Borrowings under Repurchase Agreements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Disclosure of Repurchase Agreements [Abstract]

Repurchase Agreements Disclosure [Text Block]

Borrowings under Repurchase Agreements

The Company enters into repurchase agreements. A repurchase agreement involves the sale of an asset to a counterparty together with a simultaneous agreement to repurchase the transferred asset or similar asset from such counterparty at a future date. The Company accounts for its repurchase agreements as collateralized borrowings, with the transferred assets effectively serving as collateral for the related borrowing. The Company's repurchase agreements typically range in term from 30 to 180 days. The principal economic terms of each repurchase agreement—such as loan amount, interest rate, and maturity date—are typically negotiated on a transaction-by-transaction basis. Other terms and conditions, such as relating to events of default, are typically governed under the Company's master repurchase agreements. Absent an event of default, the Company maintains beneficial ownership of the transferred securities during the term of the repurchase agreement and receives the related principal and interest payments. Interest rates on these borrowings are generally fixed based on prevailing rates corresponding to the terms of the borrowings, and interest is paid at the termination of the repurchase agreement at which time the Company may enter into a new repurchase agreement at prevailing market rates with the same counterparty, repay that counterparty and possibly negotiate financing terms with a different counterparty, or choose to no longer finance the related asset. In response to a decline in the fair value of the transferred securities, whether as a result of changes in market conditions, security paydowns, or other factors, repurchase agreement counterparties will typically make a margin call, whereby the Company will be required to post additional securities and/or cash as collateral with the counterparty in order to re-establish the agreed-upon collateralization requirements. In the event of increases in fair value of the transferred securities, the Company generally can require the counterparty to post collateral with it in the form of cash or securities. The Company is generally permitted to sell or re-pledge any securities posted by the counterparty as collateral; however, upon termination of the repurchase agreement, or other circumstance in which the counterparty is no longer required to post such margin, the Company must return to the counterparty the same security that had been posted. The contractual amount (loan amount) of the Company's repurchase agreements approximates fair value, based on the short-term nature of the debt and the adequacy of the collateral.

At any given time, the Company seeks to have its outstanding borrowings under repurchase agreements with several different counterparties in order to reduce the exposure to any single counterparty. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company had outstanding borrowings under repurchase agreements with 15 and 12 counterparties, respectively.

The following table details the Company's outstanding borrowings under repurchase agreements as of December 31, 2019 and 2018:

	December 31, 2019					December 31, 2018
			Weighted Average					Weighted Average
Remaining Days to Maturity	Borrowings Outstanding		Interest Rate		Remaining Days to Maturity	Borrowings Outstanding		Interest Rate		Remaining Days to Maturity
	(In thousands)
30 days or less	$	513,092	2.10	%	15	$	512,505	2.45	%	16
31-60 days	549,541		1.91		45	594,199		2.56		46
61-90 days	233,639		1.97		74	359,861		2.71		75
91-120 days	—		—		—	—		—		—
121-150 days	—		—		—	—		—		—
151-180 days	—		—		—	14,996		2.72		177
Total	$	1,296,272	2.00	%	39	$	1,481,561	2.56	%	44

Repurchase agreements involving underlying investments that the Company sold prior to period end, for settlement following period end, are shown using their original maturity dates even though such repurchase agreements may be expected to be terminated early upon settlement of the sale of the underlying investment.

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the fair value of RMBS transferred as collateral under outstanding borrowings under repurchase agreements was $1.3 billion and $1.6 billion, respectively. Collateral transferred under outstanding borrowings as of December 31, 2019 includes RMBS in the amount of $3.0 million that were sold prior to period end but for which such sale had not yet settled. Collateral transferred under outstanding borrowings as of December 31, 2018 includes RMBS in the amount of $74.4 million that were sold prior to year end but for which such sale had not yet settled. In addition as of December 31, 2019, the Company was posting to repurchase agreement counterparties net cash collateral of $24.9 million as a result of margin calls with various repurchase agreement counterparties. As of December 31, 2018, the Company was posting to repurchase agreement counterparties net cash collateral of $3.8 million and additional securities with a fair value of $1.1 million as a result of margin calls with various repurchase agreement counterparties.

Amount at risk represents the excess, if any, for each counterparty of the fair value of collateral held by such counterparty over the amounts outstanding under repurchase agreements. The following table reflects counterparties for which the amounts at risk relating to our repurchase agreements were greater than 10% of shareholders' equity as of December, 31, 2018. There was no counterparty for which the amount at risk was greater than 10% of shareholders' equity as of December 31, 2019.

December 31, 2018:

Counterparty	Amount at Risk(1)		Weighted Average Remaining Days to Maturity	Percentage of Shareholders' Equity
	(In thousands)
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	$	20,214	41	13.1	%
Royal Bank of Canada	16,563		43	10.8	%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC	16,057		39	10.4	%

(1)

Amounts at risk exclude, in aggregate, $(43) thousand of net accrued interest, defined as accrued interest on securities held as collateral less interest payable on cash borrowed.