Redwood Trust, Inc. (Redwood) is a financial institution. The Company invests in finances and manages real estate assets. Redwood invests in residential and commercial real estate loans and in asset-backed securities backed by real estate loans. The Company is structured as a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company’s primary real estate investments include investments in real estate loans and securities, investments in the securitization entities, which the Company sponsors, and investments in a private fund, which the Company sponsors.