Robert Podorefsky

Adjunct Professor

Specializations:

Fixed Income Derivatives, macroeconomics, hedging and yield enhancement applications, monetary policy

Degrees:

New York University, M.B.A.

Courses Taught:

BUS 71a

Introduction to Finance
FIN 261a

Fixed Income Securities
FIN 279a

Applied Risk Management

Profile:

Robert Podorefsky has 24 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently the Interest Rate Strategist for GE Commercial Finance. In his role, he provides corporate borrowers with a perspective on how risks in the global financial markets may impact their business. He was formerly the Chief Interest Rate Strategist for the Global Derivatives Products group at Bank of America and its legacy banks FleetBoston Financial and Bank Boston where he wrote extensively about financial market risks. Mr. Podorefsky speaks frequently throughout America on the U.S. economy and interest rates.

Before becoming a Market Strategist 11 years ago, Mr. Podorefsky was a senior member of the global derivatives teams of UBS and Merrill Lynch helping large institutional investors enhance their investment yields with various types of derivatives strategies. He began his career in financial services at Chemical Bank advising large U.S. corporations on foreign exchange matters.