Edward Altman
Edward Altman is the Max L. Heine Professor of Finance, Emeritus at the NYU Stern School of Business. He is a world-renowned expert on corporate bankruptcy, distressed debt, high yield bonds, and credit risk analysis. Altman has published and or at least two-dozen books and more than 160 articles in scholarly finance, accounting, and economic journals. He is the creator of the famous Altman-Z-Score model for bankruptcy prediction of companies globally.
Edward Altman Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Professor Emeritus of Finance
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Max L. Heine Professor of Finance
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Professor of Finance
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Profesor Honorario
Academic History
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Ph.D.,Finance
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MBA, Business Finance
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BA, Economics
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Primary areas of research:
- bankruptcy analysis and prediction
- credit and lending policies
- risk management
- regulation in banking
- corporate finance
- capital markets
- He has been a consultant to several government agencies, major financial and accounting institutions, and industrial companies
- He has lectured to executives in North America, South America, Europe, Australia-New Zealand, Asia, and Africa.
- He has testified before the U.S. Congress, the New York State Senate, and several other governments and regulatory organizations.
- He was named Laureate 1984 by the Hautes Etudes Commerciales Foundation in Paris for his accumulated works on corporate distress prediction models and procedures for firm financial rehabilitation.
- He was awarded the Graham & Dodd Scroll for 1985 by the Financial Analysts Federation for his work on Default Rates on High Yield Corporate Debt.
- He was an advisor to the Centrale dei Bilanci in Italy and to several foreign central banks.
- He was inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Society Hall of Fame in 2001.
- He was amongst the inaugural inductees into the Turnaround Management Association’s Hall of Fame in 2008.
- He was named one of the “100 Most Influential People in Finance” by the Treasury & Risk Management magazine in 2005.
- His work has appeared in many languages including Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish.