Chimera Investment Corp.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
1211 Ave. of the Americas, Ste. 2902, New York, NY 10036-8705, United States
(212)696-0100, http://www.chimerareit.com/

Primary SIC: Real Estate Investment Trusts, Primary NAICS: Real Estate Investment Trusts
Description: Chimera Investment Corporation is a Maryland corporation that commenced operations in November 2007. The company is headquartered in New York City and publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Chimera Investment is a specialty finance company that invests in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), residential mortgage loans, real estate-related securities and various other asset classes. The company elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (REIT) for federal income tax purposes commencing with our taxable year ending on December 31, 2007. Chimera Investment is externally managed by Fixed Income Discount Advisory Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Annaly Capital Management Inc. Annaly Capital Management is a New York Stock Exchange-listed REIT with a long track record of managing investments in U.S. government agency mortgage-backed securities. Chimera Investment's objective is to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns to investors over the long-term, primarily through dividends and secondarily through capital appreciation. The company intends to achieve this objective by investing in a broad class of financial assets to construct an investment portfolio that is designed to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns. More

Finance: Real estate investors.