基金巨头就“两房”救助案起诉美国政府
A ctivist B ill A ckm an’sPershingSquareC apital M anagem ent LP filedits secondlaw suitintw odays against theU .S . governm ent overbailout of FannieM aeandFreddieM ac,courtdocum ents show。
法庭文件显示,激进投资者比尔·艾克曼的潘兴广场资本管理公司就房利美和房地美的政府救助案在两天之内对美国政府提起第二次诉讼。(路透社)
InFriday’s com plaint w iththe U .S . D is-trict C ourt,PershingSquareallegedthat theD epartm ent of the T reasuryillegallyseizedtensof billionsof dollarsin Fannieand Freddieprofits. Inthe secondlaw suit,Pershingsuggeststhe m ortgage com panies’dividends beingpaidtotheT reasuryshould beshared am ong othercom m onshareholders。
在15日向美国地方法院提交的诉状中,潘兴广场宣称美国财政部非法占有房利美和房地美数百亿美元经营利润。在第二份诉讼中,潘兴广场指出,这两家住房抵押贷款机构向财政部上缴的股利应由其他普通股东共享。(路透社)
Pershing Square’ssuit,filed Friday inU .S . D istrict C ourt inW ashington,D .C .,alsonam esasadefendanttheF ederal H ousingFinanceA gency,theregulatory agency thatcontrols Fannie andFreddie。
潘兴广场15日向美国华盛顿地区法院提起的这份诉讼也将房利美和房地美的监管机构美国联邦住房金融局列为被告。(《华尔街日报》)
Pershing Square said in the com plaint that it wastoldthe Fannie andFreddie stockholders no longerhave fundam ental shareholders rights. Federal H ousingFinance A gency(FH FA ),denied“written dem ands byPershing Square to the com panies‘boards of directorsfor a books and records inspection”,according to thecom plaint。
潘兴广场在诉状中称,其被告知房利美和房地美的股东不再享有基本股东权利。根据诉状显示,美国联邦住房金融局拒绝“潘兴广场以书面形式向两房董事会提出的检查账目纪录的请求”。(路透社)
Pershing Square is the biggest holder of Fannieand Freddie’s com m on stock,with about 10 per centof each,but its litigation is filed jointly with three sm allshareholders—a retired nurse,a form er social workerand a scientist。
潘兴广场是房利美和房地美最大股东,各拥有两家公司约10%的普通股。不过此次诉讼由其与三名小股东共同提起,包括一名退休护士、一名前社会服务人员和一名科学家。(《金融时报》)
Inacom plaint filedonT hursdayw iththeU .S . C ourt of Federal C laim s inW ashington,D .C .,Pershing accused thegovernm entofviolating theFifth A m endm ent of theU .S .Constitutionbytakingprivate propertyfor pub-lic use w ithout just com pensation。
此前,在14日向美国华盛顿联邦索赔法院提起的诉讼中,潘兴广场指控美国政府将私人财产充作公用且未提供合理补偿,侵犯了美国宪法修正案第五条的规定。(路透社)
T hough thelaw suitsraisedifferent legaltheoriesandarein different courts,theyarebothdesignedtoenable A ckm antorecoupsum sfor thedepressedvalueof his FannieM aeandFreddie M ac shares。
尽管这两次诉讼运用了不同法律理论且向不同法院提起,但都旨在使艾克曼收回部分其在房利美和房地美持股中被压低的价值。(路透社)
Fannie andFreddie collapsedin2008underthew eight of toxicm ortgageinvestm ents,butthegovernm ent put them intoconservatorshipand theirsharesand preferred stock kepttrading. H edgefunds investedyears later w henit lookedas if thecom panies w ouldreturntoprofit,but theT reasurychangedtheterm s ofthebailout in2012todivert thoseprofits tothe taxpayer。
在不良抵押贷款投资的重压下,房利美和房地美于2008年濒临破产。美国政府通过救助将两房置于监护之下,两家公司的普通股和优先股也继续保持交易。因两家公司看似能重返盈利道路,一些基金公司在几年后对两房进行投资。然而,美国财政部在2012年修改了救助条款,将两房利润转移给纳税人。(《金融时报》)
Fannie M ae and Freddie M ac paid fixed dividendsof 10percent onthe governm ent’s stockuntil theTreasury am ended the term s of the bailout to take alltheir earnings. The agreem ents and dividend paym entsto the Treasury m ake it im possible for stockholders torealize future value of their ow nership interest in theentities,Pershing Square said in its com plaint。
此前,房利美和房地美原本对政府持有股票支付10%的固定股利,直到财政部修改救助条款,改为没收两房所有盈利。潘兴广场在诉状中称,政府协议及向财政部上缴所有股利使得股东们无法对其持有资产的所有权权益兑现未来价值。(彭博社)
PershingSquare’s com plaint is at least the20thlaw suit challengingthegovernm ent’s de-cisiontodivert FannieM aeandFreddieM acprofits tothe Treasury。
潘兴广场此次诉讼是其针对美国政府将房利美和房地美利润转交给财政部的决定提出的至少第20次诉讼。(彭博社)
Inapresentationof his ideas onthe futureof Fannieand Freddieearlierthisyear,M rA ckm ansaidhehopedtobeapartner totheU S governm ent in reform inghousingfinanceandpredictedthat theT reasuryw ouldm akem ore m oneyreturningthe com panies tothe pri-vate sector thanbyw indingthem dow n。
在今年早些时候的一次演讲中,艾克曼曾表达对房利美和房地美未来规划的想法。他表示希望成为美国政府在改革住房金融方面的合作伙伴。他还预测,财政部若将两房放归私人领域,将比逐渐取消两房获利更多。(《金融时报》)
(廖冰清编译)