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2008 Press Releases and Announcements

The Bank's financial reports can be viewed on the SEC website.

FHLB Des Moines business updates, letters, press releases and general information from 2008 are listed below by date and title. For announcements prior to 2006, please contact the webmaster.

 

    Previous Announcements: 2010 | 2009 | 2007 | 2006

 

 Date Announcement/Press Release
12/22/08 Moratorium on Excess Stock Repurchases
12/18/08 Member Products Policy & Collateral Maintenance Level Changes (includes a letter to members, FAQ, CML chart and VP of Member Services list)
12/18/08 Independent & Member Directorships Filled on FHLB Des Moines Board
12/15/08 Independent Director Election Results
12/8/08 Advance Prepayment Fee Indications on eAdvantage
12/2/08 FHLB Des Moines Announces the Re-Appointment of Affordable Housing Advisory Council Members
12/1/08 Native American Homeownership Initiative Funds Available Beginning January 2, 2009
11/24/08 Letter to Members - Credit & Collateral Policies & Procedures
11/18/08 Warren Hanson Appointed to Affordable Housing Advisory Council
11/17/08 Mark Your Calendar for Holiday Financial Planning
11/13/08 FHLB Des Moines Member Director Election Results
11/12/08 FHLB Des Moines Announces Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results and Dividend
11/3/08 FHLB Des Moines Reduces Activity Based Stock Requirements on Letters of Credit
10/2/08 FHLB Des Moines Update
10/1/08 FHLB Des Moines Resumes Board of Director Elections
South Dakota Banker Van D. Fishback elected to fill four-year term on FHLB Board
9/11/08 FHLB Des Moines Announces New Treasurer
9/9/08 Letter to Members - FHLB Des Moines Lending
Frequently Asked Questions on FHLB Des Moines Lending to Members
9/8/08 Letter to Members - U.S. Treasury Conservatorship Announcement

Statements, Q & A and Fact Sheet
Statement by Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. on Treasury and FHFA Action
Statement of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director James B. Lockhart
Statement by John Fisk, CEO of the FHLBanks Office of Finance
Questions and Answers on Conservatorship
U.S. Treasury Fact Sheet: GSE Credit Facility
 
8/28/08 Capital Community Awards
8/28/08 "Conversations with Successful Communities" - Nationally Known Speaker Headlines Manning Workshop
8/27/08 Letter To Members - Housing and Economic Recovery Act 2008
8/11/08 FHLB Des Moines Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results and Dividend
8/11/08 "Conversations with Successful Communities" - Nationally Known Speaker Headlines Charles City Workshop
8/4/08 Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
Invests $1 Million in Rural Homeownership Funds to Strengthen Local Communities
8/1/08

Affordable Housing Grants Total $7.3 Million in Five States

Communities within the following states each received a portion of the grant funds:
7/14/08 New Director Appointed to the Board of Directors of FHLB Des Moines
7/1/08 U. S. Representative Cleaver Announces Grant for Habitat for Humanity KC and Statewide Affordable Housing Grants of $2.6 Million
7/1/08 Announcement of Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines Relief Provisions for MPF® Loans Due to Midwest Flooding
6/26/08 FHLB Des Moines Will Repurchase Excess Membership Stock
6/19/08 FHLB Des Moines Approves Increase in Funds for Disaster Relief
5/30/08 FHLB Des Moines Address Mortgage Crisis
5/27/08 FHLB Des Moines Announces Assistance for Weather Related Disasters
5/12/08 FHLB Des Moines Announces First Quarter 2008 Financial Results and Dividend
4/24/08 FHLB Des Moines Will Continue MPF® Program
4/04/08 Capital Stock Requirement Information
3/04/08 Letter to Members
2/27/08 FHLB Des Moines Reports 2007 Year-End Financial Results
and Fourth Quarter Dividend
2/07/08


1/23/08

 Convertible Advance Products (FHLB Owned Option) - Updated Rate Information
Convertible Advance Products (FHLB Owned Option)
1/28/08 FHLB Des Moines Announces Affordable Housing Advisory Council Members
1/10/08 FHLB Des Moines Eliminates Customary Member Collateral Verification Fee, Expands Eligible Collateral, and Makes Changes to Anti-Predatory Lending Policy
(a combined announcement)
1/10/08 FHLB Des Moines Awards $6.4 Million to Communities in Affordable Housing Grants

Communities within the following states each received a portion of the grant funds:
1/7/08 FHLB Des Moines Eliminates Customary Member Collateral Verification Fee
1/3/08 FHLB Des Moines Now Accepts Secured Business and Agri-Business Lines of Credit as Eligible Collateral


 
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