Mark
Adelson is an independent consultant. He was previously the content
director at Portfolio Management Research (f/k/a Institutional Investor
Journals) and the editor of The Journal of Structured Finance.
He was chief strategy officer of The BondFactor Company LLC
from November 2012 to April 2016. Adelson served as S&P's
chief credit officer from May 2008 until December 2011 and then held a
research position at the company through August 2012. As
S&P's chief credit officer he supervised the overhaul of the
company's rating criteria in the wake of the financial
crisis. He
has broad expertise in securitization, with particular emphasis on
mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and collateralized debt obligations
(CDOs). He has authored numerous articles and reports
covering a
wide range of fixed-income subjects including credit analysis, models
and model risk, regulatory and accounting topics, and detailed coverage
of the major securitization industry conferences over the past 20+
years. Adelson is also a lawyer, admitted to practice in New
York.
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