Morningstar Credit Ratings has appointed Violet Diamant as managing director of asset-backed securities (ABS) ratings and research.
Diamant will lead Morningstar’s expansion into ABS ratings services and is responsible for analytical strategy, establishing an analyst team, and developing ABS rating criteria. She is based in New York City and reports to Vickie Tillman, president of Morningstar Credit Ratings.
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"To better serve investors across all areas of structured finance, we plan to expand our ratings services into non-real estate asset-backed securities this year, and Violet will lead this effort," Tillman said. "She has 20 years of in-depth experience in financing traditional and esoteric assets in asset-backed, private placement, and commercial paper, and is an important addition to our team."
Diamant most recently was director of credit risk management for Credit Agricole. She also worked for CIFG Holding as director of U.S. structured finance and for WestLB AG as vice president of global securitization, Americas. From 1992 to 1999, Diamant was a residential mortgage-backed securities and ABS ratings analyst for Standard and Poor’s.
Diamant holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from St. John’s University, a master’s of business administration in finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business, and a juris doctor degree from Duke University School of Law.
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