
Martin Fridson, CFA
Lehmann Livian Fridson Advisors LLC
Martin Fridson is “perhaps the most well-known figure in the high yield world,” according to Investment Dealers’ Digest. At brokerage firms including Salomon Brothers, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch, he became known for his innovative work in credit analysis and investment strategy. For nine consecutive years he was ranked number one in high yield strategy in the Institutional Investor All America Research Survey.
Fridson received his B.A. cum laude in history from Harvard College and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He has served as president of the Fixed Income Analysts Society, governor of the CFA Institute, director of the New York Society of Security Analysts, and consultant to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
The Financial Management Association International named Fridson the Financial Executive of the Year in 2002. In 2000, he became the youngest person inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Society Hall of Fame. A study based on 16 core journals ranked Fridson among the ten most widely published authors in finance in the period 1990-2001. In 2013 Fridson served as Special Assistant to the Director for Deferred Compensation, Office of Management and the Budget, The City of New York.
In 2000, The Green Magazine called Fridson’s Financial Statement Analysis “one of the most useful investment books ever.” The Boston Globe said his 2006 book, Unwarranted Intrusions: The Case Against Government Intervention in the Marketplace, should be short-listed for best business book of the decade.
Presentations:
- October 2016
Debt Defaults: A Growth Market Fall 2016 - Oct. 4 - April 2014
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet! The Next Junk-Bond Implosion Spring 2014 - April 8
Conferences:
- Fall 2016 - Oct. 4
- Spring 2014 - April 8
- Fall 2005 - October 26
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Upcoming Conferences
April 9, 2019 - New York
October 23, 2019 - New York
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Past Conference Books
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John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century
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Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side
By Howard Marks
China's Great Wall of Debt: Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans, and the End of the Chinese Miracle
By Dinny McMahon
Before Babylon, Beyond Bitcoin: From Money That We Understand to Money That Understands Us
By David Birch
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