Moody´s Investors Service announced today the
appointment of Jonathan Polansky, currently Group Managing Director of
the Asset Finance Group, to the newly created position of Structured
Finance Global Surveillance Coordinator. In this role, Polanksy will
work closely with the rating agency´s
surveillance and line of business managers to enhance the monitoring of
outstanding Moody´s-rated structured deals.
"Over the past several years, as the number of
rated deals outstanding has grown rapidly, so has our investment of
resources in the monitoring of those ratings," said Moody´s Executive Vice President Noel
Kirnon. "We have transferred a significant
number of analysts and management resources to surveillance teams
globally, and this latest appointment is another example of our
commitment to this important area."
"Jonathan brings extensive analytic experience
in the structured finance arena to this position," Kirnon added.
Surveillance managers across all structured finance business lines
including asset-backed securities, residential and commercial
mortgage-backed securities, and derivatives will report to Polansky.
Polansky served as an analyst in Moody´s US
Derivatives Group from 1997 to 1999 and rejoined to manage CDO
Surveillance in 2003 following four years as co-head of the Structured
Products Group at Triton Partners LLC. He was promoted to Team Managing
Director in 2005 and to Group Managing Director of Asset Finance in
January 2008.
Prior to joining Moody´s, Polansky analyzed
bank loan portfolios for Loan Pricing Corporation, served as a Vice
President at the Yasuda Trust and Banking Company, and worked as a
middle market lending officer for the Bank of New York. He holds a BA in
Economics from SUNY Binghamton and an MBA in Finance, Corporate
Accounting, and Economics from the William E. Simon School of Business
Administration at the University of Rochester.
