What are your reasons for being in Asia at the moment
Herrle Freddie Mac regularly comes to Asia as part of our general marketing efforts. We have a global investor base and Asia is a very important part of it. At the beginning of the year we started a syndicated callable note programme with issue sizes ranging from $1.5 billion to $3 billion. Since then, Asia has been the biggest single participant in that programme outside of the US. So on this trip I'm talking to investors about Freddie Mac's activity in the callable market and our issuance programme. Investors in the region are looking at ways to increase yield without compromising credit...
