Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE:CIM) Q1 2022 Earnings Conference Call May 5, 2022 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Victor Falvo – Head of Capital Markets

Mohit Marria – Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer

Subra Viswanathan – Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Mike Smyth – KBW

Trevor Cranston – JMP Securities

Doug Harter – Credit Suisse

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Chimera Investment Corporation's First Quarter 2022 Earnings Call. All lines have been placed on a listen-only mode and the floor will be open for questions and comments following the presentation. [Operator Instructions]

At this time, it is my pleasure to turn the floor over to your host, Victor Falvo, Head of Capital Markets. Sir, the floor is yours.

Victor Falvo

Thank you, operator, and thank you everyone for participating in Chimera's first quarter 2022 earnings conference call. Before we begin, I'd like to review the safe harbor statements. During this call, we will be making forward-looking statements, which are predictions, projections or other statements about future events. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties, which are outlined in the Risk Factors section in our most recent annual and quarterly SEC filings. Actual events and results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. We encourage you to read the forward-looking statement disclaimer in our earnings release in addition to our quarterly and annual filings.

During the call today, we may also discuss non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to our SEC filings and earnings supplement for reconciliation for the most comparable GAAP measures Additionally, the content of this conference call may contain time-sensitive information that is accurate only as of the date of this earnings call. We do not undertake and specifically disclaim any obligation to update or revise this information.

I will now turn the conference over to our CEO and Chief Investment Officer, Mohit Marria.

Mohit Marria

Thanks, Vic. Good morning and welcome to the first quarter 2022 earnings call for Chimera Investment Corporation. Joining me on the call today are Choudhary Yarlagadda, our President and Chief Operating Officer; Subra Viswanathan, our Chief Financial Officer; and Vic Falvo, our Head of Capital Markets. After my remarks, Subra will review the financial results, and then we will open the call for questions.

Last year, we began to prepare for a higher rate environment by optimizing our liability structure, which included the resecuritization of $6 billion of our loans with long-term fixed rate coupons. As rates began to rise this year, we have begun implementation of the next leg of our strategy to acquire high-yielding residential loans while continuing to obtain long-term financing through securitization. The dramatic increase in headline inflation and widening of credit spreads, which began late last year, continued during the first quarter of 2022.