Skip to main content

  • Comment Detail

  • Date: 07/06/18
    First Name: Gordon
    Last Name: Lane
    Organization: N/A
    City: N/A
    State: N/A
    Attachment: N/A
    Number: RIN-2590-AA95

  • Comment

    I would like to point out FHFA and Director Watt, as well as many congressional leaders and housing advocacy and banking groups have come forward with passionate support for a Financial Market Utility structure for the GSEs. I concur. After the passage of Dodd-Frank, capital standards would most appropriately be addressed under Treasury's "Final Rule on Authority to Designate Financial Market Utilities" under the SIFI-declared enterprises designation and capital standards lawfully set in place by the FSOC created by Dodd-Frank.

    I would also like to point out that investor complaints that the Amendment 3 Net Worth Sweep was of no benefit to investors is a "red herring" in that investor share prices have actually risen since Amendment 3 was announced, and investors troubled by its provisions had ample time to exit their positions before it was actually implemented in 2013. I would further observe that House Bill No.4171 clearly states in Sectiion 112: "Requires (the Agency)... (2) promote market discipline, by eliminating expectations on the part of shareholders..." under Public Law No. 111-517 passed on 07/21/2010.

    I m submitting these comments as a real estate owner and investor in FNMA and FMCC common and junior preferred stocks over a span of several years.