Company: ADAMM
Filing Date: 2025-11-04
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001273685-25-000088
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Company: ADAMAS TRUST, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-11-04
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
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 to continue to shrink its balance sheet by allowing $5 billion of U.S. Treasuries and $35 billion of Agency RMBS to roll off its balance sheet each month. In October 2025, the Federal Reserve announced that it would end the drawdown of its balance sheet by halting the reduction of its holdings of U.S. Treasuries beginning on December 1, 2025 but would continue with the reduction of its holdings of Agency RMBS. As of October 29, 2025, the Federal Reserve held about $6.6 trillion in assets. Sales or reductions in the pace of purchasing of Agency RMBS by the Federal Reserve could create headwinds in the market for Agency RMBS where increased supply could drive prices lower and interest rates higher.

In July 2025, the U.S. Congress approved the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025” (the “OBBBA”), which raised the U.S. debt limit, which is the statutory maximum amount of money that the U.S. government may borrow to meet its existing obligations, by $5 trillion. Previously, uncertainty had existed regarding the debt limit. However, the longer-term impacts of the OBBBA continue to be debated among market commentators. 

Since 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have fallen under the conservatorship of the FHFA. The current administration is revisiting the idea of taking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public, an idea that the current administration had sought to advance in prior years. In October 2025, reports surfaced that investment banks have been in preliminary discussions with the current administration about potential public offerings of Fannie Mae and/or Freddie Mac securities. Together, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guarantee a significant amount of the nearly $13 trillion U.S. Home loan market. If the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were ended, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may need to hold additional capital against riskier loans which may, in turn, cause Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to charge borrowers higher mortgage rates or to lessen the amount of their lending, among other things. We invest in Agency RMBS and other mortgage-related assets that may be guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Higher interest rates tend to put pressure on our investments, mortgage borrowers, tenants, our operating partners and economic growth generally. For further discussion, please see the risk factor titled “The federal conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and related efforts, along with any changes in such