Fannie Mae offloads more credit risk in latest risk-sharing deal

As part of its ongoing effort to reduce taxpayer burden, Fannie Mae announced last week that it offloaded more credit risk in its latest Connecticut Avenue Securities risk-sharing deal. According to Fannie Mae, its latest Connecticut Avenue Securities deal, CAS 2016-C01, is its first to offer investors a portion of the first-loss position, further reducing taxpayer exposure to credit losses.