Anand Bhattacharya

Anand K. Bhattacharya is a Professor of Finance Practice in the Department of Finance, W. P. Carey School of Business and is the faculty director for the MS Finance program. In addition, he also consults with financial institutions on issues of balance sheet restructuring and asset valuation. Prior to joining ASU in 2009, he was President and CEO of a wholly owned mortgage subsidiary of Bank of America. Prior to assuming that role, he was a Managing Director responsible for the management of fixed income research and strategy; development of trading, valuation and risk management systems; and management of technological infrastructure. His prior supervisory positions include Managing Director responsible for capital markets and risk management at Imperial Credit Industries Inc. and Managing Director, Global Head of Fixed Income Research and Strategy and a member of the Taxable Fixed Income Operating Committee at Prudential Securities Inc.  He has written extensively in various facets of fixed income valuation and debt portfolio management and authored or co-authored over 70 publications in various academic, professional journals and industry handbooks. He has also co-authored or co-edited 3 books on mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities.