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Hatteras Financial Corp. operates as an externally-managed mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT). It invests in single-family residential mortgage pass-through securities guaranteed by a U.S. Government agency or issued by a U.S. Government-sponsored entity. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and is not subject to federal or state taxes on its REIT taxable income to the extent that the company distributes its income to stockholders and maintains its qualification as a REIT. Hatteras Financial Corp. was founded in 2007 and is based in Winston Salem, North Carolina.
Based in Winston-Salem, NC, we began operations November 2007, upon completion of our initial private offering. Our company is externally managed and advised by our manager, Atlantic Capital Advisors LLC.