Note
13 - Related Party Transactions
We
are externally-managed by ARRM pursuant to our Management
Agreement. All of our executive officers are also employees
of ARRM. ARRM manages our day-to-day operations, subject to
the direction and oversight of the Board. The Management
Agreement expires on November 6, 2014, and is thereafter
automatically renewed for an additional one-year term unless
terminated under certain circumstances. ARRM must provide 180
days prior notice of any such termination.
Under
the terms of the Management Agreement, ARRM is responsible
for costs incident to the performance of its duties, such as
compensation of its employees and various overhead expenses.
ARRM is responsible for the following primary roles:
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Advising
us with respect to, arrange for and manage the
acquisition, financing, management and disposition
of, elements of our investment portfolio,
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Evaluating
the duration risk and prepayment risk within the
investment portfolio and arranging borrowing and
hedging strategies,
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Coordinating
capital raising activities,
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Advising
us on the formulation and implementation of operating
strategies and policies, arranging for the
acquisition of assets, monitoring the performance of
those assets, arranging for various types of
financing and hedging strategies and providing
administrative and managerial services in connection
with our day-to-day operations and
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Providing
executive and administrative personnel, office space
and other appropriate services required in rendering
management services to us.
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For
the quarters ended March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011, we
incurred $3.5 million and $0.8 million in management fees to
ARRM, respectively.
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