Collateral Positions

The Company pledges securities or cash as collateral to its counterparties pursuant to its borrowings under repurchase agreements and its derivative contracts that are in an unrealized loss position, and it receives securities or cash as collateral pursuant to financing provided under reverse repurchase agreements and certain of its derivative contracts in an unrealized gain position. The Company exchanges collateral with its counterparties based on changes in the fair value, notional amount and term of the associated repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements and derivative contracts, as applicable. Through this margining process, either the Company or its counterparty may be required to pledge cash or securities as collateral. In addition, Swaps novated to and cleared by a central clearing house are subject to initial margin requirements. When the Company’s pledged collateral exceeds the required margin, the Company may initiate a reverse margin call, at which time the counterparty may either return the excess collateral, or provide collateral to the Company in the form of cash or equivalent securities.

The following table summarizes the fair value of the Company’s collateral positions, which includes collateral pledged and collateral held, with respect to its borrowings under repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase agreements and derivative hedging instruments at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:



	June 30, 2015				December 31, 2014
(In Thousands)	Assets Pledged		Collateral Held		Assets Pledged		Collateral Held
Derivative Hedging Instruments:
Agency MBS	$	44,621	$	—	$	57,247	$	—
Cash (1)	67,333		—		66,486		—
	111,954		—		123,733		—
Repurchase Agreement Borrowings:
Agency MBS	4,923,712		—		5,462,566		—
Legacy Non-Agency MBS (2)(3)	3,139,828		—		3,491,312		—
RPL/NPL MBS	2,591,503		—		160,688		—
U.S. Treasury securities	498,336		—		512,105		—
CRT securities	116,690		—		94,610		—
Residential whole loans	201,062		—		212,986		—
Cash (1)	724		—		769		—
	11,471,855		—		9,935,036		—
Reverse Repurchase Agreements:
U.S. Treasury securities	—		498,336		—		512,105
	—		498,336		—		512,105
Total	$	11,583,809	$	498,336	$	10,058,769	$	512,105

(1) Cash pledged as collateral is reported as “Restricted cash” on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

(2) Includes $587.1 million and $1.275 billion of Legacy Non-Agency MBS acquired in connection with resecuritization transactions from consolidated VIEs at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, that are eliminated from the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

(3) In addition, at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, $723.6 million and $731.0 million of Legacy Non-Agency MBS, respectively, are pledged as collateral in connection with contemporaneous repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements entered into with a single counterparty.

The following table presents detailed information about the Company’s assets pledged as collateral pursuant to its borrowings under repurchase agreements and derivative hedging instruments at June 30, 2015:



	June 30, 2015
	Assets Pledged Under Repurchase Agreements						Assets Pledged Against Derivative Hedging Instruments						Total Fair Value of Assets Pledged and Accrued Interest
(In Thousands)	Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Accrued Interest on Pledged Assets		Fair Value/ Carrying Value		Amortized Cost		Accrued Interest on Pledged Assets		Total Fair Value of Assets Pledged and Accrued Interest
Agency MBS	$	4,923,712	$	4,862,558	$	11,501	$	44,621	$	45,509	$	92	$	4,979,926
Legacy Non-Agency MBS (1)(2)	3,139,828		2,530,267		11,558		—		—		—		3,151,386
RPL/NPL MBS	2,591,503		2,590,170		1,190		—		—		—		2,592,693
U.S. Treasuries	498,336		498,336		—		—		—		—		498,336
CRT securities	116,690		115,276		80		—		—		—		116,770
Residential whole loans	201,062		196,195		476		—		—		—		201,538
Cash (3)	724		724		—		67,333		67,333		—		68,057
Total	$	11,471,855	$	10,793,526	$	24,805	$	111,954	$	112,842	$	92	$	11,608,706


(1)	Includes $587.1 million of Legacy Non-Agency MBS acquired in connection with resecuritization transactions from consolidated VIEs at June 30, 2015, that are eliminated from the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.


(2)	In addition, at June 30, 2015, $723.6 million of Legacy Non-Agency MBS are pledged as collateral in connection with contemporaneous repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements entered into with a single counterparty.


(3)	Cash pledged as collateral is reported as “Restricted cash” on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.