Invesco Files to Offer Mortgage Securities Real Estate Trust

New Public REIT Expands Offerings, Enhances Evolutionary Efforts

By Lori Pizzani

June 23, 2008

Invesco, the global investment management firm with its U.S. headquarters in Atlanta, is continuing its efforts to evolve into a bigger global power brand with both diverse and expansive investment offerings. Parent company Invesco Ltd. is headquartered in London. On June 13, the firm registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer a public real estate investment trust (REIT) to be called Invesco Agency Securities and invest in agency mortgage-backed securities, which are mortgage-backed securities for which a U.S. government agency guarantees both principal and interest payments. Such agencies include the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac).

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