Why? Because the TBTF banks tell them to do it. Tell them and pay them to do it. Then tell them again. Then pay them again. Then threaten them if they don't. Then fund a challenger candidate against them if they don't. Then blackmail them if they don't. Then pay them again. Then praise them and pay them yet again after they do it. Then give them cushy jobs whenever they lose a re-election bid as thanks for doing it.
I don't know how long she was there, but I know she worked there. She probably was assured of a future. However, we don't know to what extent. Suppose she's hired to handle the CFO responsibilities and then transfer over to the new entities, if that were to transpire. Being hired by Fannie Mae tells me very little about the possibility of other details.
A more positive sign, to me, would be the joint venture Fannie & Freddie have entered into concerning the creation of a new single mortgage backed security. I'd classify that as a positive for not liquidating more so than the hiring of CFO.
I don't know the answer to that. I assume it's not impossible to transfer her position to a new entity. Has it happened? Yes. Example: SunEdison bankruptcy. Several board members were transferred last year to the Yieldco subsidiaries from the parent company; SunEdison.
I don't believe a rational judgement could be made about that, as I've mentioned above.
The legislation I've reference in HERA addresses that issue. The new entity can take ownership of the assets and liabilities of the business.
I've addressed that issue several times in other posts. I believe people are looking at the warrants the wrong way. The more important asset of the warrants are the rights to control the business. That is far superior than the monetary aspect of owning the warrants.
Now, let me ask you a question. Why would the government, knowing that a new tax policy will require the GSE's to take a draw through the impairment of its deferred tax assets, not stop the NWS if their goal wasn't recievership? Currently $6b in equity. A 15% tax rate equals an $18b DTA impairment. That leaves a $-12b equity.
Like that other lady CFO, what her name... Blythe Masters.
New lavish head quarters means nothing as the government builds nice new building on land they only lease all the time. Always a deal for the local economy.