Edward Altman, NYU Stern Max L. Heine Professor of Finance and Salomon Center Director of Research in Fixed Income and Credit Markets, was named one of the “100 Most Influential People in Finance” in the June 2005 issue of Treasury & Risk Management. He was recognized in the “Practical Theoreticians” category for his Z-Score formula, which is widely used in financial markets to measure a company’s creditworthiness. Other renowned leaders in the top 100 included Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO, General Electric; Eliot Spitzer, New York Sate Attorney General; and John Thain, CEO, New York Stock Exchange.

Professor Altman is internationally renowned for his expertise in corporate bankruptcy, high yield bonds, distressed debt and credit risk analysis. He was the first academic inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Society Hall of Fame in 2001, which recognizes the lifetime achievements of outstanding practitioners in the advancement of the analysis of fixed-income securities and portfolios. He was also elected president of the Financial Management Association in 2002. Professor Altman is widely published, and his works include Corporate Financial Distress and Bankruptcy, Managing Credit Risk: The Next Great Financial Challenge and Bankruptcy, Credit Risk, and High Yield Junk Bonds. Professor Altman currently teaches courses in corporate finance and bankruptcy and reorganization at NYU Stern.

Professor Altman is a member of the Miller Mathis advisory board.

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