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Houston -- Oxford Funding Corp. has formed a hedge fund to invest in discounted portfolios of residential and commercial mortgages.
"The fund gives Oxford Funding another vehicle and another opportunity to profit from disruption in the current mortgage markets," said Ron Redd, Oxford's CEO, in a news release. "There is presently so much opportunity in the market. We want to capitalize on as much as possible."
The company said in early March that its annualized rate of return on its portfolio exceeded 90%.
The new fund will invest in performing, subperforming and nonperforming mortgages purchased on the secondary market at substantial discounts to face value. The fund's strategy will be to hold, modify if necessary, and ultimately liquidate the mortgage assets at significant gains over the purchase price. The fund and its investors will participate in the yields generated during the holding period, and from gains on the sale or liquidation of the mortgage assets.
"This will give us the ability to ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Oxford's Hedge Fund To Buy at a Discount.