Fannie makes effort to repair its credibility
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The decision yesterday by Fannie Mae&#39;s board to get rid of its chief executive and chief financial officer illustrates the company&#39;s determination to try and restore its credibility
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Whether mortgage finance giant  Fannie Mae FNM.N will have to restate its earnings as a  result of accounting problems cited by regulators will be up to  the Securities and Exchange Commission to consider, a company  executive said on Tuesday.
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Three House Financial Services subcommittee chairmen yesterday called on Fannie Mae to answer allegations  that the company failed to blow the whistle on a mortgage fraud scam and accepted $6.5 million that it knew had been swindled from a government agency.
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Former Fannie Mae chairman Franklin D. Raines is trying to draw the White House into his defense against a shareholder lawsuit alleging that he and the government-sponsored mortgage funding company misled investors when Fannie Mae overstated earnings by billions of dollars.
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Though Fannie Mae said it was cooperating fully with a federal examination of its accounting, its regulator says the mortgage finance company was so reluctant that the agency had to subpoena documents and witnesses and ask the Justice Department for help enforcing subpoenas.
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Fannie Mae (nyse: FNM - news - people ) disclosed Tuesday that prosecutors had asked the company to preserve documents as part of a criminal probe by the US Department of Justice.
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US mortgage company Fannie Mae should restate its earnings, a move that is likely to put a billion-dollar dent in its accounts, watchdogs say
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WASHINGTON Oct. 6, 2004 - Fannie Mae&#39;s chief executive and another top official on Wednesday defended the mortgage giant&#39;s accounting and told Congress that regulators&#39; allegations of earnings manipulation represent an interpretation of complex rules.
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Fannie Mae agreed to keep more cash on hand while it corrects accounting problems, a U.S. regulator said.
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Regulators have discovered serious accounting problems at mortgage giant Fannie Mae , prompting an inquiry by the Securities and Exchange Commission and calling into question its financial soundness, the company disclosed yesterday. Its shares fell nearly 7 percent.
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The ouster of Franklin D. Raines as chairman and chief executive of Fannie Mae, the mortgage finance giant, might provide an opening for long-time critics to impose
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Federal investigations of Fannie Mae&#39;s (FNM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) accounting could keep the top US home funding company&#39;s stock hemorrhaging, but most debt investors scent opportunity.
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Fannie Mae, the biggest source of money for U.S. home mortgages, broke accounting rules for financial contracts designed to protect against swings in interests rates.
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Fannie Mae executives defended  themselves on Wednesday against government allegations they  manipulated accounting to hide earnings swings, saying they and  their auditors believed they were properly applying complex  standards that can be interpreted differently.
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Wednesday&#39;s disclosure that government regulators have raised safety and soundness questions about mortgage-finance giant Fannie Mae has given new ammunition to critics of the company and its sister firm, Freddie Mac.
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Fannie Mae, the quaintly named mortgage company that sounds like a minor character from TV&#39;s &quot;The Beverly Hillbillies,&quot; is, in fact, the nation&#39;s second-largest financial institution.
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Turmoil at Fannie Mae calls for a stronger, more exacting regulatory hand, but the zeal for reform should not eclipse the financial institution&#39;s singular mission: providing low- and moderate-income Americans with entree into home ownership.