in the last two years. The significant publications in the United States that have reported on the company are The Washington Post, Politico, and CNBC. On the attached PowerPoint, our findings on this particular topic are available in the "Analysts" and "Media" section.

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Freddie Mac Part 3: Investors

In reference to our findings, the servicer investors that have worked with/invested with Freddie Mac in the last 5 years include Digital Delivery and DocMagic. Additionally, the asset management investors that have worked with/invested with Freddie Mac in the last 5 years include Hunt Real Estate Capital and SunTrust Banks, Inc. All our findings have been summarized in the attached presentation. 
METHODOLOGYWe started research with a thorough probe the websites of Freddie Mac and its partners. This search yielded much-needed information immediately and we leveraged this wealth of information to dig out more information on the more specific partner companies that we were interested in. Although we got a lot of directly and indirectly related information on the partners from the company's website, we still had to get a majority of the partners' information from elsewhere i.e. partner websites, third-party blogs, article, and news websites.

We also found some relevant information on publicly available paid databases and websites that either required subscription payment, registration or membership so as to be able to view details of such information, which luckily, we found elsewhere for free. During our research process, we discovered that there is a lot of information about Freddie Mac and its investors in the public domain, a factor that enabled us to address all the aspects of the research criteria.
FREDDIE MAC INVESTORS 1. SERVICER INVESTORSThe servicer investors that have worked with/invested with Freddie Mac in the last 5 years include Digital Delivery and DocMagic.	
2. ASSET MANAGEMENT INVESTORSThe asset management investors that have worked with/invested with Freddie Mac in the last 5 years include Hunt Real Estate Capital and SunTrust Banks, Inc.	
3. REINSURANCE INVESTORSThe reinsurance investors that have worked with/invested with Freddie Mac in the last 5 years include Essent Guaranty, Inc. and Arch MRT - Arch Mortgage Risk Transfer Holdings Inc.
4. SOVEREIGN, PE & HEDGE FUNDS MANAGERSThe sovereign, PE & hedge fund managers that have worked with/invested with Freddie Mac in the last 5 years include Pershing Square Capital Management and Community Affordable Housing Equity Corporation (CAHEC).  