Votes and Verdicts: Don Layton on Fannie, Freddie’s Future
The future of the US mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is discussed in depth in this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes and Verdicts podcast. BI’s Ben Elliott...
By Aditya Somani · Bloomberg
The future of the US mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is discussed in depth in this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes and Verdicts podcast. BI’s Ben Elliott speaks with Don Layton, former Freddie Mac CEO and JPMorgan vice chairman, about President Donald Trump’s push for a GSE stock offering and why such a transaction alone wouldn’t constitute a meaningful exit from conservatorship. Layton examines whether release could be achieved before January 2029, the extensive gro