The conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has been lax in its oversight of business decisions made by the two government-sponsored enterprises and lacks a formal verification process to keep the two companies honest, according to a new audit by the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s official watchdog. The FHFA’s Office of Inspector General found numerous instances where the FHFA didn’t ask the companies and the two GSEs didn’t tell the agency about significant business decisions, even when such approval was required. “FHFA-OIG found that FHFA did not require...