New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. to Appoint Lisa A. Pendergast as an Independent Director of the Company
June 06, 2018 at 04:31 pm EDT
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New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. expects to appoint Lisa A. Pendergast, an independent director of the company, to one or more committees of the Board following the Company's 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, the Board unanimously approved the appointment of Ms. Pendergast as a member of each of the Nominating Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee.
New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company is engaged in the business of acquiring, investing in, financing, and managing primarily mortgage-related single-family and multi-family residential assets. Its objective is to deliver long-term stable distributions to its stockholder. The Companyâs investment portfolio includes credit sensitive single-family and multi-family assets, as well as more traditional types of fixed-income investments that provide coupon income, such as Agency residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). The Companyâs investments include residential loans, including business purpose loans; structured multi-family property investments such as preferred equity in, and mezzanine loans to, owners of multi-family properties; agency RMBS; non-agency RMBS; commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS), and other mortgage, residential housing and credit-related assets and strategic investments in companies.