Freddie Mac 2015 Annual Report Download - page 7

Introduction About Freddie Mac | Our Business
Freddie Mac 2015 Form 10-K 5
OUR BUSINESS
PRIMARY BUSINESS STRATEGIES
Our primary business strategies describe how we plan to pursue our Charter Mission over a timeframe of
three to five years, or approximately through 2018 to 2020. Our core assumption is that the
conservatorship will continue with no material changes during that period. These strategies complement
FHFA's annual Conservatorship Scorecards.
Charter Mission
We are a government-sponsored enterprise with a specific and limited corporate purpose (i.e., “Charter
Mission”) to support the liquidity, stability and affordability of U.S. housing mortgage markets as a
participant in the secondary mortgage market, while operating as a commercial enterprise earning an
appropriate return. Everything we do must be done within the specific constraints of our Charter Mission.
Our Twin Goals
We established overarching twin goals to enable us to reach our Charter Mission:
• A Better Freddie Mac; and
• A Better Housing Finance System
Our Key Strategies
A Better Freddie Mac
We are focused on operating as a very well-run large financial institution, by:
• Being a very effective operating organization;
• Being a market leader through customer focus and innovation; and
• Managing risk and economic capital for quality risk-adjusted returns.
A Better Housing Finance System
We are focused on providing leadership, through innovation and constructive forward-looking
engagement with FHFA to improve the liquidity, stability, and affordability of the U.S. housing markets, by:
• Modernizing and improving the functioning of the mortgage markets;
• Developing greater responsible access to housing finance; and
• Reducing taxpayer exposure to mortgage risks.
For further information on our goals and detailed strategies for each of our business segments, see
"MD&A — Our Business Segments."