Freddie Mac today announced that Diana Reid has been named the government-sponsored enterprise’s new CEO, effective immediately. Reid is the founder of Beekman Advisors, where she provided real estate finance company owners, CEOs and boards strategic advice and mergers and acquisition execution. She previously spent nearly 20 years at the investment bank formerly known as Credit Suisse First Boston in Mortgage Trading, Debt Capital Markets and Financial Institutions Advisory.
Consumer sentiment declined in October
Preliminary results show consumer sentiment decreased 1.2 points in October to 68.9, up 5.1 points from one year ago.