Fannie Mae Sets Price for $1.1 Billion REMIC Deal with Connecticut Avenue Securities (CAS)

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Evaluates Connecticut Avenue Securities® (CAS) Series 2022-R04, approx. $1.1 billion note offering that represents Fannie Mae’s fourth CAS REMIC® operation of the year. CAS is Fannie Mae’s benchmark issuance program designed to share credit risk on its single-family conventional collateral portfolio.
The reference pool for CAS Series 2022-R04 consists of approximately 118,000 single-family mortgages with an outstanding principal balance of approximately $36 billion. The reference pool includes guarantees with loan-to-value ratios of 60.01% to 80.00%, which were acquired between April 2021 and May 2021. The loans included in this transaction are fixed rate mortgages, generally with a term of 30 years, fully amortizing and were underwritten under rigorous credit standards and enhanced risk controls.
Fannie Mae will keep part of the 1M-1, 1M-2, 1B-1, and 1B-2 slices and will retain the whole 1B-3H slice of first loss.
To classify |
Amount offered ($M) |
Pricing Tier |
Expected Rating (S&P/KBRA) |
1M-1 |
$415,412 |
Average SOFR over 1 month plus 200 basis points |
A- (sf) / A- (sf) |
1M-2 |
$346,176 |
Average SOFR over 1 month plus 310 basis points |
BBB-(sf) / BBB(sf) |
1B-1 |
$190.396 |
Average SOFR over 1 month plus 525 basis points |
BB-(sf) / BB(sf) |
1B-2 |
$190,397 |
Average SOFR over 1 month plus 950 basis points |
NR/B (sf) |
Nomura Securities International Inc. (“Nomura”) is the lead structuring manager and joint bookrunner. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citigroup”) is the joint lead manager and joint bookrunner. The co-managers are Amherst Pierpoint Securities LLC (“Amherst“), Barclays Capital Inc. (“Barclays”), BofA Securities, Inc. (“BofA) and StoneX Financial Inc. (“StoneX”). Members of the selling group are Drexel Hamilton, LLC, owned by disabled veterans, and Mischler Financial Group, Inc, owned by disabled and Hispanic veterans.
With the completion of this transaction, Fannie Mae will have brought to market 48 CAS agreements, issued on more than $55 billion in notes, and transferred part of the credit risk to private investors on a little more $1.8 trillion in single-family mortgages, measured at the time of the transaction.
To promote transparency and help credit investors evaluate our securities and the CAS program, Fannie Mae provides robust and ongoing disclosure data, as well as access to news, resources and analysis through its transfer web pages. credit risk. This includes our innovative Data Dynamics® tool that allows market participants to interact with and analyze CAS transactions currently in progress in the market and Fannie Mae’s historical loan dataset. In addition, our EU Resources and UK Resources web pages help EU and UK institutional investors, as well as those managing funds subject to EU/UK regulations to comply with regulations. EU/UK securitization scheme.
In addition to our flagship CAS program, Fannie Mae continues to transfer mortgage credit risk through its Credit Insurance Risk Transfer program.™ (CIRTs™) reinsurance program.
About Connecticut Avenue Securities
CAS REMIC Notes are issued by a trust away from bankruptcy. The amount of Periodic Principal and Ultimate Principal paid by Fannie Mae is determined by the performance of a large and diverse reference pool. For more information on individual CAS transactions, visit our Credit Risk Transfer web page.
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Statements in this release regarding the company’s future CAS transactions are forward-looking. Actual results may differ materially due to market conditions or other factors listed under “Risk Factors” or “Forward-Looking Statements” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended. December 31, 2021. This press release does not constitute an offer or sale of any security. Before investing in any security issued by Fannie Mae, prospective investors should review such security’s disclosure and consult with their own investment advisors.
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