John Lynch Named to Lead RiskSpan Pricing Service

NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- To address middle office risk management and trader demand for greater transparency in pricing, RiskSpan announced today the appointment of John Lynch as Executive of its independent pricing service.  Built by RiskSpan, the service provides daily pricing for the universe of structured products and mortgage assets. 

John previously served as the Vice President-Head of Valuations at Alliance Bernstein, where his responsibilities included overseeing global pricing and valuation.  Prior to his role at Alliance, John held a series of senior positions related to pricing and valuation at Blackrock, AIG, UBS and EJV (now part of Reuters).  At EJV John was responsible for building a pricing business from the ground up.  

John is a member of the Investment Company Institute (ICI) and he sits on the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) pricing panel for Best Practices for Investment Management firms. 

Joe Sturtevant, who co-founded RiskSpan in 2001, welcomed the addition of Lynch to the RiskSpan team and noted: "In John, we have a leader who has built a pricing service from start to finish.  We are fortunate to have his breadth of experience and market presence in our growing enterprise."

The addition of John Lynch to RiskSpan is timely in that it coincides with the world's largest capital markets conference, ASF 2012, taking place next week in Las Vegas.  As a sponsor of ASF 2012, RiskSpan staff and co-founders Suhrud Dagli and Joe Sturtevant will be on hand to share the corporate vision and strategy that led to the development of the RiskSpan pricing service, with components that range from non-agency RMBS, ABS, CMBS, agency backed MBS and residential whole loans. 

RiskSpan will also participate in several ASF conference updates including one on RMBS RESTART where Managing Director Pat Greene will share the RiskSpan perspective on the next iteration of RMBS transactions and the value of market color and independent pricing Greene, who manages RiskSpan's Advisory Services practice, served on the initial PROJECT RESTART committee for ASF and is uniquely positioned to provide guidance to RiskSpan clients on the challenges and opportunities for the return of private capital to the secondary mortgage markets.

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