Kevin Palmer, SVP Portfolio Management, Single Family, Freddie Mac

29 October 2018Alternative Risk Transfer

Freddie Mac seeks 20 new reinsurers on its $3bn placement

Freddie Mac, the US government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) that provides liquidity to the US mortgage markets by buying mortgages from lenders, wants to increase the panel of reinsurers it works with over time to as many as 50—a move intended to ensure its credit risk transfer programme will remain stable and sustainable in the long term.

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