Anworth Mortgage Asset

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation (Anworth) is a real estate investment trust (REIT).

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation (Anworth) is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company is engaged in the business of investing primarily in United States, or the United States agency mortgage-backed securities (agency MBS). The Company’s operations consist of portfolios, including agency mortgage-backed securities (Agency MBS) and non-agency mortgage-backed securities (Non-Agency MBS). Approximately 99.99% of the Company’s total portfolio consists of Agency MBS. At December 31, 2012, we held agency mortgage assets which had an amortized cost of approximately $9.02 billion, consisting primarily of approximately $7.07 billion of adjustable-rate Agency MBS and approximately $1.95 billion of fixed-rate Agency MBS. Non-Agency MBS were approximately $1.4 million for 2012. Non-Agency MBS portfolio consisted of a fair value of $360 thousand of floating-rate CMOs with an average coupon of 0.46%.