May 4, 2023 - 10-Q: Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☑ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED: March 31, 2023

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM TO

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 1-33796

CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Maryland		26-0630461
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation of organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

630 Fifth Avenue, Ste 2400
New York,	New York	10111
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(888) 895-6557

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	CIM	New York Stock Exchange
8.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	CIM PRA	New York Stock Exchange
8.00% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	CIM PRB	New York Stock Exchange
7.75% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	CIM PRC	New York Stock Exchange
8.00% Series D Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	CIM PRD	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days:

Yes þ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes þ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer þ Accelerated filer ☐ Non-accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☐

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ☐ No þ

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the last practicable date:


Class			Outstanding at April 30, 2023
Common Stock, $0.01 par value			232,096,164

CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q

TABLE OF CONTENTS


	PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.	CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
	Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition as of March 31, 2023 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2022 (Derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2022)	2
	Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022	3
	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Unaudited) for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022	4
	Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited) for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022	5
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022	6
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)	8

ITEM 2.	MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS	43
ITEM 3.	QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK	66
ITEM 4	CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES	72

	PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.	LEGAL PROCEEDINGS	73
ITEM 1A.	RISK FACTORS	73
ITEM 2.	UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS	73
ITEM 6.	EXHIBITS	73
	SIGNATURES	76

Part I - Financial Information

Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements


CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022

Cash and cash equivalents	$	232,392	$	264,600
Non-Agency RMBS, at fair value (net of allowance for credit losses of $10 million and $7 million, respectively)	1,140,776		1,147,481
Agency MBS, at fair value	263,743		430,944
Loans held for investment, at fair value	12,382,047		11,359,236

Accrued interest receivable	73,022		61,768
Other assets	97,582		133,866
Derivatives, at fair value	14,199		4,096
Total assets (1)	$	14,203,761	$	13,401,991
Liabilities:
Secured financing agreements ($4.5 billion and $4.7 billion pledged as collateral, respectively, and includes $371 million and $374 million at fair value, respectively)	$	3,195,322	$	3,434,765

Securitized debt, collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS ($271 million and $276 million pledged as collateral, respectively)	77,742		78,542
Securitized debt at fair value, collateralized by Loans held for investment ($10.7 billion and $10.0 billion pledged as collateral, respectively)	7,507,228		7,100,742

Payable for investments purchased	660,047		9,282
Accrued interest payable	31,487		30,696
Dividends payable	63,880		64,545
Accounts payable and other liabilities	18,668		16,616

Total liabilities (1)	$	11,554,374	$	10,735,188

Commitments and Contingencies (See Note 16)

Stockholders' Equity:
Preferred Stock, par value of $0.01 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized:
8.00% Series A cumulative redeemable: 5,800,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively ($145,000 liquidation preference)	$	58	$	58
8.00% Series B cumulative redeemable: 13,000,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively ($325,000 liquidation preference)	130		130
7.75% Series C cumulative redeemable: 10,400,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively ($260,000 liquidation preference)	104		104
8.00% Series D cumulative redeemable: 8,000,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively ($200,000 liquidation preference)	80		80
Common stock: par value $0.01 per share; 500,000,000 shares authorized, 232,093,167 and 231,824,192 shares issued and outstanding, respectively	2,321		2,318
Additional paid-in-capital	4,320,803		4,318,388
Accumulated other comprehensive income	224,755		229,345
Cumulative earnings	4,096,308		4,038,942
Cumulative distributions to stockholders	(5,995,172)		(5,922,562)
Total stockholders' equity	$	2,649,387	$	2,666,803
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	14,203,761	$	13,401,991

(1) The Company's consolidated statements of financial condition include assets of consolidated variable interest entities, or VIEs, that can only be used to settle obligations and liabilities of the VIE for which creditors do not have recourse to the primary beneficiary (Chimera Investment Corporation). As of March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, total assets of consolidated VIEs were $10,494,798 and $10,199,266, respectively, and total liabilities of consolidated VIEs were $7,196,538 and $6,772,125, respectively. See Note 8 for further discussion.

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
	For the Quarters Ended
	March 31, 2023		March 31, 2022
Net interest income:
Interest income (1)	$	189,250	$	202,175
Interest expense (2)	119,615		64,473
Net interest income	69,635		137,702

Increase/(decrease) in provision for credit losses	3,062		240








Other investment gains (losses):
Net unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives	(8,551)		—
Realized gains (losses) on derivatives	(34,134)		—
Periodic interest cost of swaps, net	2,819		—
Net gains (losses) on derivatives	(39,866)		—
Net unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value	64,592		(370,167)
Net realized gains (losses) on sales of investments	(5,264)		—

Gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt	2,309		—
Other investment gains (losses)	117		—
Total other gains (losses)	21,888		(370,167)





Other expenses:




Compensation and benefits	10,491		11,353
General and administrative expenses	5,778		5,711
Servicing and asset manager fees	8,417		9,291
Transaction expenses	6,409		3,804
Total other expenses	31,095		30,159
Income (loss) before income taxes	57,366		(262,864)
Income tax expense (benefit)	—		(70)
Net income (loss)	$	57,366	$	(262,794)

Dividends on preferred stock	18,438		18,408

Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$	38,928	$	(281,202)

Net income (loss) per share available to common shareholders:
Basic	$	0.17	$	(1.19)
Diluted	$	0.17	$	(1.19)

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	231,994,620		237,012,702
Diluted	235,201,614		237,012,702

(1) Includes interest income of consolidated VIEs of $139,902 and $131,066 for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements for further discussion.

(2) Includes interest expense of consolidated VIEs of $60,152 and $42,491 for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.




CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

	For the Quarters Ended
	March 31, 2023		March 31, 2022
Comprehensive income (loss):
Net income (loss)	$	57,366	$	(262,794)
Other comprehensive income:
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, net	(5,905)		(40,955)


Reclassification adjustment for net realized losses (gains) included in net income	1,315		—

Other comprehensive income (loss)	(4,590)		(40,955)
Comprehensive income (loss) before preferred stock dividends	$	52,776	$	(303,749)
Dividends on preferred stock	$	18,438	$	18,408
Comprehensive income (loss) available to common stock shareholders	$	34,338	$	(322,157)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)


































For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2023

	Series A Preferred Stock Par Value		Series B Preferred Stock Par Value		Series C Preferred Stock Par Value		Series D Preferred Stock Par Value		Common Stock Par Value		Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Cumulative Earnings		Cumulative Distributions to Stockholders		Total
Balance, December 31, 2022	$	58	$	130	$	104	$	80	$	2,318	$	4,318,388	$	229,345	$	4,038,942	$	(5,922,562)	$	2,666,803
Net income (loss)	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		57,366		—		57,366

Other comprehensive income (loss)	—		—		—		—		—		—		(4,590)		—		—		(4,590)


Stock based compensation	—		—		—				3		2,415		—		—		—		2,418
Common dividends declared	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		(54,172)		(54,172)
Preferred dividends declared	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		(18,438)		(18,438)

Balance, March 31, 2023	$	58	$	130	$	104	$	80	$	2,321	$	4,320,803	$	224,755	$	4,096,308	$	(5,995,172)	$	2,649,387

For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2022

	Series A Preferred Stock Par Value		Series B Preferred Stock Par Value		Series C Preferred Stock Par Value		Series D Preferred Stock Par Value		Common Stock Par Value		Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Cumulative Earnings		Cumulative Distributions to Stockholders		Total
Balance, December 31, 2021	$	58	$	130	$	104	$	80	$	2,370	$	4,359,045	$	405,054	$	4,552,008	$	(5,582,658)	$	3,736,191
Net income (loss)	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		(262,794)		—		(262,794)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	—		—		—		—		—		—		(40,955)		—		—		(40,955)



Stock based compensation	—		—		—		—		—		1,295		—		—		—		1,295
Common dividends declared	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		(78,601)		(78,601)
Preferred dividends declared	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		(18,408)		(18,408)

Balance, March 31, 2022	$	58	$	130	$	104	$	80	$	2,370	$	4,360,340	$	364,099	$	4,289,214	$	(5,679,667)	$	3,336,728

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(dollars in thousands)

	For the Quarters Ended
	March 31, 2023		March 31, 2022
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Net income (loss)	$	57,366	$	(262,794)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
(Accretion) amortization of investment discounts/premiums, net	3,468		25,897
Accretion (amortization) of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, and Securitized debt discounts/premiums, net	7,143		(2,676)

Net unrealized losses (gains) on derivatives	8,551		—

Proceeds (payments) for derivative settlements	(17,509)		—
Margin (paid) received on derivatives	35,128		—
Net unrealized losses (gains) on financial instruments at fair value	(64,592)		370,167
Net realized losses (gains) on sales of investments	5,264		—
Other investment (gains) losses	(117)		—
Net increase (decrease) in provision for credit losses	3,062		240

(Gain) loss on extinguishment of debt	(2,309)		—

Equity-based compensation expense	2,418		1,295
Changes in operating assets:
Decrease (increase) in accrued interest receivable, net	(11,254)		(2,904)
Decrease (increase) in other assets	981		(1,160)
Changes in operating liabilities:
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and other liabilities	2,051		6,335

Increase (decrease) in accrued interest payable, net	790		1,518
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	30,441	$	135,918
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
Agency MBS portfolio:
Purchases	$	(888)	$	(44,627)
Sales	167,675		—
Principal payments	355		230,321
Non-Agency RMBS portfolio:
Purchases	—		(23,000)
Sales	—		—
Principal payments	19,122		76,472
Loans held for investment:
Purchases	(589,984)		(1,019,118)
Sales	—		—
Principal payments	321,711		592,603


Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	$	(82,009)	$	(187,349)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
Proceeds from secured financing agreements	$	8,457,223	$	8,972,972
Payments on secured financing agreements	(8,699,286)		(8,810,180)



Proceeds from securitized debt borrowings, collateralized by Loans held for investment	944,095		262,118
Payments on securitized debt borrowings, collateralized by Loans held for investment	(609,370)		(495,172)
Payments on securitized debt borrowings, collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS	(28)		(1,719)





Common dividends paid	(54,836)		(78,194)
Preferred dividends paid	(18,438)		(18,407)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	$	19,360	$	(168,582)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(32,208)		(220,013)


Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	264,600		385,741
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	232,392	$	165,728

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Interest received	$	181,464	$	225,168
Interest paid	$	111,682	$	66,143


Non-cash investing activities:

Payable for investments purchased	$	660,047	$	259,796

Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on available-for sale securities	$	(5,905)	$	(40,955)


Transfer of investments due to consolidation
Loans held for investment, at fair value	$	—	$	1,047,838

Securitized debt at fair value, collateralized by loans held for investment	$	—	$	774,510
Non-Agency RMBS, at fair value	$	—	$	(218,276)






Non-cash financing activities:
Dividends declared, not yet paid	$	63,880	$	86,560

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Organization

Chimera Investment Corporation, or the Company, was organized in Maryland on June 1, 2007. The Company commenced operations on November 21, 2007 when it completed its initial public offering. The Company elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder, or the Code.

The Company is an internally managed REIT that is primarily engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the business of investing in a diversified portfolio of mortgage assets, including residential mortgage loans, Agency RMBS, Non-Agency RMBS, Agency CMBS, and other real estate-related assets. The following defines certain of the commonly used terms in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q: Agency refers to a federally chartered corporation, such as Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, or an agency of the U.S. Government, such as Ginnie Mae; MBS refers to mortgage-backed securities secured by pools of residential or commercial mortgage loans; Agency RMBS and Agency CMBS refer to MBS that are secured by pools of residential and commercial mortgage loans, respectively, and are issued or guaranteed by an Agency; Agency MBS refers to MBS that are issued or guaranteed by an Agency and includes Agency RMBS and Agency CMBS collectively; Non-Agency RMBS refers to residential MBS that are not guaranteed by any agency of the U.S. Government or any Agency. IO refers to Interest-only securities.

The Company conducts its operations through various subsidiaries including subsidiaries it treats as taxable REIT subsidiaries, or TRSs. In general, a TRS may hold assets and engage in activities that the Company cannot hold or engage in directly and generally may engage in any real estate or non-real estate related business. The Company currently has twelve wholly-owned direct subsidiaries: Chimera RMBS Whole Pool LLC and Chimera RMBS LLC formed in June 2009; CIM Trading Company LLC, or CIM Trading, formed in July 2010; Chimera Funding TRS LLC, or CIM Funding TRS, a TRS formed in October 2013; Chimera CMBS Whole Pool LLC and Chimera RMBS Securities LLC formed in March 2015; Chimera RR Holding LLC formed in April 2016; Anacostia LLC, a TRS formed in June 2018; NYH Funding LLC, a TRS formed in May 2019; Kali 2020 Holdings LLC formed in May 2020; Varuna Capital Partners LLC formed in September 2020; and Aarna Holdings LLC formed in November 2020.

During 2022, the Company exchanged its interest in Kah Capital Management, LLC for an interest in Kah Capital Holdings, LLC, which is accounted for as an equity method investment in other assets on the Statement of Financial Condition at March 31, 2023. Kah Capital Holdings, LLC is the parent of Kah Capital Management, LLC. The Company did not pay any investment services fees to Kah Capital Management, LLC during the quarter ended March 31, 2023. The Company paid $250 thousand during the quarter ended March 31, 2022, in fees to Kah Capital Management, LLC. These fees were paid for investment services provided, and are reported within Other Expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Company has made a $75 million capital commitment to a fund managed by Kah Capital Management, LLC. As of March 31, 2023, the Company has funded $27 million towards that commitment. The Company's investment in this fund is accounted for as an equity method investment in other assets on the Statement of Financial Condition. The Company records any gains and losses associated with its equity method investments in other investment gains (losses) on the Statement of Operations.

2. Summary of the Significant Accounting Policies

(a) Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP. In the opinion of the Company, all normal and recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position, results of operations and cash flows have been included. Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date.

The consolidated financial statements include the Company’s accounts, the accounts of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and variable interest entities, or VIEs, in which the Company is the primary beneficiary. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The Company uses securitization trusts considered to be VIEs in its securitization transactions. VIEs are defined as entities in which equity investors (i) do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest, or (ii) do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. The entity that

consolidates a VIE is known as its primary beneficiary and is generally the entity with (i) the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIEs’ economic performance, and (ii) the right to receive benefits from the VIE or the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could be significant to the VIE. For VIEs that do not have substantial on-going activities, the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIEs’ economic performance may be determined by an entity’s involvement with the design and structure of the VIE.

The trusts are structured as entities that receive principal and interest on the underlying collateral and distribute those payments to the security holders. The assets held by the securitization entities are restricted in that they can only be used to fulfill the obligations of the securitization entity. The Company’s risks associated with its involvement with these VIEs are limited to its risks and rights as a holder of the security it has retained as well as certain risks associated with being the sponsor and depositor of and the seller, directly or indirectly to, the securitizations entities.

Determining the primary beneficiary of a VIE requires judgment. The Company determined that for the securitizations it consolidates, its ownership provides the Company with the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could be significant to the VIE. In addition, the Company has the power to direct the activities of the VIEs that most significantly impact the VIEs’ economic performance, or power, such as rights to replace the servicer without cause, or the Company was determined to have power in connection with its involvement with the structure and design of the VIE.

The Company’s interest in the assets held by these securitization vehicles, which are consolidated on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition, is restricted by the structural provisions of these trusts, and a recovery of the Company’s investment in the vehicles will be limited by each entity’s distribution provisions. Generally, the securities retained by the Company are the most subordinate in the capital structure, which means those securities receive distributions after the senior securities have been paid. The liabilities of the securitization vehicles, which are also consolidated on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition, are non-recourse to the Company, and can only be satisfied using proceeds from each securitization vehicle’s respective asset pool.

The assets of securitization entities are comprised of residential mortgage-backed securities, or RMBS, or residential mortgage loans. See Notes 3, 4 and 9 for further discussion of the characteristics of the securities and loans in the Company’s portfolio.

(b) Statements of Financial Condition Presentation

The Company’s Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition include both the Company’s direct assets and liabilities and the assets and liabilities of consolidated securitization vehicles. Retained beneficial interests of the consolidated securitization vehicles are eliminated in consolidation. Assets of each consolidated VIE can only be used to satisfy the obligations of that VIE, and the liabilities of consolidated VIEs are non-recourse to the Company. The Company is not obligated to provide, nor does it intend to provide, any financial support to these consolidated securitization vehicles. The notes to the consolidated financial statements describe the Company’s assets and liabilities including the assets and liabilities of consolidated securitization vehicles. See Note 8 for additional information related to the Company’s investments in consolidated securitization vehicles.

Certain prior period investment balances for Non-Agency Subordinate and Interest-Only securities were updated to conform to current period presentation.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Although the Company’s estimates contemplate current conditions and how it expects them to change in the future, it is reasonably possible that actual conditions could be materially different than anticipated in those estimates, which could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s results of operations and its financial condition.

The Company has made significant estimates including in accounting for income recognition on Agency MBS, Non-Agency RMBS, IO MBS (Note 3) and residential mortgage loans (Note 4), valuation of Agency MBS and Non-Agency RMBS (Notes 3 and 5), residential mortgage loans (Notes 4 and 5) and securitized debt (Notes 5 and 7). Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

(d) Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no significant changes to the Company's accounting policies included in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements of the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, other than the significant accounting policies discussed below.

Fair Value Disclosure

A complete discussion of the methodology utilized by the Company to estimate the fair value of its financial instruments is included in Note 5 to these consolidated financial statements.

Income Taxes

The Company does not have any material unrecognized tax positions that would affect its financial statements or require disclosure. No accruals for penalties and interest were necessary as of March 31, 2023 or December 31, 2022.

(e) Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848)

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) No. 2020-4, Reference Rate Reform: Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The amendments in this update provide optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. The amendments in this update apply only to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference London Inter Bank Offering Rate (or LIBOR) or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. The amendments in this update are effective for contracts held by the Company subject to reference rate reform that fall within the scope of this update beginning immediately through December 31, 2022 at which time the transition is expected to be complete. The Company has not yet had any contracts modified to adopt reference rate reform. When a contract within the scope of this update is updated for reference rate reform, the Company will evaluate the impact in accordance with this update.

3. Mortgage-Backed Securities

The Company classifies its Non-Agency RMBS as senior, subordinated, or Interest-only. The Company also invests in Agency MBS which it classifies as Agency RMBS to include residential and residential interest-only MBS and Agency CMBS to include commercial and commercial interest-only MBS. Senior interests in Non-Agency RMBS are generally entitled to the first principal repayments in their pro-rata ownership interests at the acquisition date. The tables below present amortized cost, allowance for credit losses, fair value and unrealized gain/losses of the Company's MBS investments as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.


March 31, 2023
(dollars in thousands)
	Principal or Notional Value		Total Premium		Total Discount		Amortized Cost		Allowance for credit losses		Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Net Unrealized Gain/(Loss)
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	$	1,135,367	$	9,359	$	(613,753)	$	530,973	$	(7,866)	$	745,163	$	229,058	$	(7,002)	$	222,056
Subordinated	603,192		3,745		(304,848)		302,089		(2,385)		286,759		21,860		(34,805)		(12,945)
Interest-only	3,049,186		161,269		—		161,269		—		108,854		20,237		(72,652)		(52,415)
Agency RMBS

Interest-only	406,985		18,682		—		18,682		—		14,846		848		(4,684)		(3,836)
Agency CMBS
Project loans	132,718		2,241		—		134,959		—		125,785		—		(9,174)		(9,174)
Interest-only	2,441,039		136,530		—		136,530		—		123,112		1,593		(15,011)		(13,418)
Total	$	7,768,487	$	331,826	$	(918,601)	$	1,284,502	$	(10,251)	$	1,404,519	$	273,596	$	(143,328)	$	130,268



December 31, 2022
(dollars in thousands)
	Principal or Notional Value		Total Premium		Total Discount		Amortized Cost		Allowance for credit losses		Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Net Unrealized Gain/(Loss)
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	$	1,153,458	$	7,377	$	(624,803)	$	536,032	$	(4,418)	$	761,808	$	237,127	$	(6,933)	$	230,194
Subordinated	611,206		3,872		(310,757)		304,321		(2,770)		286,909		22,035		(36,677)		(14,642)
Interest-only	3,114,930		162,820		—		162,820		—		98,764		15,968		(80,024)		(64,056)
Agency RMBS

Interest-only	409,940		18,768		—		18,768		—		15,148		1,371		(4,991)		(3,620)
Agency CMBS
Project loans	302,685		5,805		(192)		308,298		—		289,418		—		(18,880)		(18,880)
Interest-only	2,669,396		139,738		—		139,738		—		126,378		1,654		(15,014)		(13,360)
Total	$	8,261,615	$	338,380	$	(935,752)	$	1,469,977	$	(7,188)	$	1,578,425	$	278,155	$	(162,519)	$	115,636

The following tables present the gross unrealized losses and estimated fair value of the Company’s Agency and Non-Agency MBS by length of time that such securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. All Non-Agency RMBS held as available-for-sale, and not accounted under the fair value option election in an unrealized loss position have been evaluated by the Company for current expected credit losses.


March 31, 2023
(dollars in thousands)
	Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months					Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More					Total
	Estimated Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Number of Positions	Estimated Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Number of Positions	Estimated Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Number of Positions
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	$	14,238	$	(626)	4	$	43,383	$	(6,376)	5	$	57,621	$	(7,002)	9
Subordinated	101,311		(12,185)		19	91,846		(22,620)		17	193,157		(34,805)		36
Interest-only	26,489		(12,748)		47	21,640		(59,904)		66	48,129		(72,652)		113
Agency RMBS

Interest-only	3,799		(326)		2	5,362		(4,358)		6	9,161		(4,684)		8
Agency CMBS
Project loans	125,785		(9,174)		124	—		—		—	125,785		(9,174)		124
Interest-only	15,266		(1,701)		2	98,724		(13,310)		6	113,990		(15,011)		8
Total	$	286,888	$	(36,760)	198	$	260,955	$	(106,568)	100	$	547,843	$	(143,328)	298



December 31, 2022
(dollars in thousands)
	Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 12 Months					Unrealized Loss Position for 12 Months or More					Total
	Estimated Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Number of Positions	Estimated Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Number of Positions	Estimated Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Number of Positions
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	$	83,553	$	(6,170)	13	$	7,577	$	(763)	1	$	91,130	$	(6,933)	14
Subordinated	161,959		(27,120)		28	37,025		(9,557)		8	198,984		(36,677)		36
Interest-only	41,890		(24,411)		79	15,213		(55,613)		50	57,103		(80,024)		129
Agency RMBS

Interest-only	6,062		(500)		4	2,825		(4,491)		4	8,887		(4,991)		8
Agency CMBS
Project loans	281,307		(18,880)		131	—		—		—	281,307		(18,880)		131
Interest-only	81,472		(10,503)		5	35,234		(4,511)		3	116,706		(15,014)		8
Total	$	656,243	$	(87,584)	260	$	97,874	$	(74,935)	66	$	754,117	$	(162,519)	326

At March 31, 2023, the Company did not intend to sell any of its Agency and Non-Agency MBS that were in an unrealized loss position, and it was not more likely than not that the Company would be required to sell these MBS investments before recovery of their amortized cost basis, which may be at their maturity. With respect to RMBS held by consolidated VIEs, the ability of any entity to cause the sale by the VIE prior to the maturity of these RMBS is either expressly prohibited, not probable, or is limited to specified events of default, none of which have occurred as of March 31, 2023.

The Company had $5 thousand and $3 million gross unrealized losses on its Agency MBS (excluding Agency MBS which are reported at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in earnings) as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Given the inherent credit quality of Agency MBS, the Company does not consider any of the current impairments on its Agency MBS to be credit related. In evaluating whether it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell any impaired security before its anticipated recovery, which may be at their maturity, the Company considers the significance of each investment, the amount of impairment, the projected future performance of such impaired securities, as well as the Company’s current and anticipated leverage capacity and liquidity position. Based on these analyses, the Company determined that at March 31, 2023 unrealized losses on its Agency MBS were temporary.

Gross unrealized losses on the Company’s Non-Agency RMBS (excluding Non-Agency RMBS which are reported at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in earnings), net of any allowance for credit losses, were $19 million and $20 million, at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. After evaluating the securities and recording any allowance for credit losses, the Company concluded that the remaining unrealized losses reflected above were non-credit related and would be recovered from the securities' estimated future cash flows. The Company considered a number of factors in reaching this conclusion, including that it did not intend to sell the securities, it was not considered more likely than not that it would be forced to sell the securities prior to recovering the amortized cost, and there were no material credit events that would have caused the Company to otherwise conclude that it would not recover the amortized cost. The allowance for credit losses are calculated by comparing the estimated future cash flows of each security discounted at the yield determined as of the initial acquisition date or, if since revised, as of the last date previously revised, to the net amortized cost basis. Significant judgment is used in projecting cash flows for Non-Agency RMBS.

The Company has reviewed its Non-Agency RMBS that are in an unrealized loss position to identify those securities with losses that are credit related based on an assessment of changes in cash flows expected to be collected for such RMBS, which considers recent bond performance and expected future performance of the underlying collateral. A summary of the credit losses allowance on available-for-sale securities for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 is presented below.


	For the Quarter Ended
	March 31, 2023		March 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
Beginning allowance for credit losses	$	7,188	$	213


Additions to the allowance for credit losses on securities for which credit losses were not previously recorded	597		339
Allowance on purchased financial assets with credit deterioration	—		—
Reductions for the securities sold during the period	—		—
Increase/(decrease) on securities with an allowance in the prior period	4,093		(41)
Write-offs charged against the allowance	(1,631)		(58)
Recoveries of amounts previously written off	4		—

Ending allowance for credit losses	$	10,251	$	453

The following table presents significant credit quality indicators used for the credit loss allowance on our Non-Agency RMBS investments as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.



	March 31, 2023
		(dollars in thousands)
		Prepay Rate	CDR	Loss Severity
	Amortized Cost	Weighted Average	Weighted Average	Weighted Average
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	75,076	5.6%	2.6%	41.1%
Subordinated	57,304	7.0%	0.3%	42.5%



	December 31, 2022
		(dollars in thousands)
		Prepay Rate	CDR	Loss Severity
	Amortized Cost	Weighted Average	Weighted Average	Weighted Average
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	88,062	7.5%	2.4%	39.7%
Subordinated	66,914	9.2%	0.4%	40.9%

The increase in the allowance for credit losses for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 is primarily due to increases in expected losses and delinquencies as compared to the same period of 2022. In addition, certain Non-Agency RMBS positions now have higher unrealized losses and resulted in the recognition of an allowance for credit losses which was previously limited by unrealized gains on these investments.

The following tables present a summary of unrealized gains and losses at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.


			March 31, 2023
			(dollars in thousands)
	Gross Unrealized Gain Included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Gross Unrealized Gain Included in Cumulative Earnings		Total Gross Unrealized Gain		Gross Unrealized Loss Included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Gross Unrealized Loss Included in Cumulative Earnings		Total Gross Unrealized Loss
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	$	229,058	$	—	$	229,058	$	(5,239)	$	(1,763)	$	(7,002)
Subordinated	14,383		7,477		21,860		(13,442)		(21,363)		(34,805)
Interest-only	—		20,237		20,237		—		(72,652)		(72,652)
Agency RMBS

Interest-only	—		848		848		—		(4,684)		(4,684)
Agency CMBS
Project loans	—		—		—		(5)		(9,169)		(9,174)
Interest-only	—		1,593		1,593		—		(15,011)		(15,011)
Total	$	243,441	$	30,155	$	273,596	$	(18,686)	$	(124,642)	$	(143,328)


			December 31, 2022
			(dollars in thousands)
	Gross Unrealized Gain Included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Gross Unrealized Gain Included in Cumulative Earnings		Total Gross Unrealized Gain		Gross Unrealized Loss Included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Gross Unrealized Loss Included in Cumulative Earnings		Total Gross Unrealized Loss
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	$	237,127	$	—	$	237,127	$	(5,132)	$	(1,801)	$	(6,933)
Subordinated	14,600		7,435		22,035		(14,418)		(22,259)		(36,677)
Interest-only	—		15,968		15,968		—		(80,024)		(80,024)
Agency RMBS

Interest-only	—		1,371		1,371		—		(4,991)		(4,991)
Agency CMBS
Project loans	—		—		—		(2,832)		(16,048)		(18,880)
Interest-only	—		1,654		1,654		—		(15,014)		(15,014)
Total	$	251,727	$	26,428	$	278,155	$	(22,382)	$	(140,137)	$	(162,519)

Changes in prepayments, actual cash flows, and cash flows expected to be collected, among other items, are affected by the collateral characteristics of each asset class. The Company chooses assets for the portfolio after carefully evaluating each investment’s risk profile.

The following tables provide a summary of the Company’s MBS portfolio at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.


	March 31, 2023
	Principal or Notional Value at Period-End (dollars in thousands)		Weighted Average Amortized Cost Basis		Weighted Average Fair Value	Weighted Average Coupon		Weighted Average Yield at Period-End (1)
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	$	1,135,367	$	46.07	65.63	5.4	%	16.8	%
Subordinated	603,192		49.69		47.54	3.2	%	6.7	%
Interest-only	3,049,186		5.29		3.57	0.6	%	5.8	%
Agency RMBS

Interest-only	406,985		4.59		3.65	0.5	%	7.2	%
Agency CMBS
Project loans	132,718		101.69		94.78	4.2	%	4.0	%
Interest-only	2,441,039		5.59		5.04	0.7	%	3.1	%

(1) Bond Equivalent Yield at period end.


	December 31, 2022
	Principal or Notional Value at Period-End (dollars in thousands)		Weighted Average Amortized Cost Basis		Weighted Average Fair Value		Weighted Average Coupon		Weighted Average Yield at Period-End (1)
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	$	1,153,458	$	46.09	$	66.05	5.3	%	16.4	%
Subordinated	611,206		49.79		46.94		3.1	%	6.8	%
Interest-only	3,114,930		5.14		3.17		0.7	%	5.3	%
Agency RMBS

Interest-only	409,940		4.58		3.70		0.9	%	5.0	%
Agency CMBS
Project loans	302,685		101.85		95.62		4.3	%	4.1	%
Interest-only	2,669,396		5.23		4.73		0.7	%	3.4	%

(1) Bond Equivalent Yield at period end.

Actual maturities of MBS are generally shorter than the stated contractual maturities. Actual maturities of the Company’s MBS are affected by the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal, realized losses and prepayments of principal. The following tables provide a summary of the fair value and amortized cost of the Company’s MBS at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 according to their estimated weighted-average life classifications. The weighted-average lives of the MBS in the tables below are based on lifetime expected prepayment rates using the Company's prepayment assumptions for the Agency MBS and Non-Agency RMBS. The prepayment model considers current yield, forward yield, steepness of the interest rate curve, current mortgage rates, mortgage rates of the outstanding loan, loan age, margin, and volatility.


	March 31, 2023
	(dollars in thousands)
	Weighted Average Life
	Less than one year		Greater than one year and less than five years		Greater than five years and less than ten years		Greater than ten years		Total
Fair value
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	$	1,873	$	146,542	$	294,053	$	302,695	$	745,163
Subordinated	3,255		16,480		89,551		177,473		286,759
Interest-only	176		30,794		74,759		3,125		108,854
Agency RMBS

Interest-only	—		—		14,846		—		14,846
Agency CMBS
Project loans	8,035		—		—		117,750		125,785
Interest-only	1,062		122,050		—		—		123,112
Total fair value	$	14,401	$	315,866	$	473,209	$	601,043	$	1,404,519
Amortized cost
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	$	1,611	$	124,002	$	196,061	$	209,299	$	530,973
Subordinated	778		12,598		89,763		198,950		302,089
Interest-only	6,564		62,817		87,475		4,413		161,269
Agency RMBS

Interest-only	—		—		18,682		—		18,682
Agency CMBS
Project loans	8,040		—		—		126,919		134,959
Interest-only	1,243		135,287		—		—		136,530
Total amortized cost	$	18,236	$	334,704	$	391,981	$	539,581	$	1,284,502


	December 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
	Weighted Average Life
	Less than one year		Greater than one year and less than five years		Greater than five years and less than ten years		Greater than ten years		Total
Fair value
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	$	6,727	$	152,811	$	308,351	$	293,919	$	761,808
Subordinated	3,957		6,829		113,903		162,220		286,909
Interest-only	205		30,780		65,038		2,741		98,764
Agency RMBS

Interest-only	—		—		15,148		—		15,148
Agency CMBS
Project loans	8,112		—		—		281,306		289,418
Interest-only	139		126,239		—		—		126,378
Total fair value	$	19,140	$	316,659	$	502,440	$	740,186	$	1,578,425
Amortized cost
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	$	6,336	$	122,916	$	206,615	$	200,165	$	536,032
Subordinated	1,184		5,008		118,700		179,429		304,321
Interest-only	6,249		64,172		89,266		3,133		162,820
Agency RMBS

Interest-only	—		—		18,768		—		18,768
Agency CMBS
Project loans	8,112		—		—		300,186		308,298
Interest-only	200		139,538		—		—		139,738
Total amortized cost	$	22,081	$	331,634	$	433,349	$	682,913	$	1,469,977

The Non-Agency RMBS investments are secured by pools of mortgage loans which are subject to credit risk. The following table summarizes the delinquency, bankruptcy, foreclosure and Real estate owned, or REO, total of the pools of mortgage loans securing the Company’s investments in Non-Agency RMBS at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. When delinquency rates increase, it is expected that the Company will incur additional credit losses.


March 31, 2023	30 Days Delinquent		60 Days Delinquent		90+ Days Delinquent		Bankruptcy		Foreclosure		REO		Total

% of Unpaid Principal Balance	3.2	%	1.2	%	3.2	%	1.3	%	3.0	%	0.6	%	12.5	%


December 31, 2022	30 Days Delinquent		60 Days Delinquent		90+ Days Delinquent		Bankruptcy		Foreclosure		REO		Total

% of Unpaid Principal Balance	2.9	%	1.3	%	3.3	%	1.3	%	3.0	%	0.6	%	12.4	%

The Non-Agency RMBS in the Portfolio have the following collateral characteristics at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.


	March 31, 2023				December 31, 2022
Weighted average maturity (years)		21.4				21.4
Weighted average amortized loan to value (1)		57.9		%		58.2		%
Weighted average FICO (2)		709				713
Weighted average loan balance (in thousands)		$	257			$	258
Weighted average percentage owner-occupied		84.3		%		84.4		%
Weighted average percentage single family residence		61.5		%		61.4		%
Weighted average current credit enhancement		1.1		%		1.1		%
Weighted average geographic concentration of top four states	CA	32.7		%	CA	32.7		%
	NY	11.3		%	NY	11.3		%
	FL	7.6		%	FL	7.6		%
	NJ	4.6		%	NJ	4.5		%

(1) Value represents appraised value of the collateral at the time of loan origination.

(2) FICO as determined at the time of loan origination.

The table below presents the origination year of the underlying loans related to the Company’s portfolio of Non-Agency RMBS at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.


Origination Year	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
2003 and prior	0.8	%	0.7	%
2004	1.1	%	1.1	%
2005	8.9	%	9.0	%
2006	45.3	%	45.0	%
2007	30.9	%	30.8	%
2008 and later	13.0	%	13.4	%
Total	100.0	%	100.0	%

Gross realized gains and losses are recorded in “Net realized gains (losses) on sales of investments” on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. The proceeds and gross realized gains and gross realized losses from sales of investments for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 are as follows:


	For the Quarter Ended
	March 31, 2023		March 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
Proceeds from sales:


Agency CMBS	$	167,675	$	—

Gross realized gains:


Agency CMBS	—		—
Gross realized losses:


Agency CMBS	(5,264)		—
Net realized gain (loss)	$	(5,264)	$	—

4. Loans Held for Investment

The Loans held for investment are comprised primarily of loans collateralized by seasoned reperforming residential mortgages. Additionally, it includes jumbo prime loans, investor loans and business purpose loans.

The investor loans are loans to individuals securing non-primary residences as well as to individuals or businesses who rent out the residential properties secured by such loans. The Company purchases qualified mortgages, or QM, and non-qualified mortgages, or Non-QM, investor loans and securitizes them under its loan securitization program. The business purpose loans are loans to businesses that are secured by real property which will be renovated by the borrower. The business purpose loans tend to be short duration, often less than one year, and generally the coupon rate is higher than residential mortgage loans.

At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, all Loans held for investment are carried at fair value. See Note 5 for a discussion on how the Company determines the fair values of the Loans held for investment. As changes in the fair value of these loans are reflected in earnings, the Company does not estimate or record a loan loss provision. The total amortized cost of the Company's Loans held for investment was $12.8 billion and $11.9 billion as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. The total unpaid principal balance of the Company's Loans held for investment was $13.0 billion and $12.1 billion as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

The following table provides a summary of the changes in the carrying value of Loans held for investment at fair value at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:


	For the Quarter Ended		For the Year Ended
	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
Balance, beginning of period	$	11,359,236	$	12,261,926
Transfer due to consolidation	—		1,047,838
Purchases	1,242,165		1,615,377
Principal paydowns	(321,711)		(2,160,445)
Sales and settlements	(1,376)		(5,369)
Net periodic accretion (amortization)	(10,404)		(52,616)

Change in fair value	114,137		(1,347,475)
Balance, end of period	$	12,382,047	$	11,359,236

The primary cause of the change in fair value is due to market demand, interest rates and changes in credit risk of mortgage loans. The Company did not retain any beneficial interests on loan sales during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and year ended December 31, 2022.

Residential mortgage loans

The loan portfolio for all residential mortgages were originated during the following periods:


Origination Year	March 31, 2023 (1)		December 31, 2022
2002 and prior	5.8	%	6.0	%
2003	5.0	%	5.0	%
2004	9.5	%	9.7	%
2005	16.0	%	16.3	%
2006	19.9	%	20.3	%
2007	21.5	%	21.5	%
2008	6.7	%	6.6	%
2009	1.5	%	1.5	%
2010 and later	14.1	%	13.1	%
Total	100.0	%	100.0	%

(1) The above table excludes approximately $650 million of Loans held for investment for March 31, 2023 which were purchased prior to the reporting date and will settle subsequent to the reporting period.

The following table presents a summary of key characteristics of the residential loan portfolio at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:


	March 31, 2023 (1)				December 31, 2022
Number of loans		119,042				116,876
Weighted average maturity (years)		20.8				20.9
Weighted average loan to value (2)		80.8		%		82.2		%
Weighted average FICO		661				658
Weighted average loan balance (in thousands)		$	104			$	103
Weighted average percentage owner occupied		88.7		%		87.5		%
Weighted average percentage single family residence		79.4		%		79.3		%
Weighted average geographic concentration of top five states	CA	14.9		%	CA	14.6		%
	FL	8.5		%	FL	8.5		%
	NY	8.4		%	NY	8.5		%
	PA	4.5		%	VA	4.5		%
	VA	4.4		%	PA	4.4		%

(2) Value represents appraised value of the collateral at the time of loan origination.

The following table summarizes the outstanding principal balance of the residential loan portfolio which are 30 days delinquent and greater as reported by the servicers at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.


	30 Days Delinquent		60 Days Delinquent		90+ Days Delinquent		Bankruptcy		Foreclosure		REO		Total		Unpaid Principal Balance
(dollars in thousands)
March 31, 2023 (1)	$844,540		$248,858		$419,051		$189,710		$367,821		$32,602		$2,102,582		$12,330,779
% of Unpaid Principal Balance	6.8	%	2.0	%	3.4	%	1.5	%	3.0	%	0.3	%	17.0	%

December 31, 2022	$778,196		$248,579		$399,369		$211,226		$391,958		$33,843		$2,063,171		$12,060,530
% of Unpaid Principal Balance	6.5	%	2.1	%	3.3	%	1.8	%	3.2	%	0.3	%	17.1	%

The fair value of residential mortgage loans 90 days or more past due was $718 million and $717 million as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

5. Fair Value Measurements

The Company applies fair value guidance in accordance with GAAP to account for its financial instruments. The Company categorizes its financial instruments, based on the priority of the inputs to the valuation technique, into a three-level fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). If the inputs used to measure the financial instruments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement of the instrument. Financial assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition or disclosed in the related notes are categorized based on the inputs to the valuation techniques as follows:

Level 1 – inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets and liabilities in active markets.

Level 2 – inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.

Level 3 – inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to fair value.

Fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 are sensitive to changes in the assumptions or methodology used to determine fair value and such changes could result in a significant increase or decrease in the fair value. Any changes to the valuation methodology are reviewed by the Company to ensure the changes are appropriate. As markets and products evolve and the pricing for certain products becomes more transparent, the Company will continue to refine its valuation methodologies. The methodology utilized by the Company for the periods presented is unchanged. The methods used to produce a fair value calculation may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, the Company believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants. Using different methodologies, or assumptions, to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different estimate of fair value at the reporting date. The Company uses inputs that are current as of the measurement date, which may include periods of market dislocation, during which price transparency may be reduced.

The Company determines the fair values of its investments using internally developed processes and validates them using a third-party pricing service. During times of market dislocation, the observability of prices and inputs can be difficult for certain investments. If the third-party pricing service is unable to provide a price for an asset, or if the price provided by them is deemed unreliable by the Company, then the asset will be valued at its fair value as determined by the Company without validation to third-party pricing. Illiquid investments typically experience greater price volatility as an active market does not exist. Observability of prices and inputs can vary significantly from period to period and may cause instruments to change classifications within the three level hierarchy.

A description of the methodologies utilized by the Company to estimate the fair value of its financial instruments by instrument class follows:

Agency MBS and Non-Agency RMBS

The Company determines the fair value of all of its investment securities based on discounted cash flows utilizing an internal pricing model that incorporates factors such as coupon, prepayment speeds, loan size, collateral composition, borrower characteristics, expected interest rates, life caps, periodic caps, reset dates, collateral seasoning, delinquency, expected losses, expected default severity, credit enhancement, and other pertinent factors. To corroborate that the estimates of fair values generated by these internal models are reflective of current market prices, the Company compares the fair values generated by the model to non-binding independent prices provided by an independent third-party pricing service. For certain highly liquid asset classes, such as Agency fixed-rate pass-through bonds, the Company’s valuations are also compared to quoted prices for To-Be-Announced, or TBA, securities.

Each quarter, the Company develops thresholds generally using market factors or other assumptions, as appropriate. If internally developed model prices differ from the independent third-party prices by greater than these thresholds for the period, the Company conducts a further review, both internally and with the third-party pricing service of the prices of such securities. First, the Company obtains the inputs used by the third-party pricing service and compares them to the Company’s inputs. The Company then updates its own inputs if the Company determines the third-party pricing inputs more accurately reflect the current market environment. If the Company believes that its internally developed inputs more accurately reflect the current market environment, it will request that the third-party pricing service review market factors that may not have been considered by the third-party pricing service and provide updated prices. The Company reconciles and resolves all pricing differences in excess of the thresholds before a final price is established. At March 31, 2023, six investment holdings with an internally developed fair value of $29 million had a difference between the model generated prices and third-party prices provided in excess of the thresholds for the period. The internally developed prices were $7 million higher , in the aggregate, than the third-party prices provided of $22 million. After review and discussion, the Company affirmed and valued the investments at the higher internally developed prices. No other differences were noted at March 31, 2023 in excess of the thresholds for the period. At December 31, 2022, fourteen investment holdings with an internally developed fair value of $96 million had a difference between the model generated prices and third-party prices provided in excess of the thresholds for the period. The internally developed prices were $14 million higher, in the aggregate, than the third-party prices provided of $82 million. After review and discussion, the Company affirmed and valued the investments at the higher internally developed prices. No other differences were noted at December 31, 2022 in excess of the thresholds for the period.

The Company’s estimate of prepayment, default and severity curves all involve judgment and assumptions that are deemed to be significant to the fair value measurement process. This subjective estimation process renders the Non-Agency RMBS fair value estimates as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. As the fair values of Agency MBS are more observable, these investments are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

Loans Held for Investment

Loans held for investment is comprised primarily of seasoned reperforming residential mortgage loans. Loans held for investment also include prime, jumbo, investor owned and business purpose loans.

Loans consisting of seasoned reperforming residential mortgage loans, jumbo prime loans and investor loans:

The Company estimates the fair value of its Loans held for investment consisting of seasoned reperforming residential mortgage loans, jumbo prime loans and investor loans on a loan by loan basis using an internally developed model which compares the loan held by the Company with a loan currently offered in the market. The loan price is adjusted in the model by considering the loan factors which would impact the value of a loan. These loan factors include loan coupon, FICO, loan-to-value ratios, delinquency history, owner occupancy, and property type, among other factors. A baseline is developed for each significant loan factor and adjusts the price up or down depending on how that factor for each specific loan compares to the baseline rate. Generally, the most significant impact on loan value is the loan coupon rate as compared to coupon rates currently available in the market and delinquency history.

The Company also monitors market activity to identify trades which may be used to compare internally developed prices; however, as the portfolio of loans held at fair value is a seasoned reperforming pool of residential mortgage loans, comparable loan pools are not common or directly comparable. There are limited transactions in the marketplace to develop a comprehensive direct range of values.

The Company reviews the fair values generated by the model to determine whether prices are reflective of the current market by corroborating its estimates of fair value by comparing the results to non-binding independent prices provided by an independent third-party pricing service for the loan portfolio. Each quarter the Company develops thresholds generally using market factors or other assumptions as appropriate.

If the internally developed fair values of the loan pools differ from the independent third-party prices by greater than the threshold for the period, the Company highlights these differences for further review, both internally and with the third-party pricing service. The Company obtains certain inputs used by the third-party pricing service and evaluates them for reasonableness. Then the Company updates its own model if the Company determines the third-party pricing inputs more accurately reflect the current market environment or observed information from the third-party vendor. If the Company believes that its internally developed inputs more accurately reflect the current market environment, it will request that the third-party pricing service review market factors that may not have been considered by the third-party pricing service. The Company reconciles and resolves all pricing differences in excess of the thresholds before a final price is established.

At March 31, 2023, two loan pools with an internally developed fair value of $406 million had a difference between the model generated prices and third-party prices provided in excess of the threshold for the period. The internally developed prices were $28 million higher than the third-party prices provided of $378 million. After review and discussion, the Company affirmed and valued the investments at the higher internally developed prices. No other differences were noted at March 31, 2023 in excess of the threshold for the period. At December 31, 2022, eight loan pools with an internally developed fair value of $2.1 billion had a difference between the model generated prices and third-party prices provided in excess of the threshold for the period. The internally developed prices were $122 million higher than the third-party prices provided of $2.0 billion. After review and discussion, the Company affirmed and valued the investments at the higher internally developed prices. No other differences were noted at December 31, 2022 in excess of the threshold for the period.

The Company’s estimates of fair value of Loans held for investment involve judgment and assumptions that are deemed to be significant to the fair value measurement process, which renders the resulting fair value estimates Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy.

Business purpose loans:

Business purpose loans are loans to businesses that are secured by real property which will be renovated by the borrower. Upon completion of the renovation the property will be either sold by the borrower or refinanced by the borrower who may subsequently sell or rent the property. Most, but not all, of the properties securing these loans are residential and a portion of the loan is used to cover renovation costs. The business purpose loans are included as a part of the Company's Loans held for investment portfolio and are carried at fair value with changes in fair value reflected in earnings. These loans tend to be short duration, often less than one year, and generally the coupon rate is higher than the Company's typical residential mortgage loans. As these loans are generally short-term in nature and there is an active market for these loans, the Company estimates fair value of the business purpose loans based on the recent purchase price of the loan, adjusted for observable market activity for similar assets offered in the market. Business purpose loans have a fair value of $218 million and $205 million as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

As the fair value prices of the business purpose loans are based on the recent trades of similar assets in an active market, the Company has classified them as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

Securitized Debt, collateralized by Loans Held for Investment

The process for determining the fair value of securitized debt, collateralized by Loans held for investment is based on discounted cash flows utilizing an internal pricing model that incorporates factors such as coupon, prepayment speeds, loan size, collateral composition, borrower characteristics, expected interest rates, life caps, periodic caps, reset dates, collateral seasoning, delinquencies, expected losses, expected default severity, credit enhancement, and other pertinent factors. This process, including the review process, is consistent with the process used for Agency MBS and Non-Agency RMBS using internal models. For further discussion of the valuation process and benchmarking process, see Agency MBS and Non-Agency RMBS discussion herein. The primary cause of the change in fair value is due to market demand and changes in credit risk of mortgage loans.

At March 31, 2023, six securitized debt collateralized by loans held for investment positions with an internally developed fair value of $43 million had a difference between the model generated prices and third-party prices provided in excess of the threshold for the period. The internally developed prices were $3 million higher on a net basis than the third-party prices provided of $40 million. After review and discussion, the Company affirmed and valued the securitized debt positions at the higher internally developed prices. No other differences were noted at March 31, 2023 in excess of the threshold for the period.

At December 31, 2022, six securitized debt collateralized by loans held for investment positions with an internally developed fair value of $35 million had a difference between the model generated prices and third-party prices provided in excess of the threshold for the period. The internally developed prices were $3 million higher on a net basis than the third-party prices provided of $32 million. After review and discussion, the Company affirmed and valued the securitized debt positions at the higher internally developed prices. No other pricing differences were noted at December 31, 2022 in excess of the threshold for the period.

The Company’s estimates of fair value of securitized debt, collateralized by Loans held for investment involve judgment and assumptions that are deemed to be significant to the fair value measurement process, which renders the resulting fair value estimates Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy.

Securitized Debt, collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS

The Company carries securitized debt, collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS at the principal balance outstanding plus unamortized premiums, less unaccreted discounts recorded in connection with the financing of the loans or RMBS with third parties. For disclosure purposes, the Company estimates the fair value of securitized debt, collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS by estimating the future cash flows associated with the underlying assets collateralizing the secured debt outstanding. The Company models the fair value of each underlying asset by considering, among other items, the structure of the underlying security, coupon, servicer, delinquency, actual and expected defaults, actual and expected default severities, reset indices, and prepayment speeds in conjunction with market research for similar collateral performance and the Company's expectations of general economic conditions in the sector and other economic factors. This process, including the review process, is consistent with the process used for Agency MBS and Non-Agency RMBS using internal models. For further discussion of the valuation process and benchmarking process, see Agency MBS and Non-Agency RMBS discussion herein.

The Company’s estimates of fair value of securitized debt, collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS involve judgment and assumptions that are deemed to be significant to the fair value measurement process, which renders the resulting fair value estimates Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy.

Fair value option

The table below shows the unpaid principal and fair value of the financial instruments carried at fair value with changes in fair value reflected in earnings under the fair value option election as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively:


	March 31, 2023				December 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
	Unpaid Principal/ Notional		Fair Value		Unpaid Principal/ Notional		Fair Value
Assets:
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	$	18,274	$	16,546	$	18,513	$	16,731
Subordinated	423,585		175,761		429,273		175,603
Interest-only	3,049,186		108,854		3,114,930		98,764
Agency RMBS

Interest-only	406,985		14,846		409,940		15,148
Agency CMBS
Project loans	124,678		117,750		268,078		256,950
Interest-only	2,441,039		123,112		2,669,396		126,378
Loans held for investment, at fair value	12,980,292		12,382,047		12,060,631		11,359,236
Liabilities:
Secured Financing Agreements, at fair value	381,474		370,648		382,838		374,172
Securitized debt at fair value, collateralized by Loans held for investment	8,221,672		7,507,228		7,856,140		7,100,742

The table below shows the impact of change in fair value on each of the financial instruments carried at fair value with changes in fair value reflected in earnings under the fair value option election in statement of operations for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:


	For the Quarter Ended
	March 31, 2023		March 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
	Gain/(Loss) on Change in Fair Value
Assets:
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	$	37	$	(601)
Subordinated	938		(20,582)
Interest-only	11,645		(26,959)
Agency RMBS

Interest-only	(215)		(5,612)
Agency CMBS
Project loans	6,880		(22,954)
Interest-only	(56)		(6,870)
Loans held for investment, at fair value	114,137		(598,379)
Liabilities:
Secured Financing Agreements, at fair value	2,160		—
Securitized debt at fair value, collateralized by Loans held for investment	(70,934)		256,738

Derivatives

Interest Rate Swaps and Swaptions

The Company uses clearing exchange market prices to determine the fair value of its exchange cleared interest rate swaps. For bi-lateral swaps, the Company determines the fair value based on the net present value of expected future cash flows on the swap. The Company uses option pricing model to determine the fair value of its swaptions. For bi-lateral swaps and swaptions, the Company compares its own estimate of fair value with counterparty prices to evaluate for reasonableness. Both the clearing exchange and counter-party pricing quotes, incorporate common market pricing methods, including a spread measurement to the Treasury yield curve or interest rate swap curve as well as underlying characteristics of the particular contract. Interest rate swaps and swaptions are modeled by the Company by incorporating such factors as the term to maturity, swap curve, overnight index swap rates, and the payment rates on the fixed portion of the interest rate swaps. The Company has classified the characteristics used to determine the fair value of interest rate swaps and swaptions as Level 2 inputs in the fair value hierarchy.

Treasury Futures

The fair value of Treasury futures is determined by quoted market prices in an active market. The Company has classified the characteristics used to determine the fair value of Treasury futures as Level 1 inputs in the fair value hierarchy.

Secured Financing Agreements

Secured financing agreements are collateralized financing transactions utilized by the Company to acquire investment securities. For short term secured financing agreements and longer term floating rate secured financing agreements, the Company estimates fair value using the contractual obligation plus accrued interest payable. The Company has classified the characteristics used to determine the fair value of secured financing agreements as Level 2 inputs in the fair value hierarchy.

Secured Financing Agreements, at fair value

Fair value for certain secured financing agreements which are carried at fair value with changes in fair value reported in earnings are valued at the price that the Company would pay to transfer the liability to a market participant at the reporting date in an orderly transaction. The Company evaluates recent trades of financial liabilities made by the Company, which includes an element of non-performance risk, as well as changes in market interest rates to determine the fair value of the secured financing agreements. The primary factor in determining the fair value is the change in market interest rates from the transaction date of

the secured financing agreements and the reporting date. As these rates are observable, the secured financing agreements are reported as level 2 inputs in the fair value hierarchy.

Short-term Financial Instruments

The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, accrued interest receivable, dividends payable, payable for investments purchased, and accrued interest payable are considered to be a reasonable estimate of fair value due to the short term nature and low credit risk of these short-term financial instruments.

Equity Method Investments

The Company has made investments in entities or funds. For these investments where we have a non-controlling interest, but we are deemed to be able to exert significant influence over the affairs of these entities or funds, we utilize equity method of accounting. These investments are not carried at fair value. The carrying value of the Company's equity method investments is determined using cost accumulation method. The Company adjusts the carrying value of its equity method investments for its share of earnings or losses, dividends or return of capital on a quarterly basis. The fair value of equity method investments is based on the fund valuation received from the manager of the fund. The Company has classified the characteristics used to determine the fair value of equity method investments as Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. The equity method investments are included in Other assets on Statement of Financial Condition.

The Company’s financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis, including the level in the fair value hierarchy, at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 are presented below.


	March 31, 2023
	(dollars in thousands)
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Counterparty and Cash Collateral, netting		Total
Assets:
Non-Agency RMBS, at fair value	$	—	$	—	$	1,140,776	$	—	$	1,140,776
Agency MBS, at fair value	—		263,743		—		—		263,743
Loans held for investment, at fair value	—		217,870		12,164,177		—		12,382,047
Derivatives, at fair value	—		20,528		—		(6,329)		14,199

Liabilities:
Secured Financing Agreement, at fair value	—		370,648		—		—		370,648
Securitized debt at fair value, collateralized by Loans held for investment	—		—		7,507,228		—		7,507,228
Derivatives, at fair value	6,851		—		—		(6,851)		—


	December 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3	Counterparty and Cash Collateral, netting		Total
Assets:
Non-Agency RMBS, at fair value	$	—	$	—	1,147,481	$	—	$	1,147,481
Agency MBS, at fair value	—		430,944		—	—		430,944
Loans held for investment, at fair value	—		204,636		11,154,600	—		11,359,236
Derivatives, at fair value	—		18,793		—	(14,697)		4,096

Liabilities:
Secured Financing Agreement, at fair value	—		374,172		—	—		374,172
Securitized debt at fair value, collateralized by Loans held for investment	—		—		7,100,742	—		7,100,742
Derivatives, at fair value	—		14,074		—	(14,074)		—

The table below provides a summary of the changes in the fair value of financial instruments classified as Level 3 at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.


Fair Value Level 3 Rollforward - Assets
	For the Quarter Ended		For the Year Ended
	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
	Non-Agency RMBS		Loans held for investment		Non-Agency RMBS		Loans held for investment
Beginning balance Level 3	$	1,147,481	$	11,154,600	$	1,810,208	$	12,032,299
Transfers into Level 3	—		—		—		—
Transfers out of Level 3	—		—		—		—
Transfer due to consolidation	—		—		(218,276)		1,047,838
Purchases of assets/ issuance of debt	211		1,189,965		23,589		1,429,503
Principal payments	(19,122)		(284,254)		(178,300)		(1,953,098)
Sales and Settlements	—		996		(23,056)		(5,368)
Net accretion (amortization)	10,071		(10,258)		31,387		(52,767)
Gains (losses) included in net income
(Increase) decrease in provision for credit losses	(3,064)		—		(7,036)		—
Realized gains (losses) on sales and settlements	—		—		(15,594)		—
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in income	12,616		113,128		(104,631)		(1,343,807)
Gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income	—		—		—		—
Total unrealized gains (losses) for the period	(7,417)		—		(170,810)		—
Ending balance Level 3	$	1,140,776	$	12,164,177	$	1,147,481	$	11,154,600


Fair Value Level 3 Rollforward - Liabilities
	For the Quarter Ended		For the Year Ended
	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
	Securitized Debt		Securitized Debt
Beginning balance Level 3	$	7,100,742	$	7,726,043
Transfers into Level 3	—		—
Transfers out of Level 3	—		—
Transfer due to consolidation/deconsolidation	—		774,514
Purchases of assets/ issuance of debt	944,095		1,122,982
Principal payments	(272,255)		(1,844,397)
Sales and Settlements	(337,115)		—
Net (accretion) amortization	3,135		5,021
(Gains) losses included in net income
Other than temporary credit impairment losses	—		—
Realized (gains) losses on sales and settlements	(2,309)		—
Net unrealized (gains) losses included in income	70,935		(683,421)
(Gains) losses included in other comprehensive income	—		—
Total unrealized (gains) losses for the period	—		—
Ending balance Level 3	$	7,507,228	$	7,100,742

There were no transfers in or out from Level 3 during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022, respectively.

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Company’s Non-Agency RMBS and securitized debt are the weighted average discount rates, prepayment rate, constant default rate, and the loss severity.

Discount Rate

The discount rate refers to the interest rate used in the discounted cash flow analysis to determine the present value of future cash flows. The discount rate takes into account not just the time value of money, but also the risk or uncertainty of future cash flows. An increased uncertainty of future cash flows results in a higher discount rate. The discount rate used to calculate the present value of the expected future cash flows is based on the discount rate implicit in the security as of the last measurement date. As discount rates move up, the values of the discounted cash flows are reduced.

The discount rates applied to the expected cash flows to determine fair value are derived from a range of observable prices on securities backed by similar collateral. As the market becomes more or less liquid, the availability of these observable inputs will change.

Prepayment Rate

The prepayment rate specifies the percentage of the collateral balance that is expected to prepay at each point in the future. The prepayment rate is based on factors such as interest rates, loan-to-value ratio, debt-to-income ratio, and is scaled up or down to reflect recent collateral-specific prepayment experience as obtained from remittance reports and market data services.

Constant Default Rate

Constant default rate represents an annualized rate of default on a group of mortgages. The constant default rate, or CDR, represents the percentage of outstanding principal balances in the pool that are in default, which typically equates to the home being past 60-day and 90-day notices and in the foreclosure process. When default rates increase, expected cash flows on the underlying collateral decreases. When default rates decrease, expected cash flows on the underlying collateral increases.

Default vectors are determined from the current “pipeline” of loans that are more than 30 days delinquent, in foreclosure, bankruptcy, or are REO. These delinquent loans determine the first 30 months of the default curve. Beyond month 30, the default curve transitions to a value that is reflective of a portion of the current delinquency pipeline.

Loss Severity

Loss severity rates reflect the amount of loss expected from a foreclosure and liquidation of the underlying collateral in the mortgage loan pool. When a mortgage loan is foreclosed the collateral is sold and the resulting proceeds are used to settle the outstanding obligation. In many circumstances, the proceeds from the sale do not fully repay the outstanding obligation. In these cases, a loss is incurred by the lender. Loss severity is used to predict how costly future losses are likely to be. An increase in loss severity results in a decrease in expected future cash flows. A decrease in loss severity results in an increase in expected future cash flows.

The curve generated to reflect the Company’s expected loss severity is based on collateral-specific experience with consideration given to other mitigating collateral characteristics. Collateral characteristics such as loan size, loan-to-value, seasoning or loan age and geographic location of collateral also effect loss severity.

Sensitivity of Significant Inputs – Non-Agency RMBS and securitized debt, collateralized by Loans held for investment

Prepayment rates vary according to interest rates, the type of financial instrument, conditions in financial markets, and other factors, none of which can be predicted with any certainty. In general, when interest rates rise, it is relatively less attractive for borrowers to refinance their mortgage loans, and as a result, prepayment speeds tend to decrease. When interest rates fall, prepayment speeds tend to increase. For RMBS investments purchased at a premium, as prepayment rates increase, the amount of income the Company earns decreases as the purchase premium on the bonds amortizes faster than expected. Conversely, decreases in prepayment rates result in increased income and can extend the period over which the Company amortizes the purchase premium. For RMBS investments purchased at a discount, as prepayment rates increase, the amount of income the Company earns increases from the acceleration of the accretion of the purchase discount into interest income. Conversely, decreases in prepayment rates result in decreased income as the accretion of the purchase discount into interest income occurs over a longer period.

For securitized debt carried at fair value issued at a premium, as prepayment rates increase, the amount of interest expense the Company recognizes decreases as the issued premium on the debt amortizes faster than expected. Conversely, decreases in prepayment rates result in increased expense and can extend the period over which the Company amortizes the premium.

For debt issued at a discount, as prepayment rates increase, the amount of interest the Company expenses increases from the acceleration of the accretion of the discount into interest expense. Conversely, decreases in prepayment rates result in decreased expense as the accretion of the discount into interest expense occurs over a longer period.

A summary of the significant inputs used to estimate the fair value of Level 3 Non-Agency RMBS held for investment at fair value as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 follows. The weighted average discount rates are based on fair value.


	March 31, 2023
	Significant Inputs
	Discount Rate		Prepay Rate		CDR		Loss Severity
	Range	Weighted Average	Range	Weighted Average	Range	Weighted Average	Range	Weighted Average
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	6%-12%	6.4%	1%-18%	7.1%	0%-6%	1.5%	26%-80%	32.0%
Subordinated	0%-12%	7.5%	6%-20%	8.7%	0%-7%	0.8%	10%-79%	38.0%
Interest-only	0%-85%	10.1%	3%-30%	8.5%	0%-6%	0.9%	0%-77%	31.0%


	December 31, 2022
	Significant Inputs
	Discount Rate		Prepay Rate		CDR		Loss Severity
	Range	Weighted Average	Range	Weighted Average	Range	Weighted Average	Range	Weighted Average
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior	6% -25%	6.5%	1% -20%	7.7%	0% -10%	1.5%	26% -80%	31.8%
Subordinated	0% -12%	7.6%	4% -16%	9.6%	0% -7%	0.8%	10% -82%	39.8%
Interest-only	0% -85%	10.2%	6% -30%	9.5%	0% -6%	1.0%	0% -86%	27.5%

A summary of the significant inputs used to estimate the fair value of securitized debt at fair value, collateralized by Loans held for investment, as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 follows:

March 31, 2023

Significant Inputs

Discount Rate

Prepay Rate

CDR

Loss Severity

Range

Weighted Average

Range

Weighted Average

Range

Weighted Average

Range

Weighted Average

Securitized debt at fair value, collateralized by Loans held for investment

5%-10%

6.3%

6%-15%

9.9%

0%-7%

1.0%

30%-60%

44.0%

December 31, 2022

Significant Inputs

Discount Rate

Prepay Rate

CDR

Loss Severity

Range

Weighted Average

Range

Weighted Average

Range

Weighted Average

Range

Weighted Average

Securitized debt at fair value, collateralized by Loans held for investment

5% -10%

6.4%

6% - 15%

10.4%

0% - 7%

1.2%

30% - 60%

45.8%

All of the significant inputs listed have some degree of market observability based on the Company’s knowledge of the market, information available to market participants, and use of common market data sources. Collateral default and loss severity projections are in the form of “curves” that are updated quarterly to reflect the Company’s collateral cash flow projections. Methods used to develop these projections conform to industry conventions. The Company uses assumptions it considers its best estimate of future cash flows for each security.

Sensitivity of Significant Inputs – Loans held for investment

The Loans held for investment are primarily comprised of loans collateralized by seasoned reperforming residential mortgages. Additionally, it includes non-conforming, single family, owner occupied, investor owned, jumbo and prime residential mortgages. The significant unobservable factors used to estimate the fair value of the Loans held for investment collateralized by seasoned reperforming residential mortgage loans, as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, include coupon, FICO score at origination, loan-to-value, or LTV ratios, owner occupancy status, and property type. A summary of the significant factors used to estimate the fair value of Loans held for investment collateralized primarily by seasoned reperforming residential mortgages at fair value as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 follows:



	March 31, 2023	December 31, 2022
Factor:
Coupon
Base Rate	6.1%	6.3%
Actual	5.9%	5.8%

FICO
Base Rate	640	640
Actual	660	656

Loan-to-value (LTV)
Base Rate	86%	87%
Actual	81%	82%

Loan Characteristics:
Occupancy
Owner Occupied	90%	89%
Investor	5%	5%
Secondary	5%	6%
Property Type
Single family	80%	80%
Manufactured housing	3%	3%
Multi-family/mixed use/other	17%	17%

The loan factors are generally not observable for the individual loans and the base rates developed by the Company’s internal model are subjective and change as market conditions change. The impact of the loan coupon on the value of the loan is dependent on the loan history of delinquent payments. A loan with no history of delinquent payments would result in a higher overall value than a loan which has a history of delinquent payments. Similarly, a higher FICO score and a lower LTV ratio results in increases in the fair market value of the loan and a lower FICO score and a higher LTV ratio results in a lower value. See Note 4 for delinquency details for the Loans held for investment portfolio.

Property types also affect the overall loan values. Property types include single family, manufactured housing and multi-family/mixed use and other types of properties. Single family homes represent properties which house one to four family units. Manufactured homes include mobile homes and modular homes. Loan value for properties that are investor or secondary homes have a reduced value as compared to the baseline loan value. Additionally, single family homes will result in an increase to the loan value, whereas manufactured and multi-family/mixed use and other properties will result in a decrease to the loan value, as compared to the baseline.

Financial instruments not carried at fair value

The following table presents the carrying value and fair value, as described above, of the Company’s financial instruments not carried at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.


	March 31, 2023
	(dollars in thousands)
	Level in Fair Value Hierarchy	Carrying Amount		Fair Value
Equity method investments (1)	3	$	25,641	$	25,641
Secured financing agreements	2	2,835,501		2,845,235
Securitized debt, collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS	3	77,742		54,139

(1) Included in Other Assets on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition


	December 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
	Level in Fair Value Hierarchy	Carrying Amount		Fair Value
Equity method investments (1)	3	$	25,538	$	25,538
Secured financing agreements	2	3,060,592		3,080,982
Securitized debt, collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS	3	78,542		54,590

(1) Included in Other Assets on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition

6. Secured Financing Agreements

Secured financing agreements include short term repurchase agreements with original maturity dates of less than one-year, long-term financing agreements with original maturity dates of more than one year and loan warehouse credit facilities collateralized by loans acquired by the Company.

The repurchase agreements are collateralized by Agency and Non-Agency mortgage-backed securities with interest rates generally indexed to either the one-month LIBOR rates, the three-month LIBOR rates, or the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) and re-price accordingly. The maturity dates on the repurchase agreements are all less than one year and generally are less than 180 days. The collateral pledged as security on the repurchase agreements may include the Company’s investments in bonds issued by consolidated VIEs, which are eliminated in consolidation.

The long-term financing agreements include secured financing arrangements with an original term of one year or greater which is secured by Non-Agency RMBS pledged as collateral. These long-term secured financing agreements have a maturity date of February 2025. The collateral pledged as security on the long-term financing agreements may include the Company’s investments in bonds issued by consolidated VIEs, which are eliminated in consolidation.

The warehouse credit facilities collateralized by loans are repurchase agreements intended to finance loans until they can be sold into a longer-term securitization structure. The maturity dates on the warehouse credit facilities range from 30 days to one year with interest rates indexed to SOFR.

The secured financing agreements generally require the Company to post collateral at a specific rate in excess of the unpaid principal balance of the agreement. For certain secured financing agreements, this may require the Company to post additional margin if the fair value of the assets were to drop. To mitigate this risk, the Company has negotiated several long-term financing agreements which are not subject to additional margin requirements upon a drop in the fair value of the collateral pledged or until the drop is greater than a threshold. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company has $1.2 billion and $1.2 billion, respectively, of secured financing agreements which are not subject to additional margin requirements upon a change in the fair value of the collateral pledged. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company has $359 million and $365 million, respectively, of secured financing agreements which are not subject to additional margin requirements until the drop in the fair value of collateral is greater than a threshold. Repurchase agreements may allow the credit counterparty to avoid the automatic stay provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, in the event of a bankruptcy of the Company, and take possession of, and liquidate, the collateral under such repurchase agreements without delay.

At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we pledged $33 million, respectively, of margin cash collateral to the Company's secured financing agreement counterparties. At March 31, 2023, the weighted average haircut on the Company's secured financing agreements collateralized by Agency RMBS IOs was 20.0%, Agency CMBS was 9.7% and Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investment was 24.1%. At December 31, 2022, the weighted average haircut on the Company's secured financing agreements collateralized by Agency RMBS IOs was 20.0%, Agency CMBS was 7.8% and Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investment was 25.7%.

Certain of the long-term financing agreements and warehouse credit facilities are subject to certain covenants. These covenants include that the Company maintain its REIT status as well as maintain a net asset value or GAAP equity greater than a certain level. If the Company fails to comply with these covenants at any time, the financing may become immediately due in full. Additionally, certain financing agreements become immediately due if the total stockholders' equity of the Company drops by 50% from the most recent year end. Currently, the Company is in compliance with all covenants and does not expect to fail to comply with any of these covenants within the next twelve months. The Company has a total of $1.8 billion unused uncommitted warehouse credit facilities as of March 31, 2023.

At March 31, 2023, the Company had amounts at risk with Nomura Securities International, Inc., or Nomura, of 11% of its equity related to the collateral posted on secured financing agreements. The weighted average maturities of the secured financing agreements with Nomura were 490 days. The amount at risk with Nomura were $303 million. At December 31, 2022, the Company had amounts at risk with Nomura of 12% of its equity related to the collateral posted on secured financing agreements. The weighted average maturities of the secured financing agreements with Nomura were 582 days. The amount at risk with Nomura were $308 million.

The secured financing agreements principal outstanding, weighted average borrowing rates, weighted average remaining maturities, average balances and the fair value of the collateral pledged as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were:


	March 31, 2023			December 31, 2022
Secured financing agreements outstanding principal secured by:
Agency RMBS (in thousands)	$	4,191		$	3,946
Agency CMBS (in thousands)	208,494			355,934
Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investment (in thousands) (1)	2,993,464			3,083,551
Total:	$	3,206,149		$	3,443,431

MBS pledged as collateral at fair value on Secured financing agreements:
Agency RMBS (in thousands)	$	5,685		$	6,662
Agency CMBS (in thousands)	227,243			382,547
Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investment (in thousands)	4,248,617			4,310,513
Total:	$	4,481,545		$	4,699,722

Average balance of Secured financing agreements secured by:
Agency RMBS (in thousands)	$	4,095		$	11,714
Agency CMBS (in thousands)	252,102			376,551
Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investment (in thousands)	2,952,956			2,819,871
Total:	$	3,209,153		$	3,208,136

Average borrowing rate of Secured financing agreements secured by:
Agency RMBS	5.44		%	4.70		%
Agency CMBS	5.05		%	4.49		%
Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investment	7.52		%	6.86		%

Average remaining maturity of Secured financing agreements secured by:
Agency RMBS	13 Days			17 Days
Agency CMBS	45 Days			25 Days
Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investment	471 Days			474 Days

Average original maturity of Secured financing agreements secured by:
Agency RMBS	31 Days			60 Days
Agency CMBS	56 Days			42 Days
Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investment	489 Days			499 Days

(1) The outstanding balance for secured financing agreements in the table above is net of $6 million and $1 million of deferred financing cost as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the secured financing agreements collateralized by MBS and Loans held for investment had the following remaining maturities and borrowing rates.


	March 31, 2023				December 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
	Principal (1)		Weighted Average Borrowing Rates	Range of Borrowing Rates	Principal (1)		Weighted Average Borrowing Rates	Range of Borrowing Rates
Overnight	—		N/A	N/A	—		N/A	NA
1 to 29 days	$	613,425	6.42%	5.10% - 7.60%	$	493,918	4.66%	3.63% - 6.16%
30 to 59 days	383,381		6.12%	4.95% - 7.19%	762,768		6.14%	4.60% - 7.34%
60 to 89 days	211,194		5.67%	5.00% - 6.92%	225,497		6.04%	4.70% - 7.12%
90 to 119 days	74,203		5.90%	5.90% - 5.90%	43,180		6.54%	5.50% - 6.70%
120 to 180 days	373,651		6.78%	5.88% - 7.72%	401,638		5.88%	5.57% - 6.92%
180 days to 1 year	318,258		6.38%	6.18% - 6.91%	402,283		6.06%	5.63% - 6.64%
1 to 2 years	850,563		10.75%	8.54% - 13.98%	251,286		13.98%	13.98% - 13.98%
2 to 3 years	—		—%	0.00% - 0.00%	480,022		8.07%	8.07% - 8.07%
Greater than 3 years	381,474		5.16%	5.10% - 6.50%	382,839		5.14%	5.10% - 6.07%
Total	$	3,206,149	7.36%		$	3,443,431	6.61%

Secured Financing Agreements at fair value

The Company entered into a secured financing agreement during fourth quarter of 2022 for which the Company has elected fair value option. The Company believes electing fair value for this financial instrument better reflect the transactional economics. The total principal balance outstanding on this secured financing at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 was $381 million and $383 million, respectively. The fair value of collateral pledged was $426 million and $418 million as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. The Company carries this secured financing instrument at fair value of $371 million and $374 million as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the weighted average borrowing rate on secured financing agreements at fair value was 5.14%. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the haircut for the secured financing agreements at fair value was 7.5%. At March 31, 2023, the maturity on the secured financing agreements at fair value was five years.

7. Securitized Debt

All of the Company’s securitized debt is collateralized by residential mortgage loans or Non-Agency RMBS. For financial reporting purposes, the Company’s securitized debt is accounted for as secured borrowings. Thus, the residential mortgage loans or RMBS held as collateral are recorded in the assets of the Company as Loans held for investment or Non-Agency RMBS and the securitized debt is recorded as a non-recourse liability in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition.

Securitized Debt Collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS

At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company’s securitized debt collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS was carried at amortized cost and had a principal balance of $110 million, respectively. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the debt carried a weighted average coupon of 6.7%. As of March 31, 2023, the maturities of the debt range between the years 2036 and 2037. None of the Company’s securitized debt collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS is callable.

The Company did not acquire any securitized debt collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS during the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.

The following table presents the estimated principal repayment schedule of the securitized debt collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, based on expected cash flows of the residential mortgage loans or RMBS, as adjusted for projected losses on the underlying collateral of the debt. All of the securitized debt recorded in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition is non-recourse to the Company.


	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
Within One Year	$	462	$	640
One to Three Years	503		523
Three to Five Years	12		71
Greater Than Five Years	101		92
Total	$	1,078	$	1,326

Maturities of the Company’s securitized debt collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS are dependent upon cash flows received from the underlying collateral. The estimate of their repayment is based on scheduled principal payments on the underlying collateral. This estimate will differ from actual amounts to the extent prepayments or losses are experienced. See Note 3 for a more detailed discussion of the securities collateralizing the securitized debt.

Securitized Debt Collateralized by Loans Held for Investment

At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company’s securitized debt collateralized by Loans held for investment had a principal balance of $8.2 billion and $7.9 billion, respectively. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the total securitized debt collateralized by Loans held for investment carried a weighted average coupon of 3.1% and 2.8%, respectively. As of March 31, 2023, the maturities of the debt range between the years 2023 and 2070.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Company acquired securitized debt collateralized by Loans held for investment with an amortized cost balance of $339 million for $337 million. This transaction resulted in net gain on extinguishment of debt of $2 million. The Company did not acquire any securitized debt collateralized by loans held for investment during the quarter ended March 31, 2022.

The following table presents the estimated principal repayment schedule of the securitized debt collateralized by Loans held for investment at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, based on expected cash flows of the residential mortgage loans or RMBS, as adjusted for projected losses on the underlying collateral of the debt. All of the securitized debt recorded in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition is non-recourse to the Company.


	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
Within One Year	$	1,617,834	$	1,636,544
One to Three Years	2,551,772		2,535,642
Three to Five Years	1,808,471		1,733,022
Greater Than Five Years	2,241,908		1,949,240
Total	$	8,219,985	$	7,854,448

Maturities of the Company’s securitized debt collateralized by Loans held for investment are dependent upon cash flows received from the underlying loans. The estimate of their repayment is based on scheduled principal payments on the underlying loans. This estimate will differ from actual amounts to the extent prepayments or loan losses are experienced. See Note 4 for a more detailed discussion of the loans collateralizing the securitized debt.

Certain of the securitized debt collateralized by Loans held for investment contain call provisions at the option of the Company at a specific date. Other securitized debt issued by the Company contain clean-up call provisions. A clean-up call provision is a right to call the outstanding debt at pre-defined terms when the collateral falls below a certain percentage of the original balance, typically 10%. Generally, these clean-up call rights are shared with other parties to the debt, including the loan servicers and the paying agents. Clean-up calls are generally put in place to reduce the administrative burdens when a loan pool balance becomes de minimis hence uneconomical to manage. The following table presents the par value of the callable debt by year as of March 31, 2023, excluding any debt issued by the Company where the Company only has a clean-up call.


March 31, 2023
(dollars in thousands)
Year	Principal





Currently callable	$	1,127,389
2023	1,358,586
2024	1,281,182
2025	2,364,844
2026	232,746
2027	817,331
2028	361,237
Total	$	7,543,315

8. Consolidated Securitization Vehicles and Other Variable Interest Entities

Since its inception, the Company has utilized VIEs for the purpose of securitizing whole mortgage loans or re-securitizing RMBS and obtaining long-term, non-recourse financing. The Company evaluated its interest in each VIE to determine if it is the primary beneficiary.

During the quarters ended March 31, 2023, and 2022, the Company consolidated approximately $1.2 billion and $1.4 billion, respectively, unpaid principal balance of seasoned residential reperforming residential mortgage loans.

VIEs for Which the Company is the Primary Beneficiary

The retained beneficial interests in VIEs for which the Company is the primary beneficiary are typically the subordinated tranches of these securitizations and in some cases the Company may hold interests in additional tranches. The table below reflects the assets and liabilities recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition related to the consolidated VIEs as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.


	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
Assets:
Non-Agency RMBS, at fair value (1)	$	271,025	$	276,030
Loans held for investment, at fair value	10,153,653		9,855,390
Accrued interest receivable	50,767		47,553
Other assets	19,353		20,293
Total Assets:	$	10,494,798	$	10,199,266

Liabilities:
Securitized debt, collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS	$	77,742	$	78,542
Securitized debt at fair value, collateralized by Loans held for investment	7,096,468		6,673,917
Accrued interest payable	20,214		17,427
Other liabilities	2,114		2,239
Total Liabilities:	$	7,196,538	$	6,772,125

(1) March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 balances includes allowance for credit losses of $3 million and $2 million, respectively.

Income and expense amounts related to consolidated VIEs recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations is presented in the tables below.


	For the Quarter ended
	March 31, 2023		March 31, 2022

Interest income, Assets of consolidated VIEs	$	139,902	$	131,066
Interest expense, Non-recourse liabilities of VIEs	60,152		42,491
Net interest income	$	79,750	$	88,575

(Increase) decrease in provision for credit losses	$	(1,429)	$	(23)


Servicing fees	$	7,126	$	6,863

VIEs for Which the Company is Not the Primary Beneficiary

The Company is not required to consolidate VIEs in which it has concluded it does not have a controlling financial interest, and thus is not the primary beneficiary. In such cases, the Company does not have both the power to direct the entities’ most significant activities, such as rights to replace the servicer without cause, and the obligation to absorb losses or right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIEs. The Company’s investments in these unconsolidated VIEs are carried in Non-Agency RMBS on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition and include senior and subordinated bonds issued by the VIEs.

The fair value of the Company’s investments in each unconsolidated VIEs at March 31, 2023, ranged from less than $1 million to $23 million, with an aggregate amount of $870 million. The fair value of the Company’s investments in each unconsolidated VIEs at December 31, 2022, ranged from less than $1 million to $23 million, with an aggregate amount of $871 million. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss from these unconsolidated VIEs was $803 million and $813 million at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. The maximum exposure to loss was determined as the amortized cost of the unconsolidated VIE, which represents the purchase price of the investment adjusted by any unamortized premiums or discounts as of the reporting date.

9. Derivative Instruments

In connection with the Company’s interest rate risk strategy, the Company may economically hedge a portion of its interest rate risk by entering into derivative financial instrument contracts in the form of interest rate swaps, swaptions, and U.S. Treasury futures. Swaps are used to lock in a fixed rate related to a portion of its current and anticipated payments on its secured financing agreements. The Company typically agrees to pay a fixed rate of interest, or pay rate, in exchange for the right to receive a floating rate of interest, or receive rate, over a specified period of time. Interest rate swaptions provide the option to enter into an interest rate swap agreement for a predetermined notional amount, stated term and pay and receive interest rates in the future. The Company’s swaptions are not centrally cleared. U.S. Treasury futures are derivatives which track the prices of generic benchmark U.S. Treasury securities with identical maturity and are traded on an active exchange. It is generally the Company’s policy to close out any U.S. Treasury futures positions prior to delivering the underlying security. U.S. Treasury futures lock in a fixed rate related to a portion of its current and anticipated payments on its secured financing agreements.

The Company’s derivatives are recorded as either assets or liabilities in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition and measured at fair value. These derivative financial instrument contracts are not designated as hedges for GAAP; therefore, all changes in fair value are recognized in earnings. The Company elects to net the fair value of its derivative contracts by counterparty when appropriate. These contracts contain legally enforceable provisions that allow for netting or setting off of all individual derivative receivables and payables with each counterparty and therefore, the fair values of those derivative contracts are reported net by counterparty.

The use of derivatives creates exposure to credit risk relating to potential losses that could be recognized if the counterparties to these instruments fail to perform their obligations under the contracts. In the event of a default by the counterparty, the Company could have difficulty obtaining its RMBS or cash pledged as collateral for these derivative instruments. The Company periodically monitors the credit profiles of its counterparties to determine if it is exposed to counterparty credit risk. See Note 15 for further discussion of counterparty credit risk.

The weighted average pay rate on the Company’s interest rate swap at March 31, 2023 was 3.26% and the weighted average receive rate was 4.82%. At March 31, 2023, the weighted average maturity on the Company’s interest rate swaps was one year.

The weighted average pay rate on the Company’s interest rate swaps at December 31, 2022 was 4.07% and the weighted average receive rate was 4.30%. At December 31, 2022, the weighted average maturity on the Company’s interest rate swaps was 4 years.

The Company paid $45 million to terminate interest rate swaps with a notional value of $2.5 billion during the quarter ended March 31, 2023. The terminated swaps had original maturities ranging from 2025 to 2028.

The Company terminated its existing $1.0 billion notional swaption contract for a one-year forward starting swap. Additionally, the Company entered and terminated three new swaptions contracts with $2.3 billion notional during the quarter ended March 31, 2023. The Company had net realized gains of $11 million on these swaption terminations. The Company additionally entered into two swaption contracts for a one-year forward starting swaps with a total notional of $1.0 billion with 3.46% strike rate. The underlying swap terms will allow the Company to pay a fix rate of 3.46% and receive floating overnight SOFR rate.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Company entered into 6,000 short 5-year U.S. Treasury futures contracts of which it subsequently covered 4,000 contracts during the quarter. As of March 31, 2023, the Company had 2,000 short 5-year U.S. Treasury futures contracts with a $200 million notional. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Company entered into 1,875 short 2-year U.S. Treasury futures contracts of which it subsequently covered 625 contracts during the quarter. As of March 31, 2023, the Company had 1,250 short 2-year U.S. Treasury futures contracts with a $250 million notional. The Company had a net realized gain of $666 thousand on these covered contracts .

The Company also entered into 400 call options on 2-year and 5-year U.S. Treasury futures and subsequently covered them during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 for a realized loss of $187 thousand.

The Company also maintains collateral in the form of cash margin from its counterparties to its derivative contacts. In accordance with the Company's netting policy, the Company presents the fair value of its derivative contracts net of cash margin received. See Note 15 for additional details on derivative netting.

The table below summarizes the location and fair value of the derivatives reported in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition after counterparty netting and posting of cash collateral as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.


			March 31, 2023
			Derivative Assets			Derivative Liabilities
Derivative Instruments	Notional Amount Outstanding		Location on Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition	Net Estimated Fair Value/Carrying Value		Location on Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition	Net Estimated Fair Value/Carrying Value
			(dollars in thousands)
Interest Rate Swaps	$	1,000,000	Derivatives, at fair value	$	11,528	Derivatives, at fair value	$	—
Swaptions	1,000,000		Derivatives, at fair value	2,671		Derivatives, at fair value	$	—
U.S. Treasury futures	450,000		Derivatives, at fair value, net	—		Derivatives, at fair value, net	—
Total	$	2,450,000		$	14,199		$	—


			December 31, 2022
			Derivative Assets			Derivative Liabilities
Derivative Instruments	Notional Amount Outstanding		Location on Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition	Net Estimated Fair Value/Carrying Value		Location on Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition	Net Estimated Fair Value/Carrying Value
			(dollars in thousands)
Interest Rate Swaps	$	1,485,000	Derivatives, at fair value, net	$	3,716	Derivatives, at fair value, net	$	—
Swaptions	1,000,000		Derivatives, at fair value, net	380		Derivatives, at fair value, net	—

Total	$	2,485,000		$	4,096		$	—

The effect of the Company’s derivatives on the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively is presented below.


		Net gains (losses) on derivatives for the quarters ended
Derivative Instruments	Location on Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income	March 31, 2023		March 31, 2022
		(dollars in thousands)
Interest Rate Swaps	Net unrealized gains (losses) on interest rate swaps	$	7,909	$	—
Interest Rate Swaps	Net realized gains (losses) on interest rate swaps	(45,226)		—
Interest Rate Swaps	Periodic interest cost of interest rate swaps, net	2,819		—


Treasury futures	Net unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives	(6,851)		—
Treasury futures	Net realized gains (losses) on derivatives	479		—
Swaptions	Net unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives	(9,609)		—
Swaptions	Net realized gains (losses) on derivatives	10,613


Total		$	(39,866)	$	—

When the Company enters into derivative contracts, they are typically subject to International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreements or other similar agreements which may contain provisions that grant counterparties certain rights with respect to the applicable agreement upon the occurrence of certain events such as (i) a decline in stockholders’ equity in excess of specified thresholds or dollar amounts over set periods of time, (ii) the Company’s failure to maintain its REIT status, (iii) the Company’s failure to comply with limits on the amount of leverage, and (iv) the Company’s stock being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE. Upon the occurrence of any one of items (i) through (iv), or another default under the agreement, the counterparty to the applicable agreement has a right to terminate the agreement in accordance with its provisions. If the Company breaches any of these provisions, it will be required to settle its obligations under

the agreements at their termination values, which approximates fair value.

10. Capital Stock

Preferred Stock

The Company declared dividends to Series A preferred stockholders of $3 million, or $0.50 per preferred share, during the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The Company declared dividends to Series B preferred stockholders of $7 million, or $0.50 per preferred share, during the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The Company declared dividends to Series C preferred stockholders of $5 million, or $0.484375 per preferred share, during the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The Company declared dividends to Series D preferred stockholders of $4 million, or $0.50 per preferred share, during the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

On October 30, 2021, all 5,800,000 issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock with an outstanding liquidation preference of $145 million became callable at a redemption price equal to the liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends through, but not including the redemption date. The Company's fixed-to-floating rate series B, C and D preferred stock are LIBOR based and will become floating on their respective call dates.

Common Stock

In February 2021, the Company's Board of Directors increased the authorization of the Company's share repurchase program to $250 million, or the Repurchase Program. Such authorization does not have an expiration date, and at present, there is no intention to modify or otherwise rescind such authorization. Shares of the Company's common stock may be purchased in the open market, including through block purchases, through privately negotiated transactions, or pursuant to any trading plan that may be adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. The timing, manner, price and amount of any repurchases will be determined at the Company's discretion and the program may be suspended, terminated or modified at any time, for any reason. Among other factors, the Company intends to only consider repurchasing shares of its common stock when the purchase price is less than the last publicly reported book value per common share. In addition, the Company does not intend to repurchase any shares from directors, officers or other affiliates. The

program does not obligate the Company to acquire any specific number of shares, and all repurchases will be made in accordance with Rule 10b-18, which sets certain restrictions on the method, timing, price and volume of stock repurchases.

The Company did not repurchase any of its common stock during the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. The approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the Repurchase Program is $226 million as of March 31, 2023.

In February 2022, the Company entered into separate Distribution Agency Agreements (the “Existing Sales Agreements”) with each of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, JMP Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC (the “Existing Sales Agents”). In February 2023, the Company amended the Existing Sales Agreements and entered into separate Distribution Agency Agreements (together with the Existing Sales Agreements, as amended, the “Sales Agreements”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and UBS Securities LLC to include J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and UBS Securities LLC as additional sales agents (together with the Existing Sales Agents, the “Sales Agents”). Pursuant to the terms of the Sales Agreements, the Company may offer and sell shares of our common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $500 million, from time to time in “at the market” offerings through any of the Sales Agents under the Securities Act of 1933. The Company did not issue any shares under the at-the-market sales program during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and year ended December 31, 2022.

The Company declared dividends to common shareholders of $54 million, or $0.23 per share, and $79 million or $0.33 per share, during the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Earnings per Share (EPS)

EPS for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 are computed as follows:


	For the Quarter Ended
	March 31, 2023		March 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
Numerator:
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders - Basic	$	38,928	$	(281,202)
Effect of dilutive securities:
Interest expense attributable to convertible notes	—		—
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders - Diluted	$	38,928	$	(281,202)

Denominator:
Weighted average basic shares	231,994,620		237,012,702
Effect of dilutive securities	3,206,994		—
Weighted average dilutive shares	235,201,614		237,012,702

Net income (loss) per average share attributable to common stockholders - Basic	$	0.17	$	(1.19)
Net income (loss) per average share attributable to common stockholders - Diluted	$	0.17	$	(1.19)

For the quarter ended March 31, 2022 potentially dilutive shares of 2 million were excluded from the computation of fully diluted EPS because their effect would have been anti-dilutive. Anti-dilutive shares for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 were comprised of restricted stock units and performance stock units.

11. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The following table presents the changes in the components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, or the AOCI, for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:


	March 31, 2023
	(dollars in thousands)
	Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, net		Total Accumulated OCI Balance
Balance as of December 31, 2022	$	229,345	$	229,345
OCI before reclassifications	(5,905)		(5,905)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	1,315		1,315
Net current period OCI	(4,590)		(4,590)
Balance as of March 31, 2023	$	224,755	$	224,755


	March 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
	Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, net		Total Accumulated OCI Balance
Balance as of December 31, 2021	$	405,054	$	405,054
OCI before reclassifications	(40,955)		(40,955)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	—		—
Net current period OCI	(40,955)		(40,955)
Balance as of March 31, 2022	$	364,099	$	364,099

The amounts reclassified from AOCI balance comprised of $1 million net unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities sold for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. There were no amounts reclassified from AOCI during the quarter ended March 31, 2022.

12. Equity Compensation, Employment Agreements and other Benefit Plans

In accordance with the terms of the Company’s 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated on December 10, 2015), or the Incentive Plan, directors, officers and employees of the Company are eligible to receive restricted stock grants. These awards generally have a vesting period lasting three years. There were approximately 1 million shares available for future grants under the Incentive Plan as of March 31, 2023.

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company has approved a Stock Award Deferral Program, or the Deferral Program. Under the Deferral Program, non-employee directors and certain executive officers can elect to defer payment of certain stock awards made pursuant to the Incentive Plan. Deferred awards are treated as deferred stock units and paid at the earlier of separation from service or a date elected by the participant who is separating. Payments are generally made in a lump sum or, if elected by the participant, in five annual installments. Deferred awards receive dividend equivalents during the deferral period in the form of additional deferred stock units. Amounts are paid at the end of the deferral period by delivery of shares from the Incentive Plan (plus cash for any fractional deferred stock units), less any applicable tax withholdings. Deferral elections do not alter any vesting requirements applicable to the underlying stock award. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there are approximately 1 million shares for which payments have been deferred until separation or a date elected by the participant, respectively. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there are approximately 1 million dividend equivalent rights earned but not yet delivered.

Grants of Restricted Stock Units, or RSUs

During the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company granted RSU awards to employees. These RSU awards are designed to reward employees of the Company for services provided to the Company. Generally, the RSU awards vest equally over a three-year period beginning from the grant date and will fully vest after three years. For employees who are retirement eligible, defined as years of service to the Company plus age, is equal to or greater than 65, the service period is considered to be fulfilled and all grants are expensed immediately. The RSU awards are valued at the market price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date and generally the employees must be employed by the Company on the vesting dates to receive the RSU awards. The Company granted 649 thousand RSU awards during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 with a grant date fair value of $4 million for the 2023 performance year. The Company granted 128 thousand RSU awards during the quarter ended March 31, 2022, with a grant date fair value of $2 million for the 2022 performance year.

Grants of Performance Share Units, or PSUs

PSU awards are designed to align compensation with the Company’s future performance. The PSU awards granted during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, include a three-year performance period ending on December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The final number of shares awarded will be between 0% and 200% of the PSUs granted based on the Company Economic Return and share price performance compared to a peer group. The Company’s three-year Company Economic Return is equal to the Company’s change in book value per common share plus common stock dividends. Compensation expense will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the three-year vesting period based on an estimate of the Company Economic Return and share price performance in relation to the entities in the peer group and will be adjusted each period based on the Company’s best estimate of the actual number of shares awarded. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Company granted 605 thousand PSU awards to senior management with a grant date fair value of $3 million. During the quarter ended March 31, 2022, the Company granted 128 thousand PSU awards to senior management with a grant date fair value of $2 million.

The Company recognized stock based compensation expense of $3 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The Company also maintains a qualified 401(k) plan. The plan is a retirement savings plan that allows eligible employees to contribute a portion of their wages on a tax-deferred basis under Section 401(k) of the Code. For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, employees may contribute, through payroll deductions, up to $22,500 if under the age of 50 years and an additional $7,500 “catch-up” contribution for employees 50 years or older. The Company matches 100% of the first 6% of the eligible compensation deferred by employee contributions. The employer funds the 401(k) matching contributions in the form of cash, and participants may direct the Company match to an investment of their choice. The benefit of the Company’s contributions vests immediately. Generally, a participating employee is entitled to distributions from the plans upon termination of employment, retirement, death or disability. The 401(k) expenses related to the Company’s qualified plan for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were $133 thousand and $148 thousand, respectively.

13. Income Taxes

For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company qualified to be taxed as a REIT under Code Sections 856 through 860. As a REIT, the Company is not subject to U.S. federal income tax to the extent that it makes qualifying distributions of taxable income to its stockholders. To maintain qualification as a REIT, the Company must distribute at least 90% of its annual REIT taxable income (subject to certain adjustments) to its shareholders and meet certain other requirements such as assets it may hold, income it may generate and its shareholder composition. It is generally the Company’s policy to distribute to its shareholders all of the Company’s taxable income.

The state and local tax jurisdictions in which the Company is subject to tax-filing obligations generally recognize the Company’s status as a REIT and, therefore, the Company generally does not pay income tax in such jurisdictions. The Company may, however, be subject to certain minimum state, and local tax filing fees and its TRSs are subject to U.S. federal, state, and local taxes. The Company did not record any current income tax benefit or expense for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and recorded a current income tax benefit of $70 thousand for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.

The Company’s effective tax rate differs from its combined U.S. federal, state and local corporate statutory tax rate primarily due to the deduction of dividend distributions required to be paid under Code Section 857(a).

The Company’s U.S. federal, state, and local tax returns for the tax years ending on or after December 31, 2019, remain open for examination.

14. Credit Risk and Interest Rate Risk

The Company’s primary components of market risk are credit risk and interest rate risk. The Company is subject to interest rate risk in connection with its investments in Agency MBS and Non-Agency RMBS, residential mortgage loans, borrowings under secured financing agreements and securitized debt. When the Company assumes interest rate risk, it attempts to minimize interest rate risk through asset selection, hedging and matching the income earned on mortgage assets with the cost of related financing.

The Company attempts to minimize credit risk through due diligence, asset selection and portfolio monitoring. The Company has established a whole loan target market including qualified mortgages, non-qualified mortgages and reperforming residential mortgage loans. Additionally, the Company seeks to minimize credit risk through compliance with regulatory requirements, geographic diversification, owner occupied property, and moderate loan-to-value ratios. These factors are considered to be important indicators of credit risk.

By using derivative instruments and secured financing agreements, the Company is exposed to counterparty credit risk if counterparties to the contracts do not perform as expected. If a counterparty fails to perform on a derivative hedging instrument, the Company’s counterparty credit risk is equal to the amount reported as a derivative asset on its balance sheet to the extent that amount exceeds collateral obtained from the counterparty or, if in a net liability position, the extent to which collateral posted exceeds the liability to the counterparty. The amounts reported as a derivative asset/(liability) are derivative contracts in a gain/(loss) position, and to the extent subject to master netting arrangements, net of derivatives in a loss/(gain) position with the same counterparty and collateral received/(pledged). If the counterparty fails to perform on a secured financing agreement, the Company is exposed to a loss to the extent that the fair value of collateral pledged exceeds the liability to the counterparty. The Company attempts to minimize counterparty credit risk by evaluating and monitoring the counterparty’s credit, executing master netting arrangements and obtaining collateral, and executing contracts and agreements with multiple counterparties to reduce exposure to a single counterparty.

The Company's secured financing agreements transactions are governed by underlying agreements that provide for a right of setoff by the lender, including in the event of default or in the event of bankruptcy of the borrowing party to the transactions. The Company's derivative transactions are governed by underlying agreements that provide for a right of setoff under master netting arrangements, including in the event of default or in the event of bankruptcy of either party to the transactions. The Company presents its assets and liabilities subject to such arrangements on a net basis in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition. The following table presents information about our liabilities that are subject to such arrangements and can potentially be offset on our consolidated statements of financial condition as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.


	March 31, 2023
	(dollars in thousands)
	Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets (Liabilities)		Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position		Net Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position		Gross Amounts Not Offset with Financial Assets (Liabilities) in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
							Financial Instruments		Cash Collateral (Received) Pledged (1)		Net Amount
Secured financing agreements	$	(3,195,322)	$	—	$	(3,195,322)	$	4,481,545	$	32,601	$	1,318,824
Interest Rate Swaps - Gross Assets	14,867		(3,339)		11,528		—		—		11,528
Interest Rate Swaps - Gross Liabilities	—		—		—		—		—		—
Treasury Futures - Gross Assets	—		—		—		—		—		—
Treasury Futures - Gross Liabilities	(6,851)		6,851		—		—		4,584		4,584
Swaptions - Gross Assets	5,661		(2,990)		2,671		—		—		2,671
Swaptions - Gross Liabilities	—		—		—		—		—		—

Total	$	(3,181,645)	$	522	$	(3,181,123)	$	4,481,545	$	37,185	$	1,337,607

(1) Included in other assets


	December 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
	Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets (Liabilities)		Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position		Net Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position		Gross Amounts Not Offset with Financial Assets (Liabilities) in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
							Financial Instruments		Cash Collateral (Received) Pledged (1)		Net Amount
Secured financing agreements	$	(3,434,765)	$	—	$	(3,434,765)	$	4,699,722	$	33,415	$	1,298,373
Interest Rate Swaps - Gross Assets	3,716		—		3,716		—		13,179		16,895
Interest Rate Swaps - Gross Liabilities	(14,074)		14,074		—		—		27,678		27,678


Swaptions - Gross Assets	15,077		(14,697)		380		—		—		380


Total	$	(3,430,046)	$	(623)	$	(3,430,669)	$	4,699,722	$	74,271	$	1,343,326

(1) Included in other assets

15. Commitments and Contingencies

From time to time, the Company may become involved in various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In connection with certain securitization transactions engaged in by the Company, it has the obligation under certain circumstances to repurchase assets from the VIE upon breach of certain representations and warranties.

16. Subsequent Events

Subsequent to March 31, 2023, the Company exercised its call option to retire securitized debt, collateralized by loans held for investment with an unpaid principal amount of $210 million.

Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes to those statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, references to “we,” “us,” “our” or “the Company” refer to Chimera Investment Corporation and its subsidiaries unless specifically stated otherwise or the context otherwise indicates. The following defines certain of the commonly used terms in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q: Agency refers to a federally chartered corporation, such as Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, or an agency of the U.S. Government, such as Ginnie Mae; MBS refers to mortgage-backed securities secured by pools of residential or commercial mortgage loans; RMBS refers to mortgage-backed securities secured by pools of residential mortgage loans; CMBS refers to mortgage-backed securities secured by pools of commercial mortgage loans; Agency RMBS and Agency CMBS refer to MBS that are secured by pools of residential and commercial mortgage loans, respectively, and are issued or guaranteed by an Agency; Agency MBS refers to MBS that are issued or guaranteed by an Agency and includes Agency RMBS and Agency CMBS collectively; Non-Agency RMBS refers to residential MBS that are not guaranteed by any agency of the U.S. Government or any Agency; IO refers to Interest-only securities.

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

We make forward-looking statements in this report that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include information about, among other things, possible or assumed future results of our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations, plans and objectives. When we use the words ‘‘believe,’’ ‘‘expect,’’ ‘‘anticipate,’’ ‘‘estimate,’’ ‘‘plan,’’ ‘‘continue,’’ ‘‘intend,’’ ‘‘should,’’ ‘‘may,’’ ‘‘would,’’ ‘‘will’’ or similar expressions, we intend to identify forward-looking statements. Statements regarding the following subjects, among others, are forward-looking by their nature:

•our business and investment strategy;

•our ability to accurately forecast the payment of future dividends on our common and preferred stock, and the amount of such dividends;

•our ability to determine accurately the fair market value of our assets;

•availability of investment opportunities in real estate-related and other securities, including our valuation of potential opportunities that may arise as a result of current and future market dislocations;

•our expected investments;

•changes in the value of our investments, including negative changes resulting in margin calls related to the financing of our assets;

•changes in inflation, interest rates and mortgage prepayment rates;

•prepayments of the mortgage and other loans underlying our mortgage-backed securities, or MBS, or other asset-backed securities, or ABS;

•rates of default, delinquencies, forbearance, deferred payments or decreased recovery rates on our investments;

•general volatility of the securities markets in which we invest;

•our ability to maintain existing financing arrangements and our ability to obtain future financing arrangements;

•our ability to affect our strategy to securitize residential mortgage loans;

•interest rate mismatches between our investments and our borrowings used to finance such purchases;

•effects of interest rate caps on our adjustable-rate investments;

•the degree to which our hedging strategies may or may not protect us from interest rate volatility;

•the impact of and changes to various government programs;

•the impact of and changes in governmental regulations, tax law and rates, accounting guidance, and similar matters;

•market trends in our industry, interest rates, the debt securities markets or the general economy;

•estimates relating to our ability to make distributions to our stockholders in the future;

•our understanding of our competition;

•our ability to find and retain qualified personnel;

•our ability to maintain our classification as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

•our ability to maintain our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or 1940 Act;

•our expectations regarding materiality or significance; and

•the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures.

Forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations of our future performance, taking into account all information currently available to us. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These beliefs, assumptions and expectations can change as a result of many possible events or factors, not all of which are known to us. If a change occurs, our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and prospects may vary materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made. New risks and uncertainties arise from time to time, and it is impossible for us to predict those events or how they may affect us. Except as required by law, we are not obligated to, and do not intend to, update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Executive Summary

We are a publicly traded REIT that is primarily engaged in the business of investing directly or having a beneficial interest in a diversified portfolio of mortgage assets, including residential mortgage loans, Non-Agency RMBS, Agency RMBS, Agency CMBS, business purpose and investor loans, and other real estate-related assets. The MBS and other real estate-related securities we purchase may include investment-grade, non-investment grade, and non-rated classes. We use leverage to increase potential returns from our investments. Our principal business objective is to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns through the generation of distributable income and through asset performance linked to mortgage credit fundamentals. We selectively invest in residential mortgage assets with a focus on credit analysis, projected prepayment rates, interest rate sensitivity and expected return.

We currently focus our investment activities primarily on acquiring residential mortgage loans. In addition, we acquire and own Non-Agency RMBS and Agency mortgage-backed securities, or MBS. At March 31, 2023, based on the fair value of our interest earning assets, approximately 90% of our investment portfolio was residential mortgage loans, 8% of our investment portfolio was Non-Agency RMBS, and 2% of our investment portfolio was Agency MBS. At December 31, 2022, based on the fair value of our interest earning assets, approximately 88% of our investment portfolio was residential mortgage loans, 9% of our investment portfolio was Non-Agency RMBS, and 3% of our investment portfolio was Agency MBS.

We use leverage to seek to increase our potential returns and to finance the acquisition of our assets. We expect to finance our investments using a variety of financing sources, including securitizations, warehouse facilities and repurchase agreements. We may seek to manage our debt and interest rate risk by utilizing interest rate hedges, such as interest rate swaps, caps, options and futures to reduce the effect of interest rate fluctuations related to our financing sources.

Our investment strategy is intended to take advantage of opportunities in the current interest rate and credit environment. We adjust our strategy in response to changing market conditions by shifting our asset allocations across various asset classes as interest rate and credit cycles change over time. We believe that our strategy will provide us an opportunity to pay dividends throughout changing market cycles. We expect to take a long-term view of assets and liabilities.

Business Update

Capital markets activity in 2022 was largely defined by aggressive monetary policy adopted by the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) to counteract stubbornly high inflation. At the beginning of 2023, the markets began to see some early indications that tightening moves made by the Fed in 2022 were slowing inflation. The fixed income markets responded by pricing in expectations that the Fed would pivot and reverse course back towards lower interest rates. However, several key pieces of economic data released in early February changed that belief. First, the employment report on February 3 made it clear that the Fed would raise rates at its next meeting. Second, it became clear that Credit Suisse was in significant turmoil and its prospects were unclear. The result was an increase in market rates and volatility. Then on March 7, Chairman Powell strongly indicated that a 50-basis-point rise in rates was possible for the next Fed meeting when he testified before Congress to provide his semiannual monetary policy report. That testimony was followed in quick succession by the failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and the Swiss government’s brokered sale of Credit Suisse to UBS. The result of these events was significant volatility in the rates market. These conditions dominated the business environment for the remainder of the quarter which resulted in a difficult business environment for most financial companies, including mortgage REITs. The fixed income market absorbed all this new information and spreads on most credit products, which had initially tightened in January, re-widened in March and ended the quarter modestly wider than year-end 2022. However, yields on U.S. Treasuries (2 years and above) were markedly lower over the period.

When the news broke that Credit Suisse was looking to sell its securitized product unit, we began to look for options to move the financing we had with Credit Suisse to another party or to bring the assets back on balance sheet as unencumbered. As the year started, we had $167 million repurchase agreement exposure with Credit Suisse. We paid off the loan partially via equity take-out by issuing new securitization trusts (discussed below) and the sale of $171 million Agency CMBS Securities. These sales resulted in a recognized loss of $5 million. Giving effect to the extinguishing of this $167 million repurchase agreements, we have no outstanding exposure to Credit Suisse.

In January, we exercised our call rights and terminated four existing securitization trusts, namely CIM 2020-R4, CIM 2020-NR1, CIM 2018-R5 and CIM 2018-R6, and issued CIM Trust 2023-R1 and CIM Trust 2023-NR1 (the “re-securitizations”). Though the interest rate was higher on the newly issued 2023 trusts, the re-securitizations enabled us to improve our balance sheet structure and pay off maturing repurchase agreements with Credit Suisse. We successfully converted $139 million of recourse financing into long-term, non-mark-to-market securitized debt while receiving approximately $90 million in cash from the re-securitizations. We estimate the re-securitization activity increased our cost of senior debt financing by approximately

250 basis points compared to the terminated trusts. Both securitizations are callable within two-years which gives us the ability to refinance the securitized debt should interest rates improve in the future.

In March, we sponsored CIM 2023-R2, a rated securitization of seasoned reperforming residential mortgage loans, purchased in January with an aggregate principal balance of $447 million. Securities issued by CIM 2023-R2, with an aggregate balance of approximately $365 million, were sold in a private placement to institutional investors. These senior securities represented approximately 82% of the securitization's capital structure. We retained interests in the subordinate securities with an aggregate balance of approximately $82 million and certain interest-only securities. Our average cost of debt of this securitization is 5.95%. We retained an option to call the securitization at any time beginning in March 2028. In total, we sponsored three securitizations collateralized by mortgage loans with an aggregate principal balance of approximately $1.25 billion during the first quarter of 2023.

Over the first quarter, we committed to purchase $1.2 billion of residential mortgage loans. Approximately $600 million settled prior to March 31, with the remaining $649 million expected to settle in the second quarter. We were diligent in diversifying our loan purchases. Of the total commitments, approximately 57% were seasoned reperforming loans, 39% were non-qualified mortgages loans and the remainder were business purpose loans. With the exception of business purpose loans, all loans were purchased with the intention to finance for the long-term through securitization. The characteristics of the seasoned reperforming loans and business purpose loans were consistent with the characteristics of the such loans that currently exist in our portfolio. We committed to purchase $487 million (as part of the $1.25 billion total commitment) non-qualified mortgage loans in two separate transactions. We expect to close the purchase of these loans in the second quarter of 2023 and finance them through securitizations in the same period.

Considering the velocity and magnitude of interest rate movements, during the first quarter, we initiated a hedging program to manage the interest rate risk for the time differential between loan purchase commitment and the closing of loans into securitization. During the first quarter, we used a combination of various interest rate future contracts to hedge our exposure to future financing costs. This hedging technique attempts to mitigate the interest rate risk but does not capture the impact of credit spread risk. At the end of the quarter, we had approximately $750 million short-sale contracts on U.S. Treasury futures to hedge our pipeline of future loan securitizations. Overall, the futures activity, from hedging, resulted in a net $478 thousand realized gain and a $7 million unrealized loss at the end of the quarter.

We also engaged in a series of interest rate hedges as we attempted to help mitigate the impact of higher interest rates on our future financing and soften the impact of higher interest rates on the overall portfolio value. Hedging strategies are dynamic, not static. Our focus on hedging during the quarter was to limit the impact of further severe interest rate movements while maintaining optionality to benefit from lower interest rates in the future. The execution of this strategy was extremely difficult due to heightened volatility from the events previously discussed and the magnitude of the overall downward movements in interest rates. During the first quarter, we initiated and terminated a series of pay-fixed interest rate swaps and pay-fixed swaptions, which created a realized loss of $35 million for the quarter. As of March 31, 2023, we maintained open positions in $1 billion 3.26% pay-fixed interest rate swap maturing May 2024 and $1 billion 1-year option on 1-year pay-fixed interest rate swap (1 X 1 swaption) with a blended fixed rate of 3.46%. We believe these positions will help to achieve our goals for hedging as discussed above.

During the first quarter of 2023, our secured financing agreements exposure decreased by $237 million. We continue to seek to optimize our liabilities through securitization, enabling us to have long-term non-mark-to-market financing on our residential mortgage loans; during the quarter, we completed three securitization transactions collateralized by mortgage loans with an aggregate principal balance of approximately $1.25 billion and terminated four securitizations collateralized by mortgage loans with an aggregate principal balance of approximately $337 million. In addition, during the quarter, we exited a maturing $141 million non-mark-to-market secured financing facility and separately entered into a new non-mark-to-market secured facility with a different counterparty with a principal borrowing amount of $125 million that matures in January 2025. The financing cost of our repurchase agreements increased by 75 basis-points during the quarter, consistent with increases in the federal funds rates over the period.

Market Conditions and our Strategy

The first quarter of 2023 continued to see substantial volatility in multiple areas. The quarter initially began with some amelioration in future expectations of higher interest rates, and greater expectations for a “soft landing” and eventual easing after the rapid rate of increases that the Federal Reserve undertook in second half of 2022. With the stabilization in rates, credit spreads tightened substantially and in some cases, faster than the widening that occurred in the second half of 2022. However, by mid-February, additional economic data pointed to inflation still running higher than expected and the job growth continuing to come in higher than expected. As a result, expectations for faster and larger rate increases led all parts of the interest rate curve to sell off, with short term rates higher than peaks seen last year, and long term rates slightly below the highs from 2022.

However, credit spreads remained steady. Economic conditions took a negative turn in early March with the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and Credit Suisse, leading to rapid and forceful government intervention to stave off additional bank runs and protect depositors. Such events raised substantial concern with smaller and regional bank’s balance sheets. More stringent regulations over the banking sector are expected, which in turn will result in a tightening of lending, especially in the commercial real estate (“CRE”) space.

Securitized products spreads ended up slightly wider at the end of the first quarter 2023, with the notable exception of CRE spreads, which ended at the widest levels since the global financial crisis in 2008. In the mortgage spaces, most sectors ended up slightly wider than at the beginning of the quarter, and new investor loan and prime jumbo deals were seen for the first time in months. The outlook going forward points to continued uncertainty over the path of rates and its ongoing impacts on the economy.

Overall lower rates at the end of the quarter resulted in increased value of our Agency and residential credit portfolios, which was offset by hedging-related losses during the quarter. This drove a slight decline in our book value per common share to $7.41 as of March 31, 2023 as compared to $7.49 as of December 31, 2022.

Our financing costs increased over the first quarter, and we continue to manage our portfolio consistent with our belief that short-term interest rates will be higher for longer. We continue to seek opportunities to finance our retained notes from securitizations with long-term non-mark-to market facilities. To further manage interest rate risk, we are using financial derivatives such as futures, interest rate swaps and swaptions to hedge against securitization executions, net interest margin compression, and to protect our book value.

We believe there is risk of a recession in the second half of 2023 and further believe our portfolio of seasoned reperforming mortgage loans will continue to outperform most credit-related mortgage assets in this scenario due to our low loan-to-value ratios and longer weighted average loan ages of our mortgage loan portfolio. Cash management is critical to our business, and we monitor our ongoing needs for margin (including variable margin on our hedge portfolio and ongoing margin requirements of our secured financing arrangements which are subject to margin requirements), repurchase agreement maturities and operating needs daily. Over time, we expect to continue to acquire and securitize mortgage loans as well as further implement our call optimization strategy on CIM securitizations. With available funds, we plan to evaluate the merits of any new investments and compare them to the merits of repurchasing outstanding common and preferred stock, or reducing higher cost liabilities as they mature.

We declared a $0.23 dividend per common share in the first quarter of 2023. Our Economic Return (as measured by the change in book value per common share plus common stock dividend) was 2% for the first quarter of 2023.

Business Operations

Net Income (Loss) Summary

The table below presents our net income (loss) on a GAAP basis for the quarters ended March 31, 2023, December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022.


Net Income (Loss)
(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)
(unaudited)
	For the Quarters Ended
	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022		March 31, 2022		QoQ Change		YoY Change
Net interest income:
Interest income (1)	$	189,250	$	187,286	$	202,175	$	1,964	$	(12,925)
Interest expense (2)	119,615		106,891		64,473		12,724		55,142
Net interest income	69,635		80,395		137,702		(10,760)		(68,067)

Increase (decrease) in provision for credit losses	3,062		3,834		240		(772)		2,822








Other investment gains (losses):
Net unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives	(8,551)		(10,171)		—		1,620		(8,551)
Realized gains (losses) on derivatives	(34,134)		(561)		—		(33,573)		(34,134)
Periodic interest cost of swaps, net	2,819		(1,629)		—		4,448		2,819
Net gains (losses) on derivatives	(39,866)		(12,361)		—		(27,505)		(39,866)
Net unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value	64,592		112,026		(370,167)		(47,434)		434,759
Net realized gains (losses) on sales of investments	(5,264)		(39,443)		—		34,179		(5,264)

Gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt	2,309		—		—		2,309		2,309
Other investment gains (losses)	117		(2,383)		—		2,500		117
Total other gains (losses)	21,888		57,838		(370,167)		(35,950)		392,055




Other expenses:




Compensation and benefits	10,491		19,167		11,353		(8,676)		(862)
General and administrative expenses	5,778		6,158		5,711		(380)		67
Servicing and asset manager fees	8,417		8,883		9,291		(466)		(874)
Transaction expenses	6,409		3,274		3,804		3,135		2,605
Total other expenses	31,095		37,482		30,159		(6,387)		936
Income (loss) before income taxes	57,366		96,919		(262,864)		(39,553)		320,230
Income taxes	—		(280)		(70)		280		70
Net income (loss)	$	57,366	$	97,199	$	(262,794)	$	(39,833)	$	320,160

Dividends on preferred stock	18,438		18,483		18,408		(45)		30

Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$	38,928	$	78,716	$	(281,202)	$	(39,788)	$	320,130

Net income (loss) per share available to common shareholders:
Basic	$	0.17	$	0.34	$	(1.19)	$	(0.17)	$	1.36
Diluted	$	0.17	$	0.34	$	(1.19)	$	(0.17)	$	1.36

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	231,994,620		231,763,151		237,012,702		231,469		(5,018,082)
Diluted	235,201,614		234,240,836		237,012,702		231,469		(1,811,088)


Dividends declared per share of common stock	$	0.23	$	0.23	$	0.33	$	—	$	(0.10)

(1) Includes interest income of consolidated VIEs of $139,902, $140,380, and $131,066 for the quarters ended March 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, and March 31, 2022, respectively. See Note 8 to consolidated financial statements for further discussion.

(2) Includes interest expense of consolidated VIEs of $60,152, $55,108, and $42,491 for the for the quarters ended March 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, and March 31, 2022, respectively. See Note 8 to consolidated financial statements for further discussion.

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Results of Operations for the Quarters Ended March 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, and March 31, 2022.

Our primary source of income is interest income earned on our assets, net of interest expense paid on our financing liabilities.

Quarter ended March 31, 2023 compared to the Quarter ended December 31, 2022

For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, our net income available to common shareholders was $39 million, or $0.17 per average basic common share, compared to a net income of $79 million, or $0.34 per average basic common share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2022. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, we had net interest income of $70 million and unrealized gains on financial instruments at fair value of $65 million, partially offset by net losses on derivatives of $40 million and other expenses of $31 million.

The increase in market volatility and interest rates during the first quarter of 2023 resulted in lower unrealized gains on financial instruments at fair value, increase in losses on derivatives and an increase in interest expense, driving a decline in our net income available to common shareholders as compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2022. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, our unrealized gains on financial instruments at fair value decreased by $47 million, net losses on derivatives increased by $28 million and interest expense increased by $13 million as compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2022.

Quarter ended March 31, 2023 compared to the Quarter ended March 31, 2022

For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, our net income available to common shareholders was $39 million, or $0.17 per average basic common share, compared to a net loss of $281 million, or $1.19 per average basic common share for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. As compared to the first quarter of 2022, the credit spreads have significantly tightened which increased the market value of our portfolio during the quarter ended March 31, 2023. The increase in net income available to common shareholders for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2022 was primarily driven by an increase in unrealized gains on financial instruments at fair value of $435 million, which was partially offset by a decrease in net interest income of $68 million and an increase in net losses on derivatives of $40 million and an increase in realized losses on sale of investments of $5 million.

Interest Income

Quarter ended March 31, 2023 compared to the Quarter ended December 31, 2022

Interest income increased slightly by $2 million, or 1%, to $189 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as compared to $187 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2022. The yields on our average interest earning assets remained relatively unchanged at 5.5% while our average interest earning assets increased by $89 million to $13.7 billion during the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to $13.6 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2022 driving the slight increase in the interest income.

Quarter ended March 31, 2023 compared to the Quarter ended March 31, 2022

Interest income decreased by $13 million, or 6%, to $189 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as compared to $202 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. This decrease in our interest income during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 was primarily driven by a decline in our average interest earning assets, lower prepayment penalties on our Agency CMBS investments and lower yields on our Non-Agency RMBS and Agency CMBS investments as compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2022. We reduced our average interest earning asset balances by $69 million to $13.7 billion as compared to $13.6 billion from the same period of 2022. Our Agency CMBS interest income decreased by $20 million, primarily due to lower prepayment penalties and Non-Agency RMBS portfolio interest income decreased by $16 million due to lower asset balances and lower yields during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the same period of 2022. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in interest income of $19 million on our Loans held for investment due to higher asset balances and higher yields during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the same period of 2022.

Interest Expense

Quarter ended March 31, 2023 compared to the Quarter ended December 31, 2022

Interest expense increased by $13 million, or 12%, to $120 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as compared to $107 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2022. This increase in our interest expense during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 was primarily driven by the higher borrowing rates on our secured financing agreements and securitized debt due to 50

basis point increase in the Federal Funds Rate. The interest expense on securitized debt increased by $5 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as borrowing rates on our new securitizations increased compared to the December 31, 2022. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, our interest expense on secured financing agreements collateralized by Loans held for investments and Non-Agency RMBS increased by $1 million and $3 million, respectively, as compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2022

Quarter ended March 31, 2023 compared to the Quarter ended March 31, 2022

Interest expense increased by $56 million, or 86%, to $120 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as compared to $64 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. This increase in our interest expense during the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the same period of 2022, was primarily driven by the increases in borrowing rates on our secured financing agreements and securitized debt, due to increases in the Federal Funds Rate. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, our interest expense on secured financing agreements collateralized by Loans held for investments, Non-Agency RMBS and Agency CMBS increased by $22 million, $11 million and $3 million, respectively, due to the higher Federal Funds Rate. The interest expense on our securitized debt increased by $17 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as the borrowing rates on our securitizations increased by 80 basis points as compared to quarter ended March 31, 2022.

Economic Net Interest Income

Our Economic net interest income is a non-GAAP financial measure that equals GAAP net interest income adjusted for net periodic interest cost of interest rate swaps and excludes interest earned on cash. For the purpose of computing economic net interest income and ratios relating to cost of funds measures throughout this section, interest expense includes net payments on our interest rate swaps, which is presented as a part of Net gains (losses) on derivatives in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. Interest rate swaps are used to manage the increase in interest paid on secured financing agreements in a rising rate environment. Presenting the net contractual interest payments on interest rate swaps with the interest paid on interest-bearing liabilities reflects our total contractual interest payments. We believe this presentation is useful to investors because it depicts the economic value of our investment strategy by showing all components of interest expense and net interest income of our investment portfolio. However, Economic net interest income should not be viewed in isolation and is not a substitute for net interest income computed in accordance with GAAP. Where indicated, interest expense, adjusting for any interest earned on cash, is referred to as Economic interest expense. Where indicated, net interest income reflecting net periodic interest cost of interest rate swaps and any interest earned on cash, is referred to as Economic net interest income.

The following table reconciles the Economic net interest income to GAAP net interest income and Economic interest expense to GAAP interest expense for the periods presented.


	GAAP Interest Income		GAAP Interest Expense		Periodic Interest Cost of Interest Rate Swaps		Interest Expense on Long Term Debt		Economic Interest Expense		GAAP Net Interest Income		Periodic Interest Cost of Interest Rate Swaps		Other (1)		Economic Net Interest Income




For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2023	$	189,250	$	119,615	$	(2,819)	$	—	$	116,796	$	69,635	$	2,819	$	(3,035)	$	69,419
For the Quarter Ended December 31, 2022	$	187,286	$	106,891	$	1,629	$	—	$	108,520	$	80,395	$	(1,629)	$	(1,867)	$	76,899
For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2022	$	188,303	$	83,464	$	122	$	—	$	83,586	$	104,839	$	(122)	$	(540)	$	104,177
For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2022	$	195,357	$	78,467	$	—	$	—	$	78,467	$	116,890	$	—	$	(81)	$	116,809
For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2022	$	202,175	$	64,473	$	—	$	—	$	64,473	$	137,702	$	—	$	(18)	$	137,684

(1) Primarily interest income on cash and cash equivalents.

Net Interest Rate Spread

The following table shows our average earning assets held, interest earned on assets, yield on average interest earning assets, average debt balance, economic interest expense, economic average cost of funds, economic net interest income and net interest rate spread for the periods presented.


	For the Quarter Ended
	March 31, 2023						December 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)						(dollars in thousands)
	Average Balance		Interest		Average Yield/Cost		Average Balance		Interest		Average Yield/Cost
Assets:
Interest-earning assets (1):
Agency RMBS	$	18,692	$	322	6.9	%	$	31,542	$	346	4.4	%
Agency CMBS	307,846		2,957		3.8	%	441,421		4,291		3.9	%
Non-Agency RMBS	990,721		30,098		12.2	%	1,013,693		29,304		11.6	%
Loans held for investment	12,334,025		152,838		5.0	%	12,075,239		151,478		5.0	%
Total	$	13,651,284	$	186,215	5.5	%	$	13,561,895	$	185,419	5.5	%

Liabilities and stockholders' equity:
Interest-bearing liabilities (2):

Secured financing agreements collateralized by:
Agency RMBS	$	4,095	$	52	5.1	%	$	4,547	$	46	4.0	%
Agency CMBS	252,102		2,956		4.7	%	358,914		3,464		3.9	%
Non-Agency RMBS	762,989		16,063		8.4	%	788,795		13,275		6.7	%
Loans held for investment	2,189,967		34,839		6.4	%	1,971,144		33,776		6.9	%
Securitized debt	8,049,843		62,886		3.1	%	8,056,913		57,959		2.9	%
Total	$	11,258,996	$	116,796	4.1	%	$	11,180,313	$	108,520	3.9	%

Economic net interest income/net interest rate spread			$	69,419	1.4	%			$	76,899	1.6	%

Net interest-earning assets/net interest margin	$	2,392,288			2.0	%	$	2,381,582			2.3	%

Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest bearing liabilities	1.21						1.21

(1) Interest-earning assets at amortized cost
(2) Interest includes periodic net interest cost on swaps


	For the Quarter Ended
	March 31, 2023						March 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)						(dollars in thousands)
	Average Balance		Interest		Average Yield/Cost		Average Balance		Interest		Average Yield/Cost
Assets:
Interest-earning assets (1):
Agency RMBS	$	18,692	$	322	6.9	%	$	113,723	$	253	0.9	%
Agency CMBS	307,846		2,957		3.8	%	559,478		22,870		16.4	%
Non-Agency RMBS	990,721		30,098		12.2	%	1,310,359		45,675		13.9	%
Loans held for investment	12,334,025		152,838		5.0	%	11,599,206		133,359		4.6	%
Total	$	13,651,284	$	186,215	5.5	%	$	13,582,766	$	202,157	6.0	%

Liabilities and stockholders' equity:
Interest-bearing liabilities (2):

Secured financing agreements collateralized by:
Agency RMBS	$	4,095	$	52	5.1	%	$	20,342	$	31	0.6	%
Agency CMBS	252,102		2,956		4.7	%	435,545		270		0.2	%
Non-Agency RMBS	762,989		16,063		8.4	%	817,261		5,448		2.7	%
Loans held for investment	2,189,967		34,839		6.4	%	1,948,974		12,839		2.6	%
Securitized debt	8,049,843		62,886		3.1	%	7,870,127		45,885		2.3	%
Total	$	11,258,996	$	116,796	4.1	%	$	11,092,249	$	64,473	2.3	%

Economic net interest income/net interest rate spread			$	69,419	1.4	%			$	137,684	3.7	%

Net interest-earning assets/net interest margin	$	2,392,288			2.0	%	$	2,490,517			4.1	%

Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest bearing liabilities	1.21						1.22

(1) Interest-earning assets at amortized cost
(2) Interest includes periodic net interest cost on swaps

Economic Net Interest Income and the Average Earning Assets

Quarter ended March 31, 2023 compared to the Quarter ended December 31, 2022

Our Economic net interest income (which is a non-GAAP measure, see “Economic net interest income” discussion earlier for details) decreased by $8 million to $69 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 from $77 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2022. Our net interest rate spread, which equals the yield on our average interest-earning assets less the economic average cost of funds, decreased by 20 basis points for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2022. The net interest margin, which equals the Economic net interest income as a percentage of the net average balance of our interest-earning assets less our interest-bearing liabilities, decreased by 30 basis points for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2022. Our Average net interest-earning assets increased by $11 million to $2.4 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, compared to $2.4 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2022. The decrease in our net interest rate spread for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2022 is primarily due to higher interest expense due to higher Federal Funds Rate.

Quarter ended March 31, 2023 compared to the Quarter ended March 31, 2022

Our Economic net interest income (which is a non-GAAP measure, see “Economic net interest income” discussion earlier for details) decreased by $69 million to $69 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 from $138 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. Our net interest rate spread, which equals the yield on our average interest-earning assets less the economic average cost of funds, decreased by 230 basis points for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the same period of 2022. The net interest margin, which equals the Economic net interest income as a percentage of the net average balance of our interest-earning assets less our interest-bearing liabilities, decreased by 210 basis points for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the same period of 2022. Our Average net interest-earning assets increased by $98 million to $2.4 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, compared to $2.5 billion for the same period of 2022. The decrease in our net interest rate spread for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the year ended March 31, 2022 is primarily due to decline in our

asset yields, higher interest expense due to higher Federal Funds Rate and lower prepayment penalties received on our Agency CMBS portfolio.

Economic Interest Expense and the Cost of Funds

The borrowing rate at which we are able to finance our assets using secured financing agreements is typically correlated to Secured overnight funding rate, or SOFR, and the term of the financing. The borrowing rate on majority of our securitized debt is fixed and correlated to the term of the financing. The table below shows our average borrowed funds, Economic interest expense, average cost of funds (inclusive of periodic interest costs on swaps), average one-month SOFR, average three-month SOFR and average one-month SOFR relative to average three-month SOFR.


	Average Debt Balance		Economic Interest Expense		Average Cost of Funds		Average One-Month SOFR		Average Three-Month SOFR		Average One-Month SOFR Relative to Average Three-Month SOFR
	(Ratios have been annualized, dollars in thousands)




For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2023	$	11,258,996	$	116,796	4.15	%	4.62	%	4.79	%	(0.17)	%
For the Quarter Ended December 31, 2022	$	11,180,313	$	108,520	3.88	%	3.89	%	4.24	%	(0.35)	%
For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2022	$	11,233,052	$	83,586	2.98	%	2.45	%	2.84	%	(0.39)	%
For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2022	$	11,704,063	$	78,467	2.68	%	0.93	%	1.32	%	(0.39)	%
For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2022	$	11,092,249	$	64,473	2.32	%	0.16	%	0.34	%	(0.18)	%

Average interest-bearing liabilities increased by $79 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2022. Economic interest expense increased by $8 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2022 due to increase in our secured financing agreements and securitized debt borrowing rates driven by higher Federal Funds Rates. Average interest-bearing liabilities increased by $167 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2022. Economic interest expense increased by $52 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2022 due to increase in our secured financing agreements and securitized debt borrowing rates driven by higher Federal Funds Rates.

While we may use interest rate hedges to mitigate risks related to changes in interest rate, the hedges may not fully offset interest expense movements.

Provision for Credit Losses

For the quarter ended March 31, 2023 we recorded an increase in provision for credit losses of $3 million, as compared to an increase in provision of credit losses of $4 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2022. For the quarter ended March 31, 2023 we recorded an increase in provision for credit losses of $3 million, as compared to an increase in provision of credit losses of $240 thousand for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.

The increase in provision for credit losses for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022 is primarily due to an increase in expected losses and delinquencies. In addition, certain Non-Agency RMBS positions, now have higher unrealized losses and resulted in the recognition of an allowance for credit losses which was previously limited by unrealized gains on these investments.

Net Gains (Losses) on Derivatives

We use derivatives to economically hedge the effects of changes in interest rates on our portfolio, specifically our secured financing agreements. Unrealized gains and losses include the change in market value, period over period, on our derivatives portfolio. Changes in market value are generally a result of changes in interest rates. We may or may not ultimately realize these unrealized derivative gains and losses depending on trade activity, changes in interest rates and the values of the underlying securities. The net gains and losses on our derivatives include both unrealized and realized gains and losses. Realized gains and losses include the net cash paid and received on our interest rate swaps during the period as well as sales, terminations and settlements of our swaps, swaptions and Treasury futures.

The table below shows a summary of our net gains (losses) on derivative instruments, for the quarters ended March 31, 2023, March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2023 respectively.


	For the Quarter Ended
		March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022		March 31, 2022
		(dollars in thousands)
Periodic interest income (expense) on interest rate swaps, net		$	2,819	$	(1,629)	$	—
Realized gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net:

Swaps - Terminations		(45,226)		(561)		—
Treasury futures		479		—		—
Swaptions		10,613		—		—

Total realized gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net		(34,134)		(561)		—
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net:
Interest rate swaps		7,909		(14,076)		—

Treasury futures		(6,851)		—		—
Swaptions		(9,609)		3,905		—

Total unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net:		(8,551)		(10,171)		—
Total gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net		$	(39,866)	$	(12,361)	$	—

During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, we recognized total net losses on derivatives of $40 million and $12 million, respectively. We did not have any derivative positions during the quarter ended March 31, 2022.

Unrealized gains and losses include the change in market value, period over period, on our derivatives portfolio. Changes in market value are generally a result of changes in interest rates. We may or may not ultimately realize these unrealized derivative gains and losses depending on trade activity, changes in interest rates and the values of the underlying securities.

The weighted average pay rate on our interest rate swap at March 31, 2023 was 3.26% and the weighted average receive rate was 4.82%. At March 31, 2023, the weighted average maturity on our interest rate swaps was one year. The weighted average pay rate on our interest rate swaps at December 31, 2022 was 4.07% and the weighted average receive rate was 4.30%. At December 31, 2022, the weighted average maturity on our interest rate swaps was 4 years.

We paid $45 million to terminate interest rate swaps with a notional value of $2.5 billion during the quarter ended March 31, 2023. The terminated swaps had original maturities ranging from 2025 to 2028. We paid $561 thousand to terminate interest rate swaps with a notional value of $1.0 billion during the year ended December 31, 2022. The terminated swaps had original maturity of 2024.

We terminated our existing $1.0 billion notional swaption contract for a one-year forward starting swap. Additionally, we entered into and terminated three new swaptions contracts with $2.3 billion notional during the quarter ended March 31, 2023. We had net realized gains of $11 million on these swaption terminations. We additionally entered into two swaption contracts for a one-year forward starting swaps with a total notional of $1.0 billion with 3.46% strike rate. The underlying swap terms will allow us to pay a fix rate of 3.46% and receive floating overnight SOFR rate.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, we entered into 6,000 short 5-year U.S. Treasury futures contracts, of which we subsequently covered 4,000 contracts during the quarter. As of March 31, 2023, we had 2,000 short 5-year U.S. Treasury futures contracts with a $200 million notional. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, we entered into 1,875 short 2-year U.S. Treasury futures contracts of which we subsequently covered 625 contracts during the quarter. As of March 31, 2023, we had 1,250 short 2-year U.S. Treasury futures contracts with a $250 million notional. We had a net realized gain of $666 thousand on these covered contracts. We also entered into 400 call options on 2-year and 5-year U.S. Treasury futures and subsequently covered them during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 for a realized loss of $187 thousand.

Changes in our derivative positions were primarily a result of changes in our secured financing composition and changes in interest rates.

Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Financial Instruments at Fair Value

During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, there was higher volatility in the markets but the lower interest rates towards the end of the quarter resulted in increased value of our Agency and residential credit portfolios as compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2022. The credit spreads significantly tightened during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2022 resulting in significant market pricing gains on our Agency and residential credit portfolios.

We recorded Net unrealized gains on financial instruments at fair value of $65 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to Net unrealized gains on financial instruments at fair value of $112 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2022.

We recorded Net unrealized gains on financial instruments at fair value of $65 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to Net unrealized losses on financial instruments at fair value of $370 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.

Gains and Losses on Sales of Assets

We do not forecast sales of investments as we generally expect to invest for long term gains. However, from time to time, we may sell assets to create liquidity necessary to pursue new opportunities, to achieve targeted leverage ratios as well as for gains when prices indicate a sale is most beneficial to us, or is the most prudent course of action to maintain a targeted risk adjusted yield for our investors.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2023 we sold some of our Agency CMBS investments as a part of our portfolio optimization efforts and realized a loss of $5 million. We recorded a realized loss of $39 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2022 as we sold some of our Agency CMBS and Non-Agency RMBS investments to strengthen our liquidity during that period. There were no investment sales during the quarter ended March 31, 2022.

Extinguishment of Securitized Debt

When we acquire our outstanding securitized debt, we extinguish the outstanding debt and recognize a gain or loss based on the difference between the carrying value of the debt and the cost to acquire the debt which is reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Operations as a gain or loss on extinguishment of debt.

We did not acquire any securitized debt collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS during the quarter ended March 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, and March, 31 2023.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, we acquired securitized debt collateralized by Loans held for investment with an amortized cost balance of $339 million for $337 million. This transaction resulted in net gain on extinguishment of debt of $2 million.

We did not acquire any securitized debt collateralized by loans held for investment during the quarter ended December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022.

Compensation, General and Administrative Expenses and Transaction Expenses

The table below shows our total compensation and benefit expense, general and administrative, or G&A expenses, and transaction expenses as compared to average total assets and average equity for the periods presented.


	Total Compensation, G&A and Transaction Expenses		Total Compensation, G&A and Transaction Expenses/Average Assets		Total Compensation, G&A and Transaction Expenses/Average Equity
	(Ratios have been annualized, dollars in thousands)




For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2023	$	22,678	0.66	%	3.41	%
For the Quarter Ended December 31, 2022	$	28,599	0.85	%	4.30	%
For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2022	$	17,177	0.50	%	2.44	%
For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2022	$	21,530	0.59	%	2.73	%
For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2022	$	20,868	0.54	%	2.36	%

The Compensation and benefit costs were approximately $10 million, $19 million, $11 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, and March 31, 2022, respectively. The increase in Compensation and benefit costs for the quarter ended December 31, 2022 was driven by higher severance expense related to our December 2022 separation agreement with our former CEO.

The G&A expenses were approximately $6 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 December 31, 2022, and March 31, 2022, respectively and remained relatively unchanged. The G&A expenses are primarily comprised of legal, market data and research, auditing, consulting, information technology, and independent investment consulting expenses.

The transactions expenses were approximately $6 million, $3 million and $4 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 December 31, 2022, and March 31, 2022, respectively. The increase in transaction expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022 was driven by higher call and securitization activity.

Servicing and Asset Manager Fees

Servicing fees and asset manager expenses remained relatively unchanged at $8 million, $9 million and $9 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, and March 31, 2022, respectively. These servicing fees are primarily related to the servicing costs of the whole loans held in consolidated securitization vehicles and are paid from interest income earned by the VIEs. The servicing fees generally range from 2 to 50 basis points of unpaid principal balances of our consolidated VIEs.

Earnings available for distribution

Earnings available for distribution is a non-GAAP measure and is defined as GAAP net income excluding unrealized gains or losses on financial instruments carried at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in earnings, realized gains or losses on the sales of investments, gains or losses on the extinguishment of debt, interest expense on long term debt, changes in the provision for credit losses, other gains or losses on equity investments, and transaction expenses incurred. In addition, stock compensation expense charges incurred on awards to retirement eligible employees is reflected as an expense over a vesting period (36 months) rather than reported as an immediate expense.

Earnings available for distribution is the Economic net interest income, as defined previously, reduced by compensation and benefits expenses (adjusted for awards to retirement eligible employees), general and administrative expenses, servicing and asset manager fees, income tax benefits or expenses incurred during the period, as well as the preferred dividend charges.

We view Earnings available for distribution as one measure of our investment portfolio's ability to generate income for distribution to common stockholders. Earnings available for distribution is one of the metrics, but not the exclusive metric, that our Board of Directors uses to determine the amount, if any, of dividends on our common stock. Other metrics that our Board of Directors may consider when determining the amount, if any, of dividends on our common stock include (among others) REIT taxable income, dividend yield, book value, cash generated from the portfolio, reinvestment opportunities and other cash needs. In addition, Earnings available for distribution is different than REIT taxable income and the determination of whether we have met the requirement to distribute at least 90% of our annual REIT taxable income (subject to certain adjustments) to our stockholders in order to maintain qualification as a REIT is not based on Earnings available for distribution. Therefore, Earnings available for distribution should not be considered as an indication of our REIT taxable income, a guaranty of our ability to pay dividends, or as a proxy for the amount of dividends we may pay. We believe Earnings available for distribution as described above helps us and investors evaluate our financial performance period over period without the impact of certain transactions. Therefore, Earnings available for distribution should not be viewed in isolation and is not a substitute for net income or net income per basic share computed in accordance with GAAP. In addition, our methodology for calculating Earnings available for distribution may differ from the methodologies employed by other REITs to calculate the same or similar supplemental performance measures, and accordingly, our Earnings available for distribution may not be comparable to the Earnings available for distribution reported by other REITs.

The following table provides GAAP measures of net income and net income per diluted share available to common stockholders for the periods presented and details with respect to reconciling the line items to Earnings available for distribution and related per average diluted common share amounts. Earnings available for distribution is presented on an adjusted dilutive shares basis. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period's presentation.


	For the Quarters Ended
	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022		September 30, 2022		June 30, 2022		March 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
GAAP Net income (loss) available to common stockholders	$	38,928	$	78,716	$	(204,583)	$	(179,765)	$	(281,202)
Adjustments:
Net unrealized (gains) losses on financial instruments at fair value	(64,592)		(112,026)		239,513		239,246		370,167
Net realized (gains) losses on sales of investments	5,264		39,443		37,031		—		—
(Gains) losses on extinguishment of debt	(2,309)		—		—		2,897		—

Increase (decrease) in provision for credit losses	3,062		3,834		(1,534)		4,497		240

Net unrealized (gains) losses on derivatives	8,551		10,171		(10,307)		1,618		—




Realized gains (losses) on derivatives	34,134		561		—		—		—

Transaction expenses	6,409		3,274		2,341		6,727		3,804

Stock Compensation expense for retirement eligible awards	2,141		(309)		(310)		(309)		723

Other investment (gains) losses	(117)		2,383		462		(980)		—
Earnings available for distribution	$	31,471	$	26,047	$	62,613	$	73,931	$	93,732

GAAP net income (loss) per diluted common share	$	0.17	$	0.34	$	(0.88)	$	(0.76)	$	(1.19)
Earnings available for distribution per adjusted diluted common share	$	0.13	$	0.11	$	0.27	$	0.31	$	0.39

The table below summarizes the reconciliation from weighted-average diluted shares under GAAP to the weighted-average adjusted diluted shares used for Earnings available for distribution for the periods reported below.


	For the Quarters Ended
	March 31, 2023	December 31, 2022	September 30, 2022	June 30, 2022	March 31, 2022
Weighted average diluted shares - GAAP	235,201,614	234,240,836	231,750,422	235,310,440	237,012,702
Potentially dilutive shares (1)	—	—	2,425,579	2,277,366	2,421,546

Adjusted weighted average diluted shares - Earnings available for distribution	235,201,614	234,240,836	234,176,001	237,587,806	239,434,248

(1) Potentially dilutive shares related to restricted stock units and performance stock units excluded from the computation of weighted average GAAP diluted shares because their effect would have been anti-dilutive given the GAAP net loss available to common shareholders for the quarters ended September 30, 2022, June 30, 2022, and March 31, 2022.

Quarter ended March 31, 2023 compared to the Quarter ended December 31, 2022

Our Earnings available for distribution for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 was $31 million, or $0.13 per average diluted common share, and increased by $5 million, or $0.02 per average diluted common share, as compared to $26 million, or $0.11 per average diluted common share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2022. The increase in Earnings available during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 was primarily driven by lower severance expense and higher swap interest income which was partially offset by an increase in interest expense as compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2022.

Quarter ended March 31, 2023 compared to the Quarter ended March 31, 2022

Our Earnings available for distribution for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 was $31 million, or $0.13 per average diluted common share, and decreased by $62 million, or $0.26 per average diluted common share, as compared to $94 million, or $0.39 per average diluted common share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The decrease in Earnings available for distribution for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 was driven primarily by an increase in interest expense on our secured financing and securitized debt driven by the higher Federal Funds rate and lower prepayment penalties or early paydowns received as compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2022.

Net Income (Loss) and Return on Total Stockholders' Equity

The table below shows our Net Income and Economic net interest income as a percentage of average stockholders' equity and Earnings available for distribution as a percentage of average common stockholders' equity. Return on average equity is defined as our GAAP net income (loss) as a percentage of average equity. Average equity is defined as the average of our beginning and ending stockholders' equity balance for the period reported. Economic net interest income and Earnings available for distribution are non-GAAP measures as defined in previous sections.


	Return on Average Equity		Economic Net Interest Income/Average Equity *		Earnings available for distribution/Average Common Equity
	(Ratios have been annualized)




For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2023	8.63	%	10.45	%	7.28	%
For the Quarter Ended December 31, 2022	14.61	%	11.56	%	6.02	%
For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2022	(26.47)	%	14.81	%	13.30	%
For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2022	(20.45)	%	14.81	%	13.29	%
For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2022	(29.72)	%	15.57	%	14.38	%

* Excludes long term debt expense.

Quarter ended March 31, 2023 compared to the Quarter ended December 31, 2022

Return on average equity decreased by 598 basis points for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2022. This decrease is driven primarily by lower unrealized asset pricing gains on our financial instruments, higher net losses on derivatives and increase in interest expense driven by higher Federal Funds Rates. Economic net interest income as a percentage of average equity decreased by 111 basis points for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2022. Earnings available for distribution as a percentage of average common equity increased by 126 basis points for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2022. This increase in Earnings available for distribution as a percentage of average common equity for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2022, was primarily driven by lower severance expense and increase in swap interest income which partially offset higher interest expense due to Federal Funds Rate increase.

Quarter ended March 31, 2023 compared to the Quarter ended March 31, 2022

Return on average equity increased by 38% for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2022. This increase was driven primarily by an increase in unrealized asset pricing gains on our financial instruments. Economic net interest income as a percentage of average equity decreased by 512 basis points as of March 31, 2023 as compared to December 31, 2022. Earnings available for distribution as a percentage of average common equity decrease by 710 basis points for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2022. This decrease in Earnings available for distribution as a percentage of average common equity for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the same period of 2022, was primarily driven by an increase in interest expense driven by the impact of the higher Federal Funds Rate on our secured financing agreements and securitized debt and lower prepayment penalties received.

Financial Condition

Portfolio Review

During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, we focused our efforts on taking advantage of the opportunity to acquire higher yielding assets while maintaining low leverage and ample liquidity. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, on an aggregate basis, we purchased $591 million of investments, sold $168 million of investments, and received $341 million in principal payments related to our Agency MBS, Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investment portfolio.

The following table summarizes certain characteristics of our portfolio at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.



	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Interest earning assets at period-end (1)	$	13,786,566	$	12,937,661
Interest bearing liabilities at period-end	$	10,780,292	$	10,614,049
GAAP Leverage at period-end	4.1:1		4.0:1
GAAP Leverage at period-end (recourse)	1.2:1		1.3:1

(1) Excludes cash and cash equivalents.



	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022		March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Portfolio Composition	Amortized Cost				Fair Value
Non-Agency RMBS	7.0	%	7.5	%	8.3	%	8.9	%
Senior	3.8	%	4.0	%	5.4	%	5.9	%
Subordinated	2.1	%	2.3	%	2.1	%	2.2	%
Interest-only	1.1	%	1.2	%	0.8	%	0.8	%
Agency RMBS	0.1	%	0.1	%	0.1	%	0.1	%

Interest-only	0.1	%	0.1	%	0.1	%	0.1	%
Agency CMBS	2.0	%	3.3	%	1.8	%	3.2	%
Project loans	1.0	%	2.3	%	0.9	%	2.2	%
Interest-only	1.0	%	1.0	%	0.9	%	1.0	%
Loans held for investment	90.9	%	89.1	%	89.8	%	87.8	%
Fixed-rate percentage of portfolio	96.7	%	96.5	%	95.9	%	95.6	%
Adjustable-rate percentage of portfolio	3.3	%	3.5	%	4.1	%	4.4	%

GAAP leverage at period-end is calculated as a ratio of our secured financing agreements and securitized debt liabilities over GAAP book value. GAAP recourse leverage is calculated as a ratio of our secured financing agreements over stockholders equity.

The following table presents details of each asset class in our portfolio at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. The principal or notional value represents the interest income earning balance of each class. The weighted average figures are weighted by each investment’s respective principal/notional value in the asset class.


	March 31, 2023
	Principal or Notional Value at Period-End (dollars in thousands)		Weighted Average Amortized Cost Basis		Weighted Average Fair Value		Weighted Average Coupon		Weighted Average Yield at Period-End (1)		Weighted Average 3 Month Prepay Rate at Period-End		Weighted Average 12 Month Prepay Rate at Period-End		Weighted Average 3 Month CDR at Period-End		Weighted Average 12 Month CDR at Period-End		Weighted Average Loss Severity(2)		Weighted Average Credit Enhancement
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
Senior	$	1,135,367	$	46.07	$	65.63	5.4	%	16.8	%	3.9	%	8.3	%	1.3	%	1.6	%	31.2	%	9.8	%
Subordinated	$	603,192	$	49.69	$	47.54	3.2	%	6.7	%	5.1	%	10.2	%	0.3	%	0.4	%	30.8	%	6.6	%
Interest-only	$	3,049,186	$	5.29	$	3.57	0.6	%	5.8	%	5.1	%	8.2	%	0.8	%	0.9	%	43.9	%	2.3	%
Agency RMBS

Interest-only	$	406,985	$	4.59	$	3.65	0.5	%	7.2	%	8.3	%	14.5	%	N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Agency CMBS
Project loans	$	132,718	$	101.69	$	94.78	4.2	%	4.0	%	—	%	—	%	N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Interest-only	$	2,441,039	$	5.59	$	5.04	0.7	%	3.1	%	3.0	%	3.2	%	N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Loans held for investment	$	12,980,292	$	98.53	$	95.56	5.6	%	5.3	%	5.9	%	9.8	%	0.7	%	0.7	%	28.3	%	N/A

(1) Bond Equivalent Yield at period-end. Weighted Average Yield is calculated using each investment's respective amortized cost.

(2) Calculated based on reported losses to date, utilizing widest data set available (i.e., life-time losses, 12-month loss, etc.)


	December 31, 2022
	Principal or Notional Value at Period-End (dollars in thousands)		Weighted Average Amortized Cost Basis		Weighted Average Fair Value		Weighted Average Coupon		Weighted Average Yield at Period-End (1)		Weighted Average 3 Month Prepay Rate at Period-End		Weighted Average 12 Month Prepay Rate at Period-End		Weighted Average 3 Month CDR at Period-End		Weighted Average 12 Month CDR at Period-End		Weighted Average Loss Severity(2)		Weighted Average Credit Enhancement
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
Senior	$	1,153,458	$	46.09	$	66.05	5.3	%	16.4	%	5.2	%	10.8	%	1.4	%	1.8	%	34.5	%	2.1	%
Subordinated	$	611,206	$	49.34	$	46.94	3.1	%	6.8	%	8.0	%	14.1	%	0.4	%	0.4	%	34.9	%	6.6	%
Interest-only	$	3,114,930	$	5.23	$	3.17	0.7	%	5.3	%	5.4	%	11.8	%	1.0	%	0.8	%	38.2	%	1.6	%
Agency RMBS

Interest-only	$	409,940	$	4.58	$	3.70	0.9	%	5.0	%	12.9	%	17.4	%	N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Agency CMBS
Project loans	$	302,685	$	101.85	$	95.62	4.3	%	4.1	%	—	%	—	%	N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Interest-only	$	2,669,396	$	5.23	$	4.73	0.7	%	3.4	%	1.8	%	3.7	%	N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Loans held for investment	$	12,060,631	$	98.50	$	94.36	5.3	%	5.2	%	8.1	%	12.0	%	0.6	%	0.8	%	33.1	%	N/A

(1) Bond Equivalent Yield at period-end. Weighted Average Yield is calculated using each investment's respective amortized cost.

(2) Calculated based on reported losses to date, utilizing widest data set available (i.e., life-time losses, 12-month loss, etc.)

Based on the projected cash flows for our Non-Agency RMBS that are not of high credit quality, a portion of the original purchase discount is designated as Accretable Discount, which reflects the purchase discount expected to be accreted into interest income, and a portion is designated as Non-Accretable Difference, which represents the contractual principal on the security that is not expected to be collected. The amount designated as Non-Accretable Difference may be adjusted over time, based on the actual performance of the security, its underlying collateral, actual and projected cash flow from such collateral, economic conditions and other factors. If the performance of a security is more favorable than previously estimated, a portion of the amount designated as Non-Accretable Difference may be transferred to Accretable Discount and accreted into interest income over time. Conversely, if the performance of a security is less favorable than previously estimated, a provision for credit loss may be recognized resulting in an increase in the amounts designated as Non-Accretable Difference.

The following table presents changes to Accretable Discount (net of premiums) as it pertains to our Non-Agency RMBS portfolio, excluding premiums on interest-only investments, during the previous five quarters.


	For the Quarters Ended
	(dollars in thousands)
Accretable Discount (Net of Premiums)	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022		September 30, 2022		June 30, 2022		March 31, 2022
Balance, beginning of period	$	176,635	$	207,812	$	241,391	$	258,494	$	333,546
Accretion of discount	(11,663)		(11,128)		(12,989)		(17,408)		(19,470)
Purchases	—		—		—		—		—
Sales	—		(17,935)		—		—		—
Elimination in consolidation	—		—		—		—		(60,361)
Transfers from/(to) credit reserve, net	(7,719)		(2,114)		(20,590)		305		4,779
Balance, end of period	$	157,253	$	176,635	$	207,812	$	241,391	$	258,494

Liquidity and Capital Resources

General

Liquidity measures our ability to meet cash requirements, including ongoing borrowing commitments, purchase RMBS, residential mortgage loans and other assets for our portfolio, pay dividends and other general business needs. Our principal sources of capital and funds for additional investments primarily include earnings, principal paydowns and sales from our investments, borrowings under securitizations and re-securitizations, secured financing agreements and other financing facilities including warehouse facilities, and proceeds from equity or other securities offerings.

As discussed earlier, overall lower interest rates at the end of the first quarter resulted in increased value of our Agency and residential credit portfolios but the outlook going forward points to continued uncertainty over the path of interest rates and additional effects on the economy. If these uncertainties become more pronounced, we may experience an adverse impact on

our liquidity. We have sought and expect to continue to seek longer-term, more durable financing to reduce our risk exposure to margin calls related to shorter-term repurchase financing.

Our ability to fund our operations, meet financial obligations and finance target asset acquisitions may be impacted by our ability to secure and maintain our master secured financing agreements, warehouse facilities and secured financing agreements facilities with our counterparties. Because secured financing agreements and warehouse facilities are short-term commitments of capital, lenders may respond to market conditions making it more difficult for us to renew or replace on a continuous basis our maturing short-term borrowings and have and may continue to impose more onerous conditions when rolling forward such financings. If we are not able to renew our existing facilities or arrange for new financing on terms acceptable to us, or if we default on our covenants or are otherwise unable to access funds under our financing facilities or if we are required to post more collateral or face larger haircuts, we may have to curtail our asset acquisition activities and dispose of assets.

To meet our short term (one year or less) liquidity needs, we expect to continue to borrow funds in the form of secured financing agreements and, subject to market conditions, other types of financing. The terms of the secured financing transaction borrowings under our master secured financing agreement generally conform to the terms in the standard master secured financing agreement as published by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, or SIFMA, or similar market accepted agreements, as to repayment and margin requirements. In addition, each lender typically requires that we include supplemental terms and conditions to the standard master secured financing agreement. Typical supplemental terms and conditions include changes to the margin maintenance requirements, net asset value, required 'haircuts' (which are the difference expressed in percentage terms between the fair value of the collateral and the amount the counterpart will lend to us) purchase price maintenance requirements, and requirements that all disputes related to the secured financing agreement be litigated or arbitrated in a particular jurisdiction. These provisions may differ for each of our lenders.

Based on our current portfolio, leverage ratio and available borrowing arrangements, we believe our assets will be sufficient to enable us to meet anticipated short-term liquidity requirements. However, if our cash resources are insufficient to satisfy our liquidity requirements, we may sell additional investments, reduce our dividends, issue debt or additional common or preferred equity securities to meet our liquidity needs. We currently have $427 million of unencumbered assets available to us which can be pledged to access additional short-term financing or sold to raise additional cash, if necessary.

To meet our longer-term liquidity needs (greater than one year), we expect our principal sources of capital and funds to continue to be provided by earnings, principal paydowns and sales from our investments, borrowings under securitizations and re-securitizations, secured financing agreements and other financing facilities, as well as proceeds from equity or other securities offerings.

In addition to the principal sources of capital described above, we may enter into warehouse facilities and use longer dated structured secured financing agreements. The use of any particular source of capital and funds will depend on market conditions, availability of these facilities, and the investment opportunities available to us.

Current Period

We held cash and cash equivalents of approximately $232 million and $265 million at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. As a result of our operating, investing and financing activities described below, our cash position decreased

by $32 million from December 31, 2022 to March 31, 2023.

Our operating activities provided net cash of approximately $30 million and $136 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The cash flows from operations were primarily driven by interest received in excess of interest paid of $70 million and $159 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Our investing activities used cash of $82 million and $187 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, we received cash for principal repayments on Agency MBS, Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investment of $341 million and from sale of our Agency MBS of $168 million. This cash received was offset in part by cash used on investment purchases of $591 million, primarily consisting of Loans held for investment of $590 million and Agency MBS of $1 million. During the quarter ended March 31, 2022, we used cash on investment purchases of $1.1 billion, primarily consisting of Loans held for investment of $1.0 billion, Agency MBS of $45 million and Non-Agency RMBS of $23 million. This cash used was offset in part by cash received for principal repayments on Agency MBS, Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investment of $899 million.

Our financing activities provided cash of $19 million and used cash of $169 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, we received cash for securitized debt collateralized by loans issuance of $944 million. This cash received was offset in part by cash used for repayment of principal on our securitized debt

of $609 million, net payments on our secured financing agreements of $242 million and payment of common and preferred dividends of $73 million. During the quarter ended March 31, 2022, we primarily used cash for repayment of principal on our securitized debt of $497 million and paid common and preferred dividends of $97 million. This cash used was offset in part by cash received for securitized debt collateralized by loans issuance of $262 million and net proceeds received on our secured financing agreements of $163 million.

Our recourse leverage was 1.2:1 and 1.3:1 at March 31, 2023 and at December 31, 2022, respectively, and remained relatively low. Our recourse leverage excludes the securitized debt which can only be repaid from the proceeds on the assets securing this debt in their respective VIEs. Our recourse leverage is presented as a ratio of our secured financing agreements, which are recourse to our assets and our equity.

At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the remaining maturities and borrowing rates on our RMBS and loan secured financing agreements were as follows.


	March 31, 2023				December 31, 2022
	(dollars in thousands)
	Principal (1)		Weighted Average Borrowing Rates	Range of Borrowing Rates	Principal (1)		Weighted Average Borrowing Rates	Range of Borrowing Rates
Overnight	—		N/A	N/A	—		N/A	NA
1 to 29 days	$	613,425	6.42%	5.10% - 7.60%	$	493,918	4.66%	3.63% - 6.16%
30 to 59 days	383,381		6.12%	4.95% - 7.19%	762,768		6.14%	4.60% - 7.34%
60 to 89 days	211,194		5.67%	5.00% - 6.92%	225,497		6.04%	4.70% - 7.12%
90 to 119 days	74,203		5.90%	5.90% - 5.90%	43,180		6.54%	5.50% - 6.70%
120 to 180 days	373,651		6.78%	5.88% - 7.72%	401,638		5.88%	5.57% - 6.92%
180 days to 1 year	318,258		6.38%	6.18% - 6.91%	402,283		6.06%	5.63% - 6.64%
1 to 2 years	850,563		10.75%	8.54% - 13.98%	251,286		13.98%	13.98% - 13.98%
2 to 3 years	—		—%	0.00% - 0.00%	480,022		8.07%	8.07% - 8.07%
Greater than 3 years	381,474		5.16%	5.10% - 6.50%	382,839		5.14%	5.10% - 6.07%
Total	$	3,206,149	7.36%		$	3,443,431	6.61%


Average remaining maturity of Secured financing agreements secured by:
	March 31, 2023	December 31, 2022
Agency RMBS (in thousands)	13 Days	17 Days
Agency CMBS (in thousands)	45 Days	25 Days
Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investment (in thousands)	471 Days	474 Days

We collateralize the secured financing agreements we use to finance our operations with our MBS investments and mortgage loans held in trusts controlled by us. Our counterparties negotiate a ‘haircut’, which is the difference expressed in percentage terms between the fair value of the collateral and the amount the counterparty will lend to us, when we enter into a financing transaction. The size of the haircut reflects the perceived risk and market volatility associated with holding the MBS by the lender. The haircut provides lenders with a cushion for daily market value movements that reduce the need for a margin call to be issued or margin to be returned as normal daily increases or decreases in MBS market values occur. Haircuts have increased on our secured financing agreements collateralized by Agency MBS and decreased on our secured financing agreements collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investments during 2022. At March 31, 2023, the weighted average haircut on our remaining secured financing agreements collateralized by Agency RMBS IOs was 20.0%, Agency CMBS was 9.7% and Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investment was 24.1%. At December 31, 2022, the weighted average haircut on our remaining secured financing agreements collateralized by Agency RMBS IOs was 20.0%, Agency CMBS was 7.8% and Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investment was 25.7%.

The fair value of the Non-Agency MBS is more difficult to determine in current financial conditions, as well as more volatile period to period than Agency MBS, the Non-Agency MBS typically requires a larger haircut. In addition, when financing assets using standard form of SIFMA Master Repurchase Agreements, the counterparty to the agreement typically nets its exposure to

us on all outstanding repurchase agreements and issues margin calls if movement of the fair values of the assets in the aggregate exceeds their allowable exposure to us. A decline in asset fair values could create a margin call or may create no margin call depending on the counterparty’s specific policy. In addition, counterparties consider a number of factors, including their aggregate exposure to us as a whole and the number of days remaining before the repurchase transaction closes prior to issuing a margin call. To minimize the risk of margin calls, as of March 31, 2023, we have entered into $1.2 billion of financing arrangements for which the collateral cannot be adjusted as a result of changes in market value, minimizing the risk of a margin call as a result in price volatility. We refer to these agreements as non-mark-to-market (non-MTM) facilities. These non-MTM facilities generally have higher costs of financing, but lower the risk of a margin call which could result in sales of our assets at distressed prices. All non-MTM facilities are collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS collateral, which tends to have increased volatile price changes during periods of market stress. In addition we have entered into certain secured financing agreements which are not subject to additional margin requirement until the drop in fair value of collateral is greater than a threshold. We refer to these agreements as limited mark-to-market (limited MTM) facilities. As of March 31, 2023 we have $359 million, of limited MTM facilities. We believe these non-MTM and limited MTM facilities significantly reduce our financing risks. See Note 5 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion on how we determine the fair values of the RMBS collateralizing our secured financing agreements.

At March 31, 2023, the weighted average borrowing rates for our secured financing agreements collateralized by Agency RMBS IOs was 5.4%, Agency CMBS was 5.0% and Non-Agency MBS and Loans held for investment was 7.5%. At December 31, 2022, the weighted average borrowing rates for our secured financing agreements collateralized by Agency RMBS IOs was 4.7%, Agency CMBS was 4.5%, and Non-Agency MBS and Loans held for investment was 6.9%.

We have entered into a secured financing agreement during fourth quarter of 2022 for which we have elected fair value option. We believe electing fair value for this financial instrument better reflect the transactional economics. The total principal balance outstanding on this secured financing at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 was $381 million and $383 million, respectively. The fair value of collateral pledged was $426 million and $418 million as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. We carried this secured financing instrument at fair value of $371 million and $374 million as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the weighted average borrowing rate on secured financing agreements at fair value was 5.14%. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the haircut for the secured financing agreements at fair value was 7.5%. At March 31, 2023, the maturity on the secured financing agreements at fair value was five years.

The table below presents our average daily secured financing agreements balance and the secured financing agreements balance at each period end for the periods presented. Our balance at period-end tends to fluctuate from the average daily balances due to the adjusting of the size of our portfolio by using leverage.


Period	Average secured financing agreements balances		Secured financing agreements balance at period end
	(dollars in thousands)




Quarter End March 31, 2023	$	3,209,153	$	3,195,322
Quarter End December 31, 2022	$	3,123,400	$	3,434,765
Quarter End September 30, 2022	$	3,056,286	$	2,820,931
Quarter End June 30, 2022	$	3,373,179	$	3,148,832
Quarter End March 31, 2022	$	3,222,122	$	3,424,405

Our secured financing agreements do not require us to maintain any specific leverage ratio. We believe the appropriate leverage for the particular assets we are financing depends on the credit quality and risk of those assets. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the carrying value of our total interest-bearing debt was approximately $10.8 billion and $10.6 billion, respectively, which represented a leverage ratio of approximately 4.1:1 and 4.0:1, respectively. We include our secured financing agreements and securitized debt in the numerator of our leverage ratio and stockholders’ equity as the denominator.

At March 31, 2023, we had secured financing agreements with 14 counterparties. All of our secured financing agreements are secured by Agency MBS, Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investment and cash. Under these secured financing agreements, we may not be able to reclaim our collateral but will still be obligated to pay our repurchase obligations. We mitigate this risk by ensuring our counterparties are rated financial institutions. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we had $4.5 billion and $4.7 billion, respectively, of securities or cash pledged against our secured financing agreements obligations.

We expect to enter into new secured financing agreements at maturity; however, there is a risk that we will not be able to renew our secured financing agreements when we desire to renew them or obtain favorable interest rates and haircuts as a result of

uncertainty in the market including, but not limited to, uncertainty as a result of inflation and increases in the Federal Funds Rate. We offset the interest rate risk of our repurchase agreements primarily through the use of derivatives, which primarily consist of interest rate swaps, swaptions and Treasury futures. The average remaining maturities on our interest rate swaps at March 31, 2023 was one year. All of our swaps are cleared by a central clearing house. When our interest rate swaps are in a net loss position (expected cash payments are in excess of expected cash receipts on the swaps), we post collateral as required by the terms of our swap agreements.

Exposure to Financial Counterparties

We actively manage the number of secured financing agreements counterparties to reduce counterparty risk and manage our liquidity needs. The following table summarizes our exposure to our secured financing agreements counterparties at March 31, 2023:


March 31, 2023

Country	Number of Counterparties	Secured Financing Agreement		Exposure (1)
(dollars in thousands)
United States	10	$	2,170,188	$	842,072
Japan	2	725,375		306,120
Canada	1	287,750		124,278
Netherlands	1	22,836		182











Total	14	$	3,206,149	$	1,272,651

(1) Represents the amount of securities and/or cash pledged as collateral to each counterparty less the aggregate of secured financing agreement.

We regularly monitor our exposure to financing counterparties for credit risk and allocate assets to these counterparties based, in part, on the credit quality and internally developed metrics measuring counterparty risk. Our exposure to a particular counterparty is calculated as the excess collateral which is pledged relative to the secured financing agreement balance. If our exposure to our financing counterparties exceeds internally developed thresholds, we develop a plan to reduce the exposure to an acceptable level. At March 31, 2023, we had amounts at risk with Nomura Securities International, Inc., or Nomura of 11% of our equity related to the collateral posted on secured financing agreements. The weighted average maturities of the secured financing agreements with Nomura were 490 days. The amount at risk with Nomura was $303 million. At December 31, 2022, we had amounts at risk with Nomura of 12% of our equity related to the collateral posted on secured financing agreements. The weighted average maturities of the secured financing agreements with Nomura were 582 days. The amount at risk with Nomura were $308 million.

At March 31, 2023, we did not use credit default swaps or other forms of credit protection to hedge the exposures summarized in the table above.

Stockholders’ Equity

In February 2021, our Board of Directors increased the authorization of our share repurchase program, or the Repurchase Program, to $250 million. Such authorization does not have an expiration date, and at present, there is no intention to modify or otherwise rescind such authorization. Shares of our common stock may be purchased in the open market, including through block purchases, through privately negotiated transactions, or pursuant to any trading plan that may be adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. The timing, manner, price and amount of any repurchases will be determined at our discretion and the program may be suspended, terminated or modified at any time for any reason. Among other factors, we intend to only consider repurchasing shares of our common stock when the purchase price is less than the last publicly reported book value per common share. In addition, we do not intend to repurchase any shares from directors, officers or other affiliates. The program does not obligate us to acquire any specific number of shares, and all repurchases will be made in accordance with Rule 10b-18, which sets certain restrictions on the method, timing, price and volume of stock repurchases.

We did not repurchase any of our common stock during the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. The approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the Repurchase Program is $226 million as of March 31, 2023.

In February 2022, we entered into separate Distribution Agency Agreements (the “Existing Sales Agreements”) with each of

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, JMP Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and

RBC Capital Markets, LLC (the “Existing Sales Agents”). In February 2023, we amended the Existing Sales Agreements and entered into separate Distribution Agency Agreements (together with the Existing Sales Agreements, as amended, the “Sales

Agreements”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and UBS Securities LLC to include J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and UBS Securities LLC as additional sales agents (together with the Existing Sales Agents, the “Sales Agents”). Pursuant to the terms of the Sales Agreements, we may offer and sell shares of our common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $500,000,000, from time to time in “at the market offerings” through any of the Sales Agents under the Securities Act of 1933. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, or year ended December 31, 2022, we did not issue any shares under the at-the-market sales program.

We declared dividends to common shareholders of $54 million, or $0.23 per share, and $79 million, or $0.33 per share, during the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

We declared dividends to Series A preferred stockholders of $3 million, or $0.50 per preferred share, during the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

We declared dividends to Series B preferred stockholders of $7 million, or $0.50 per preferred share, during the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

We declared dividends to Series C preferred stockholders of $5 million, or $0.484375 per preferred share, during the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

We declared dividends to Series D preferred stockholders of $4 million, or $0.50 per preferred share, during the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

On October 30, 2021, all 5,800,000 issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock with an outstanding liquidation preference of $145 million became callable at a redemption price equal to the liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends through, but not including, the redemption date. The dividend rate on shares of Series A Preferred Stock is 8.00% per annum. Our fixed-to-floating rate series B, C and D preferred stock are LIBOR based and will become floating on their respective call dates.

Restricted Stock Unit and Performance Share Unit Grants

Grants of Restricted Stock Units, or RSUs

During the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, we granted RSU awards to employees. These RSU awards are designed to reward our employees for services provided to us. Generally, the RSU awards vest equally over a three-year period beginning from the grant date and will fully vest after three years. For employees who are retirement eligible, defined as years of service to us plus age, is equal to or greater than 65, the service period is considered to be fulfilled and all grants are expensed immediately. The RSU awards are valued at the market price of our common stock on the grant date and generally the employees must be employed by us on the vesting dates to receive the RSU awards. We granted 649 thousand RSU awards during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 with a grant date fair value of $4 million for the 2023 performance year. We granted 128 thousand RSU awards during the quarter ended March 31, 2022, with a grant date fair value of $2 million for the 2022 performance year.

Grants of Performance Share Units, or PSUs

PSU awards are designed to align compensation with our future performance. The PSU awards granted during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, include a three-year performance period ending on December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The final number of shares awarded will be between 0% and 200% of the PSUs granted based on our Economic Return and share price performance compared to a peer group. Our three-year Economic Return is equal to our change in book value per common share plus common stock dividends. Compensation expense will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the three-year vesting period based on an estimate of our Economic Return and share price performance in relation to the entities in the peer group and will be adjusted each period based on our best estimate of the actual number of shares awarded. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, we granted 605 thousand PSU awards to senior management with a grant date fair value of $3 million. During the quarter ended March 31, 2022, we granted 128 thousand PSU awards to senior management with a grant date fair value of $2 million.

At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were approximately 3.8 million and 3.6 million, respectively, unvested shares of RSUs and PSUs issued to our employees and directors.

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

The following tables summarize our contractual obligations at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. The estimated principal repayment schedule of the securitized debt is based on expected cash flows of the residential mortgage loans or RMBS, as adjusted for expected principal write-downs on the underlying collateral of the debt.


March 31, 2023
(dollars in thousands)
Contractual Obligations	Within One Year		One to Three Years		Three to Five Years		Greater Than or Equal to Five Years		Total
Secured financing agreements	$	1,974,112	$	850,563	$	381,474	$	—	$	3,206,148
Securitized debt, collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS	462		503		12		101		1,078
Securitized debt at fair value, collateralized by Loans held for investment	1,617,834		2,551,772		1,808,471		2,241,908		8,219,985
Interest expense on MBS secured financing agreements (1)	26,078		7,464		1,803		—		35,346
Interest expense on securitized debt (1)	239,315		361,099		228,209		220,241		1,048,864
Total	$	3,857,801	$	3,771,401	$	2,419,969	$	2,462,250	$	12,511,421

(1) Interest is based on variable rates in effect as of March 31, 2023.


December 31, 2022
(dollars in thousands)
Contractual Obligations	Within One Year		One to Three Years		Three to Five Years		Greater Than or Equal to Five Years		Total
Secured financing agreements	$	2,329,284	$	731,308	$	382,838	$	—	$	3,443,430
Securitized debt, collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS	640		523		71		92		1,326
Securitized debt at fair value, collateralized by Loans held for investment	1,636,544		2,535,642		1,733,022		1,949,240		7,854,448
Interest expense on MBS secured financing agreements (1)	28,915		6,147		1,750		—		36,812
Interest expense on securitized debt (1)	208,059		307,001		187,281		176,580		878,921
Total	$	4,203,442	$	3,580,621	$	2,304,962	$	2,125,912	$	12,214,937

(1) Interest is based on variable rates in effect as of December 31, 2022.

Not included in the table above are the unfunded construction loan commitments of $8 million and $9 million as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. We expect the majority of these commitments will be paid within one year and are reported under Payable for investments purchased in our Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition.

We have made a $75 million capital commitment to a fund managed by Kah Capital Management, LLC. As of March 31, 2023, we have funded $27 million towards that commitment, leaving an unfunded commitment of $48 million.

Capital Expenditure Requirements

At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we had no material commitments for capital expenditures.

Dividends

To maintain our qualification as a REIT, we must pay annual dividends to our stockholders of at least 90% of our taxable income (subject to certain adjustments). Before we pay any dividend, we must first meet any operating requirements and scheduled debt service on our financing facilities and other debt payable.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Accounting policies are integral to understanding our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make certain judgments and assumptions, on the basis of information available at the time of the financial statements, in determining accounting estimates used in the preparation of these statements. Our significant accounting policies and accounting estimates are described in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Critical accounting policies are described in this section. An accounting policy is considered critical if it requires management to make assumptions or judgments about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the accounting estimate was made or require significant management judgment in interpreting the accounting literature. If actual results differ from our judgments and assumptions, or other accounting judgments were made, this could have a significant and potentially adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

The accounting policies and estimates which we consider most critical relate to the recognition of revenue on our investments, including recognition of any losses, and the determination of fair value of our financial instruments. Refer to the heading titled “Critical Accounting Estimates” under Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 for a discussion of our critical accounting estimates.

The consolidated financial statements include, on a consolidated basis, our accounts, the accounts of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, and variable interest entities, or VIEs, for which we are the primary beneficiary. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Although our estimates contemplate current conditions and how we expect them to change in the future, it is reasonably possible that actual conditions could be different than anticipated in those estimates, which could materially adversely impact our results of operations and our financial condition. Management has made significant estimates in several areas, including current expected credit losses of Non-Agency RMBS, valuation of Loans held for investments, Agency and Non-Agency MBS, forward interest rates for interest rate swaps, and income recognition on Loans held for investments and Non-Agency RMBS. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Refer to Note 2 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of accounting guidance we have recently adopted or expect to be adopted in the future.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

The primary components of our market risk are related to credit risk, interest rate risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, basis risk and market risk. While we do not seek to avoid risk completely, we believe the risk can be quantified from historical experience and we seek to actively manage that risk and to maintain capital levels consistent with the risks we undertake.

Additionally, refer to Item 1A, "Risk Factors" included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 for additional information on risks we face.

Credit Risk

We are subject to credit risk in connection with our investments in Non-Agency RMBS and residential mortgage loans and face more credit risk on assets we own that are rated below ‘‘AAA’’ or not rated. The credit risk related to these investments pertains to the ability and willingness of the borrowers to pay, which is assessed before credit is granted or renewed and periodically reviewed throughout the loan or security term. We believe that residual loan credit quality, and thus the quality of our assets, is primarily determined by the borrowers’ credit profiles and loan characteristics.

In connection with loan acquisitions, we or a third-party perform an independent review of the mortgage file to assess the origination and servicing of the mortgage loan as well as our ability to enforce the contractual rights in the mortgage. Depending on the size of the loans, we may not review all of the loans in a pool, but rather a sample of loans for diligence review based upon specific risk-based criteria such as property location, loan size, effective loan-to-value ratio, borrower’s characteristics and other criteria we believe to be important indicators of credit risk. Additionally, we obtain representations and warranties from each seller with respect to the residential mortgage loans, including the origination and servicing of the

mortgage loan as well as the enforceability of the lien on the mortgaged property. A seller who breaches these representations and warranties in making a loan that we purchase may be obligated to repurchase the loan from us. Our resources include a portfolio management system, as well as third-party software systems. We utilize third-party due diligence firms to perform an independent mortgage loan file review to ensure compliance with existing guidelines. In addition to statistical sampling techniques, we create adverse credit and valuation samples, which we individually review.

Additionally, we closely monitor credit losses incurred, as well as how expectations of credit losses are expected to change on our Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investment portfolios. We estimate future credit losses based on historical experience, market trends, current delinquencies as well as expected recoveries. The net present value of these expected credit losses can change, sometimes significantly from period to period as new information becomes available. When credit loss experience and expectations improve, we will collect more principal on our investments. If credit loss experience deteriorates, we will collect less principal on our investments. The favorable or unfavorable changes in credit losses are reflected in the yield on our investments in mortgage loans and recognized in earnings over the remaining life of our investments. The following table presents changes to net present value of expected credit losses for our Non-Agency RMBS and Loans held for investment portfolios during the previous five quarters. Gross losses are discounted at the rate used to amortize any discounts or premiums on our investments into income. A decrease (negative balance) in the "Increase/(decrease)" line item in the tables below represents a favorable change in expected credit losses. An increase (positive balance) in the "Increase/(decrease)" line item in the tables below represents an unfavorable change in expected credit losses.


	For the Quarters Ended
	(dollars in thousands)
Non-Agency RMBS	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022		September 30, 2022		June 30, 2022		March 31, 2022
Balance, beginning of period	$	89,234	$	103,394	$	91,187	$	94,590	$	106,240
Realized losses	(2,293)		(3,063)		(1,517)		(909)		7,995
Accretion	2,949		3,133		2,588		2,614		3,049
Purchased losses	—		—		—		—		—
Sold losses	—		(4,444)		—		—		—
Losses removed due to consolidation	—		—		—		—		(10,191)
Increase/(decrease)	(10,015)		(9,786)		11,136		(5,108)		(12,503)
Balance, end of period	$	79,875	$	89,234	$	103,394	$	91,187	$	94,590


	For the Quarters Ended
	(dollars in thousands)
Loans held for investment	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022		September 30, 2022		June 30, 2022		March 31, 2022
Balance, beginning of period	$	321,017	$	285,174	$	315,299	$	409,650	$	369,028
Realized losses	(7,992)		(11,023)		(8,127)		(10,766)		(12,260)
Accretion	3,650		3,715		3,989		4,563		4,251
Purchased losses	404		7,677		—		3,028		14,883
Losses added due to consolidation	—		—		—		—		49,774
Increase/(decrease)	(31,256)		35,474		(25,987)		(91,176)		(16,026)
Balance, end of period	$	285,823	$	321,017	$	285,174	$	315,299	$	409,650

Additionally, the Non-Agency RMBS which we acquire for our portfolio are reviewed by us to ensure that they satisfy our risk-based criteria. Our review of Non-Agency RMBS includes utilizing a portfolio management system. Our review of Non-Agency RMBS and other ABS is based on quantitative and qualitative analysis of the risk-adjusted returns on Non-Agency RMBS and other ABS. This analysis includes an evaluation of the collateral characteristics supporting the RMBS such as borrower payment history, credit profiles, geographic concentrations, credit enhancement, seasoning, and other pertinent factors.

Interest Rate Risk

Our net interest income, borrowing activities and profitability could be negatively affected by volatility in interest rates caused by uncertainties stemming from the effect of inflation and updated Federal Rate increase projections in 2022. As the Federal Reserve increases its Federal Funds Rate, the margin between short and long-term rates could further compress. A prolonged

period of extremely volatile and unstable market conditions would likely increase our funding costs and negatively affect market risk mitigation strategies. Higher income volatility from changes in interest rates and spreads to benchmark indices could cause a loss of future net interest income and a decrease in the current fair market values of our assets. Fluctuations in interest rates will impact both the level of income and expense recorded on most of our assets and liabilities and the market value of all interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our net income, operating results, or financial condition.

Interest rate risk is highly sensitive to many factors, including governmental, monetary and tax policies, domestic and international economic and political considerations and other factors beyond our control. We are subject to interest rate risk in connection with our investments and our related debt obligations, which are generally secured financing agreements and securitization trusts. Our secured financing agreements and warehouse facilities may be of limited duration that is periodically refinanced at current market rates. We typically mitigate this risk through utilization of derivative contracts, primarily interest rate swap agreements, swaptions, futures and mortgage options. While we may use interest rate hedges to mitigate risks related

to changes in interest rate, the hedges may not fully offset interest expense movements.

Interest Rate Effects on Net Interest Income

Our operating results depend, in large part, on differences between the income from our investments and our borrowing costs. Most of our warehouse facilities and secured financing agreements provide financing based on a floating rate of interest calculated on a fixed spread over LIBOR or SOFR. The fixed spread varies depending on the type of underlying asset which collateralizes the financing. During periods of rising interest rates, the borrowing costs associated with our investments tend to increase while the income earned on our investments may remain substantially unchanged or decrease. This will result in a narrowing of the net interest spread between the related assets and borrowings and may even result in losses. Further, defaults could increase and result in credit losses to us, which could adversely affect our liquidity and operating results. Such delinquencies or defaults could also have an adverse effect on the spread between interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. We generally do not hedge against credit losses. Hedging techniques are partly based on assumed levels of prepayments of our fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate residential mortgage loans and RMBS. If prepayments are slower or faster than assumed, the life of the residential mortgage loans and RMBS will be longer or shorter, which would reduce the effectiveness of any hedging strategies we may use and may cause losses on such transactions.

Interest Rate Effects on Fair Value

Another component of interest rate risk is the effect changes in interest rates will have on the fair value of the assets we acquire. We face the risk that the fair value of our assets will increase or decrease at different rates than that of our liabilities, including our hedging instruments, if any. We primarily assess our interest rate risk by estimating the duration of our assets compared to the duration of our liabilities and hedges. Duration essentially measures the market price volatility of financial instruments as interest rates change. We generally calculate duration using various financial models and empirical data. Different models and methodologies can produce different duration numbers for the same securities.

It is important to note that the impact of changing interest rates on fair value can change significantly when interest rates change beyond 100 basis points from current levels. Therefore, the volatility in the fair value of our assets could increase significantly when interest rates change beyond 100 basis points. In addition, other factors impact the fair value of our interest rate-sensitive investments and hedging instruments, such as the shape of the yield curve, market expectations as to future interest rate changes and other market conditions. Accordingly, in the event of changes in actual interest rates, the change in the fair value of our assets would likely differ from that shown below and such difference might be material and adverse to our stockholders.

Effect of U.S. Dollar London Inter Bank Offered Rate or, LIBOR transition (pending legal update)

The interest rates on our secured financing agreements, as well as adjustable-rate mortgage loans in our securitizations, are generally based on LIBOR, as are some classes of our preferred stock. On March 5, 2021, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, or FCA, which regulates LIBOR, announced that all LIBOR tenors relevant to us will cease to be published or will no longer be representative after June 30, 2023. The FCA's announcement coincides with the March 5, 2021, announcement of LIBOR's administrator, the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited, or IBA, indicating that, as a result of not having access to input data necessary to calculate LIBOR tenors relevant to us on a representative basis after June 30, 2023, IBA would have to cease publication of such LIBOR tenors immediately after the last publication on June 30, 2023. These announcements mean that any of our LIBOR-based borrowings that extend beyond June 30, 2023 will need to be converted to a replacement rate. Moreover, any adjustable-rate mortgage loans based upon LIBOR will need to convert by that time too.

On January 1, 2022, ICE discontinued the publication of the 1-week and 2-month tenors of USD-LIBOR. In the United States., the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, or ARRC, a committee of private sector entities with ex-officio official sector

members convened by the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, has recommended the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or SOFR, and in some cases, the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR published by CME Group Benchmark Administration Ltd, or CME Term SOFR, plus in each case, a recommended spread adjustment as LIBOR's replacements. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve has also named CMEE Term SOFR as the Board-selected replacement rate for most cash products under the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act of 2021, which governs instruments for which there is no determining person to choose a LIBOR replacement or which have no fallback provisions specifying an alternate replacement rate. There are significant differences between LIBOR and SOFR, such as LIBOR being an unsecured lending rate while SOFR is a secured lending rate, and SOFR is an overnight rate while LIBOR reflects term rates at different maturities.

While some market participants are still evaluating what convention of SOFR will be adopted for various types of financial instruments and securitization vehicles, the mortgage market, including our repurchase agreements, has currently adopted the daily compounded and paid in arrears SOFR convention. That convention, however, may change in the future. As our LIBOR-based borrowings are converted to SOFR, the differences between LIBOR and SOFR, plus the recommended spread adjustment, could result in interest costs that are higher than if LIBOR remained available, which could have a material adverse effect on our operating results. In addition, and other market participants have less experience understanding and modeling SOFR-based assets and liabilities than LIBOR-based assets and liabilities, increasing the difficulty of investing, hedging, and risk management. The process of transition involves operational risks. It is not yet possible to predict the magnitude of LIBOR's end on our borrowing costs and other operations given the remaining uncertainty about which rates will replace LIBOR and the related timing.

Holders of our fixed-to-floating preferred shares should refer to the relevant prospectus to understand the USD-LIBOR cessation provisions applicable to that class. We do not currently intend to amend any of our fixed-to-floating preferred shares to change the existing USD-LIBOR cessation fallbacks.

On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act, which transitions contracts that use LIBOR as a benchmark for adjustable interest rates to another benchmark, once LIBOR is permanently discontinued after June 30, 2023. The Act provides, among other things, that a default alternative benchmark based on SOFR published by the New York Federal Reserve Bank will automatically apply after the LIBOR replacement date for any contract that does not select a benchmark replacement for LIBOR or identify a person authorized to select a benchmark replacement after LIBOR is permanently discontinued. The Act also provides that if the SOFR-based benchmark replacement is selected to replace LIBOR, the person responsible under a contract for determining values is not required to obtain the consent of anyone before determining values based on that benchmark replacement. The Act further creates a safe harbor by ensuring that the SOFR-based benchmark replacement is by law a commercially reasonable replacement for LIBOR, that the use of that benchmark replacement cannot be deemed a breach of a contract or an impairment of the right of any person to receive payment under that contract, and that no person can be liable for selecting or using that benchmark replacement. The Act further authorizes the Board of the Federal Reserve to promulgate regulations under the statute to designate specific SOFR-based rates that incorporate the statutory spread adjustments as replacement rates for covered LIBOR contracts. The Federal Reserve's final rules were issued in December 2022 and provide for the following SOFR-based replacement rates: (i) SOFR compounded in arrears for derivatives, using the same methodology as under the International Swaps and Derivatives Association protocol, (ii) CME Term SOFR for all covered cash products, except FHFA-regulated entity contracts and (iii) a 30-day compounded SOFR average for certain FHFA-regulated entity contracts. We are evaluating the impact of the final rules on assets and liabilities covered by the legislation and will continue to consider all available options, including the potential impact on certain classes of our outstanding fixed-to-floating preferred stock. However, we believe that the Act should provide some measure of certainty with respect to the treatment of such instruments once LIBOR is permanently discontinued.

Interest Rate Cap Risk

We may also invest in adjustable-rate residential mortgage loans and RMBS. These are mortgages or RMBS in which the underlying mortgages are typically subject to periodic and lifetime interest rate caps and floors, which limit the amount by which the security’s interest yield may change during any given period. However, our borrowing costs pursuant to our financing agreements will not be subject to similar restrictions. Therefore, in a period of increasing interest rates, interest rate costs on our borrowings could increase without limitation by caps, while the interest-rate yields on our adjustable-rate residential mortgage loans and RMBS would effectively be limited. This problem will be magnified to the extent we acquire adjustable-rate RMBS that are not based on mortgages which are fully indexed. In addition, the mortgages or the underlying mortgages in an RMBS may be subject to periodic payment caps that result in some portion of the interest being deferred and added to the principal outstanding. This could result in our receipt of less cash income on our adjustable-rate mortgages or RMBS than we need in order to pay the interest cost on our related borrowings. These factors could lower our net interest income or cause a net loss during periods of rising interest rates, which would harm our financial condition, cash flows and results of operations.

Interest Rate Mismatch Risk

We fund a substantial portion of the acquisitions of our investments with borrowings that have interest rates based on indices and re-pricing terms similar to, but of somewhat shorter maturities than, the interest rate indices and re-pricing terms of the mortgages and mortgage-backed securities. In most cases the interest rate indices and re-pricing terms of our mortgage assets and our funding sources will not be identical, thereby creating an interest rate mismatch between assets and liabilities. Our cost of funds would likely rise or fall more quickly than would our earnings rate on assets. During periods of changing interest rates, such interest rate mismatches could negatively impact our financial condition, cash flows and results of operations. To mitigate interest rate mismatches, we may utilize the hedging strategies discussed above. Our analysis of risks is based on our experience, estimates, models and assumptions. These analyses rely on models which utilize estimates of fair value and interest rate sensitivity. Actual economic conditions or implementation of investment decisions by our management may produce results that differ significantly from the estimates and assumptions used in our models and the projected results.

To mitigate potential interest rate mismatches, we have entered into agreements for longer term, non-mark-to-market financing facilities at rates that are higher than short term secured financing agreements. These longer term agreements are primarily on our less liquid Non-Agency RMBS assets. Having non-mark-to-market financing facilities may be useful in this market to prevent significant margin calls or collateral liquidation in a volatile market. If the market normalizes and repurchase rates fall, we may be locked into long term and higher interest expenses than are otherwise available in the market to finance our portfolio.

Our profitability and the value of our investment portfolio including derivatives may be adversely affected during any period as a result of changing interest rates. The following table quantifies the potential changes in net interest income and market value on the assets we retain and derivatives, if interest rates go up or down 50 and 100 basis points, assuming parallel movements in the yield curves. All changes in income and value are measured as percentage changes from the projected net interest income and the value of the assets we retain at the base interest rate scenario. The base interest rate scenario assumes interest rates at March 31, 2023 and various estimates regarding prepayment and all activities are made at each level of rate change. Actual results could differ significantly from these estimates.


	March 31, 2023
Change in Interest Rate	Projected Percentage Change in Net Interest Income		Projected Percentage Change in Market Value (1)
-100 Basis Points	7.17	%	6.38	%
-50 Basis Points	4.20	%	3.05	%
Base Interest Rate	—		—
+50 Basis Points	(3.32)	%	(2.78)	%
+100 Basis Points	(5.26)	%	(5.38)	%

(1) Projected Percentage Change in Market Value is based on instantaneous moves in interest rates.

Prepayment Risk

As we receive prepayments of principal on these investments, premiums and discounts on such investments will be amortized or accreted into interest income. In general, an increase in actual or expected prepayment rates will accelerate the amortization of purchase premiums, thereby reducing the interest income earned on the investments. Conversely, discounts on such investments are accelerated and accreted into interest income increasing interest income when prepayments increase. Actual prepayment results may be materially different than the assumptions we use for our portfolio.

Extension Risk

Management computes the projected weighted-average life of our investments based on assumptions regarding the rate at which the borrowers will prepay the underlying mortgages. In general, when fixed-rate or hybrid adjustable-rate residential mortgage loans or RMBS are acquired via borrowings, we may, but are not required to, enter into an interest rate swap agreement or other hedging instrument that attempts to fix our borrowing costs for a period close to the anticipated average life of the fixed-rate portion of the related assets. This strategy is designed to protect us from rising interest rates as the borrowing costs are managed to maintain a net interest spread for the duration of the fixed-rate portion of the related assets. However, if prepayment rates decrease in a rising interest rate environment, the life of the fixed-rate portion of the related assets could extend beyond the term of the swap agreement or other hedging instrument. This could have a negative impact on our results from operations, as

borrowing costs would no longer be fixed after the end of the hedging instrument while the income earned on the fixed and hybrid adjustable-rate assets would remain fixed. In extreme situations, we may be forced to sell assets to maintain adequate liquidity, which could cause us to incur losses.

Basis Risk

We may seek to limit our interest rate risk by hedging portions of our portfolio through interest rate swaps or other types of hedging instruments. Basis risk relates to the risk of the spread between our MBS and hedges widening. Such a widening may cause a decline in the fair value of our MBS that is greater than the increase in fair value of our hedges resulting in a net decline in book value.

Market Risk

Market Value Risk

Certain of our securities classified as available-for-sale are reflected at their estimated fair value with unrealized gains and losses excluded from earnings and reported in other comprehensive income. The estimated fair value of these securities fluctuates primarily due to changes in interest rates, prepayment speeds, market liquidity, credit quality, and other factors. Generally, in a rising interest rate environment, the estimated fair value of these securities would be expected to decrease; conversely, in a decreasing interest rate environment, the estimated fair value of these securities would be expected to increase. As market volatility increases or liquidity decreases, the fair value of our investments may be adversely impacted.

Real Estate Market Risk

We own assets secured by real property and may own real property directly. Residential property values are subject to volatility and may be affected adversely by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, national, regional and local economic conditions and unemployment (which may be adversely affected by industry slowdowns and other factors); local real estate conditions (such as an oversupply of housing); changes or continued weakness in specific industry segments; construction quality, age and design; demographic factors; natural disasters and other acts of God; and retroactive changes to building or similar codes. In addition, decreases in property values reduce the value of the collateral and the potential proceeds available to a borrower to repay our loans, which could also cause us to incur losses.

Risk Management

Subject to maintaining our REIT status, we seek to manage risk exposure to protect our portfolio of residential mortgage loans, RMBS, and other assets and related debt against the effects of major interest rate changes. We generally seek to manage risk by:

•monitoring and adjusting, if necessary, the reset index and interest rate related to our RMBS and our financings;

•attempting to structure our financing agreements to have a range of different maturities, terms, amortizations and interest rate adjustment periods, rights to post both cash and collateral for margin calls and provisions for non-mark-to-market financing facilities;

•using derivatives, financial futures, swaps, options, caps, floors and forward sales to adjust the interest rate sensitivity of our investments and our borrowings;

•using securitization financing to receive the benefit of attractive financing terms for an extended period of time in contrast to short term financing and maturity dates of the investments not included in the securitization; and

•actively managing, through assets selection, on an aggregate basis, the interest rate indices, interest rate adjustment periods, and gross reset margins of our investments and the interest rate indices and adjustment periods of our financings.

Our efforts to manage our assets and liabilities are focused on the timing and magnitude of the re-pricing of assets and liabilities. We attempt to control risks associated with interest rate movements. Methods for evaluating interest rate risk include an analysis of our interest rate sensitivity “gap,” which is the difference between interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities maturing or re-pricing within a given time period. A gap is considered positive when the amount of interest-rate sensitive assets exceeds the amount of interest-rate sensitive liabilities. A gap is considered negative when the amount of interest-rate sensitive liabilities exceeds interest-rate sensitive assets. During a period of rising interest rates, a negative gap would tend to adversely affect net interest income, while a positive gap would tend to result in an increase in net interest income. During a period of falling interest rates, a negative gap would tend to result in an increase in net interest income, while a positive gap would tend to affect net interest income adversely. Because different types of assets and liabilities with the same or similar maturities may react differently to changes in overall market rates or conditions, changes in interest rates may affect net interest income positively or negatively even if an institution were perfectly matched in each maturity category.

The following table sets forth the estimated maturity or re-pricing of our interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities at March 31, 2023. The amounts of assets and liabilities shown within a particular period were determined in accordance with the contractual terms of the assets and liabilities, and securities are included in the period in which their interest rates are first scheduled to adjust and not in the period in which they mature and includes the effect of the interest rate swaps, if any. The interest rate sensitivity of our assets and liabilities in the table could vary substantially based on actual prepayments.


March 31, 2023
(dollars in thousands)
	Within 3 Months			3-12 Months			1 Year to 3 Years			Greater than 3 Years			Total
Rate sensitive assets	$	242,846		$	314,064		$	9,162		$	13,242,586		$	13,808,658
Cash equivalents	232,392			—			—			—			232,392
Total rate sensitive assets	$	475,238		$	314,064		$	9,162		$	13,242,586		$	14,041,050

Rate sensitive liabilities	6,342,164			4,371,213			—			11,529			10,724,906
Interest rate sensitivity gap	$	(5,866,926)		$	(4,057,149)		$	9,162		$	13,231,057		$	3,316,144

Cumulative rate sensitivity gap	$	(5,866,926)		$	(9,924,075)		$	(9,914,913)		$	3,316,144

Cumulative interest rate sensitivity gap as a percentage of total rate sensitive assets	(42)		%	(71)		%	(71)		%	24		%

Our analysis of risks is based on our management’s experience, estimates, models and assumptions. These analyses rely on models which utilize estimates of fair value and interest rate sensitivity. Actual economic conditions or implementation of investment decisions by our management may produce results that differ significantly from the estimates and assumptions used in our models and the projected results shown in the above tables. These analyses contain certain forward-looking statements and are subject to the safe harbor statement set forth under the heading, “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

Cybersecurity Risk

We have a suite of information security controls including enterprise technology hardware and software solutions, security programs such as cybersecurity risk assessment and tabletop exercise specific to our industry, testing of the resiliency of our systems including penetration and disaster recovery tests to continually improve our Business Continuity program against ever-changing threat landscape. We have established an incident response plan and team to take steps it determines are appropriate to contain, mitigate and remediate a cybersecurity incident and to respond to the associated business, legal and reputational risks. Our round-the-clock Security Operation Center actively monitors suspicious activities including tactics, techniques, or procedures related to state-sponsored threat actors and associated groups. Our cybersecurity user awareness program provides regular training sessions on cybersecurity risks and mitigation strategies. We assess our cybersecurity risk awareness, prevention, detection, response and recovery capabilities against industry standard frameworks and maturity models. In addition, we had an independent third-party perform a cybersecurity maturity assessment of our systems, policies and procedures focused on the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, Cybersecurity Framework and the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, or OCIE cybersecurity guidance in 2022. The review noted positive findings as well as a few low-risk recommendations which have been implemented to further improve our cyber security maturity level.

There is no assurance that these efforts will fully mitigate cybersecurity risk and mitigation efforts are not an assurance that no cybersecurity incidents will occur.

We have been working remotely since March 2020 and have adopted a hybrid work schedule since the middle of March 2022. While we feel our remote work environment is secure, cybersecurity attacks have increased in an attempt to breach our system and take advantage of employees working from home. The technology in employees’ homes may not be as robust as in our offices and could cause the networks, information systems, applications, and other tools available to employees to be more limited or less reliable than in our offices. We have experienced higher than normal phishing and other attempts to access our systems. We have not had a cybersecurity breach and maintain vigilance around our technology platforms, but there is no assurance that all cybersecurity risks will be mitigated.

Enterprise Risk Management

We employ a “Three Layers of Defense Approach” to Enterprise Risk Management (“ERM”) designed to assess and manage risk to achieve our strategic goals. The “First Layer of Defense” consists of assessing key risks indicators (“KRIs”) facing each respective business unit within the Company. Our risk management unit is an independent group that acts as the “Second Layer of Defense”. The risk management unit partners with various business units to understand, monitor, manage and escalate risks as appropriate. The financial reporting unit operates under the requirements of the Sarbanes Oxley (“SOX”) Act and is subject to an independent, external quarterly review and an annual audit from Ernst & Young. Our board of directors risk committee reviews risk, portfolio, and financial reporting material. The “Third Layer of Defense” consists of many of our internal controls which are subject to an independent evaluation by our third-party internal auditors. As an independent third-party, the mandate of the internal auditor is to objectively assess the adequacy and effectiveness of our internal control environment to improve risk management, control and governance processes. Periodic reporting from the risk management unit is provided to executive management and to our audit committee.

Business Continuity Plan (“BCP”)

Our BCP is prepared with the intent of providing guidelines to facilitate (i) employee safety and relocation; (ii) preparedness for carrying out activities and receiving communication; (iii) resumption and restoration of systems and business processes and (iv) the protection and integrity of the Company’s assets.

Our BCP is designed to facilitate business process resilience in a broad range of scenarios with a dedicated Disaster Recovery Team (“DRT”) which is comprised of executive management, head of technology, and professionals across our various business units. Our BCP identifies the critical systems and processes necessary for business operations as well as the resources, employees, and planning needed to support these systems and processes. Critical systems and processes are defined as those which have a material impact on core operations, financial performance, or regulatory requirements. This includes applications which facilitate financial transactions, transaction settlements, financial reporting, and business communication and the personnel who perform such actions. Our BCP provides guidelines to aid in the timely resumption of business operations and for communication with employees, service providers and other key stakeholders needed to support these operations. Our BCP is a "living process" that will evolve with the input and guidance of the key stakeholders, subject matter experts and industry best practices and is reviewed and updated at least annually.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s senior management, including the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Accounting Officer. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Accounting Officer, concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.

(b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

As required by Rule 13a-15(d) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, has evaluated the Company’s internal control over financial reporting to determine whether any changes occurred during the period covered by this quarterly report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Based on that evaluation, there has been no such changes, during the first quarter of 2023.

Part II. Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

None.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Under “Part I — Item 1A — Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 we set forth risk factors related to our business and operations. You should carefully consider the risk factors set forth in our Form

10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. As of the date hereof, there have been no material changes to the risk factors set forth in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

The Company did not repurchase any of its common stock during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. The approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the Repurchase Program is $226 million as of March 31, 2023.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number			Description


3.1			Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Chimera Investment Corporation (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Amendment No. 1 to Form S-11 (File No. 333-145525) filed on September 27, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.2			Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Chimera Investment Corporation (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K filed on May 28, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.3			Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Chimera Investment Corporation (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K filed on November 5, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.4			Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Chimera Investment Corporation (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K filed on April 6, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.5			Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Chimera Investment Corporation (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K filed on April 6, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.6			Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Chimera Investment Corporation (filed as Exhibit 3.6 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-A filed on January 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).

3.7			Certificate of Correction, dated as of September 10, 2021 (filed as Exhibit 3.7 to the Company's Report on Form 8-K filed on September 13, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference)
3.8			Articles Supplementary to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Chimera Investment Corporation designating the Company’s 8.00% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (filed with the SEC as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K filed October 12, 2016 and incorporated herein by reference).


3.9			Articles Supplementary to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Chimera Investment Corporation designating the Company’s 8.00% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (filed with the SEC as Exhibit 3.7 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on February 24, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.10			Articles Supplementary to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Chimera Investment Corporation designating the Company’s 7.75% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (filed as Exhibit 3.8 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-A filed September 18, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.11			Articles Supplementary to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Chimera Investment Corporation designating the Company’s 8.00% Series D Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (filed as Exhibit 3.10 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-A filed January 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.12			Amended and Restated Bylaws of Chimera Investment Corporation (filed with the Commission as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 10, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.1			Description of securities (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 18, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2			Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Chimera Investment Corporation (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Amendment No. 1 to Form S-11 (File No. 333-145525) filed on September 27, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3			Form of specimen certificate representing the shares of 8.00% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Certificate (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K filed October 12, 2016 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.4			Form of specimen certificate representing the shares of 8.00% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Certificate (filed with the SEC as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on February 24, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5			Form of specimen certificate representing the shares of 7.75% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Certificate (filed with the SEC as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on September 18, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.6			Form of specimen certificate representing the shares of 8.00% Series D Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Certificate (filed with the SEC as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on January 17, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).




































10.1**			Employment Agreement, dated March 24, 2023 and effective as of January 1, 2023, between the Company and Phillip J. Kardis, II.
10.2**			Employment Agreement, dated March 24, 2023 and effective as of January 1, 2023, between the Company and Choudhary Yarlagadda.
10.3**			Employment Agreement, dated March 24, 2023 and effective as of January 1, 2023, between the Company and Subramaniam Viswanathan.
10.4**			Employment Agreement, dated March 24, 2023 and effective as of January 1, 2023, between the Company and Dan Su dhanshu Thakkar.
10.5**			Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, dated March 27, 2023.
10.6**			Form of Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement, dated March 27, 2023.
31.1			Certification of Phillip J. Kardis II, Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2			Certification of Subramaniam Viswanathan, Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1			Certification of Phillip J. Kardis II, Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2			Certification of Subramaniam Viswanathan, Chief Financial Officer the Registrant, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

* This exhibit is being furnished rather than filed, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing, in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K

** This exhibit is filed here within.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION

	By:	/s/ Phillip J. Kardis II
		Phillip J. Kardis II
		Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer of the registrant)
Date: May 4, 2023


	By:	/s/ Subramaniam Viswanathan
		Subramaniam Viswanathan
		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer
		of the registrant)
Date: May 4, 2023

Form: 10-Q

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