Annaly Capital Management, Inc. ("Annaly") is a leading diversified capital manager that invests in and finances residential and commercial assets. Since our founding in 1996 and subsequent initial pu...
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. ("Annaly") is a leading diversified capital manager that invests in and finances residential and commercial assets. Since our founding in 1996 and subsequent initial public offering ("IPO") in 1997, we have generated net income for distribution to our shareholders through capital preservation, prudent selection of investments, and continuous management of our portfolio. With approximately $112.9 billion in assets as of September 30, 2017, our portfolio includes securities, loans and equity in both the residential and commercial markets. Annaly has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes. Since 2010 we have diversified our business model by investing in credit assets directly on balance sheet, complementing our primary portfolio of interest rate sensitive investments. This strategy is designed to achieve durable risk-adjusted returns over various interest rate and economic cycles by pairing shorter floating-rate credit securities with our longer, fixed-rate agency portfolio. Our breadth of investment options and robust capital allocation process combined with careful risk management enables us to take advantage of market inefficiencies and rotate into credit markets when dislocations occur and pricing is attractive on a risk-adjusted, relative value basis.