ELINDA FISHMAN KISS

3593 Corn Crib Lane

Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006

215-938-8860 (h)  EFKiss@aol.com  215-962-9071 (cell)

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND- RH Smith School of Business; College Park, MD

Teaching Professor- Finance                                                                 2003-present

 

RUTGERS UNIVERSITYRutgers Business School:  Newark and New Brunswick

Visiting Associate Professor- Finance and Economics; Accounting and Information Systems            1998-2003

Thomas H. Mott award for excellence in Teaching

 

CUSTOM EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING, INC., Hatboro, PA     1996-1998

Treasurer

 

RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION (RTC),                                  1990-1995

Managing Agent - Acting Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer - City Federal Savings Bank, Somerset, NJ

Financial Instruments Coordinator - Department Head - Asset Marketing, Somerset, NJ and Washington, DC

Oversight Manager - Asset Specialist - Contractors and Subsidiaries, Valley Forge, PA

 

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

Adjunct Professor- Finance                                                                    1987-1998

Dean's Appointment - Associate Professor - Finance                     1990

 

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY-Great Valley – Masters in Management program

Adjunct Professor- Finance                                                                                1996

 

MERITOR SAVINGS BANK (PSFS), Philadelphia, PA                       1986-1989

Vice President-Capital Markets

Vice President-Analysis and Financial Planning

 

CITICORP INVESTMENT BANK, New York, NY                                  1983-1986

Assistant Vice President - Capital Markets

 

FIRST PENNSYLVANIA BANK, Philadelphia, PA                               1981-1982

Commercial Lending - Regional Department

 

THE WHARTON SCHOOL, University of Pennsylvania

Lecturer - Finance                                                                                      1975-1980

 

WELLESLEY COLLEGE,

Instructor- Economics                                                                              1973-1974

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, Rochester, NY

Ph.D. - Economics 1983

Dissertation: "Effects of Devaluation and Long-Term Commodity Contracts on a Small Open Economy: Case Study of Fiji and Sugar"

M.A. - Economics 1972

 

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, St. Louis, MO 1969

B.A. - Cum Laude in Economics and Mathematics

COURSES TAUGHT at Maryland, Rutgers, Temple, Wharton, Pennsylvania State, Wellesley, The College of New Jersey, Drexel, West Chester University

University of Maryland

Corporate Financial Management

Financial Institutions Management

Teach in Undergraduate and MBA programs

 

Rutgers

Financial Management

Investment Analysis and Management

Financial Institutions and Markets

Financial Markets and Instruments

Financial Statement Analysis

Corporate Finance

Advanced Corporate Finance

International Banking and Capital Markets

International Corporate Finance

Accounting for Managers

Introduction to Accounting

Financial Accounting

Managerial Economic Analysis

Teach in Undergraduate, MBA, Executive MBA and International Executive MBA programs.

 

Temple

Financial Management of Business

Financial Markets and Instruments

Investments

Managerial Finance

Management of Financial Institutions

Money and Credit

 

University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

Economic Policy Analysis

Financial Analysis

International Finance

International Trade

Macroeconomic Analysis and Public Policy

Advanced Study Project in Finance

 

West Chester University

Corporate Finance

Microeconomics

Economic Statistics

 

Drexel University

Risk Management

 

The College of New Jersey

Principles of Finance

 

Wellesley College

Econometrics

International Economics

Intermediate Macroeconomics

Mathematical Economics

Principles of Macroeconomics

Principles of Microeconomics

 

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

CUSTOM EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING, INC.

Directed: economic and financial analysis, portfolio strategies, and contracting.

Managed: accounting, bank relations, investments, leasing, pension plan.

 

RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION

Managed sale of $7 billion in loans, securities, derivatives and real estate in liquidation of savings and loan associations for the RTC, while achieving maximum value for U.S. taxpayers. Sold $500 million Home Equity Portfolio at $35 million profit.

Directed investments and sales in $3.5 billion portfolio of mortgage-backed, corporate and municipal securities.

Managed derivative securities, including: CMOs, IOs, POs, REMICs and swap-options.

Chaired Asset/Liability Management Committee; determined deposit rates; developed and executed strategic plan to operate thrift to protect franchise value while achieving maximum asset sales prices.

Managed operations half of bank, which had 200 employees; allocated and evaluated personnel and financial resources with $300 million budget.

Coordinated "swaps" of $1 billion mortgage loans into FNMA, FHLMC, and RTC-MBS securities.

Designed and implemented policies for marketing loans and unwinding complex securities transactions.

Chaired Asset Sales Management Committee and served on Credit Review Committee.

Managed department of 25 professionals and six clerical, with budget of $12 million.

Co-wrote policy manual for selling securities by Capital Markets Group.

Directed 35 contractors who managed and sold 1700 assets and subsidiaries ($1 billion) owned by RTC Savings and Loan Associations.

Supervised 70 accountants in reconciling $1 billion remaining securities portfolio.

Served as Board member of Trust Company, Mortgage Bank, Savings and Loan and Special Purpose Finance Subsidiaries; directed marketing strategy of the subsidiaries.

Completed sale of $2 billion Trust Company at $6.7 million profit.

 RTC closed one year early and $13 billion under budget.

 

MERITOR SAVINGS BANK (PSFS)

Protected value of bank's assets through management and trading of $2.5 billion portfolio of interest rate swaps, caps, floors, options and financial futures.

Increased bank income by $2 million in 1987, $5 million in 1988 and $15 million in 1989 through interest rate cap and swap transactions.

Managed investment in derivative mortgage securities, including IOs, POs, REMICs.

Developed and presented training seminars on Capital Markets.

Wrote and edited The Fixed Income Monitor - a newsletter distributed to customers and senior management.

Directed strategic and tactical financial planning, forecasting and analysis. Analyzed potential investments and divestitures.

Managed bank's interest sensitive gap.

Chaired committee to restructure bank's assets, resulting in reduced interest expense and less interest rate risk exposure.            Forecasted key interest rates and economic data to determine opportunities for investment.

Designed financial planning regression model to simulate corporate restructuring. Implementation of plan caused capital infusion of $75 million and an increase in regulatory capital to 6.89%.

Served as Acting Economist and member of Asset/Liability Committee.

 

CITICORP INVESTMENT BANK

Sold bonds, money-market instruments and mortgage-backed securities to financial institutions and money managers. Top salesperson (of 173) in Citicorp products.

Designed new hedging and mortgage products.

 

FIRST PENNSYLVANIA BANK

Participated in management of $150 million commercial loan portfolio.

 

ECONOMIC CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, OFFICE of the DIRECTOR OF FINANCE 1977-1980

Saved City of Philadelphia $10 million by recommending advance refunding of specific maturities of outstanding serial bonds.

BOARD of GOVERNORS of the FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM, DC 1970-1976

UNITED STATES TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Washington, DC 1972,1976,1980

 

PUBLICATIONS

ACADEMIC

"The Friedman-Meiselman CMC Paper: New Evidence on a Seven-Year Old Controversy," Econometrica, July 1971 (co-author with William Poole)

"The Friedman-Meiselman CMC Paper: New Evidence on an Old Controversy," American Economic Review, December 1973 (co-author with William Poole)

“Optimum Currency Area:  Euro as a Practical Paradigm?” Chapter 14 in GOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS: ISSUES AND STRATEGIES, Edited by Dilip K. Ghosh and Mohamed Ariff, Praeger Press (Greenwood Publishing) , 2004

 

 

DISCUSSION PAPERS

"The Relative Stability of Monetary Velocity and the Keynesian Multiplier," University of Rochester Department of Economics Discussion Paper, September 1971

"IMF World Trade Model and Realignment Effects on LDCS," Department of Treasury Working Paper, September 1972

"Some Effects of Devaluation on a Small Open Economy - An Analysis Applicable to the Fiji 1967 Experience," Wellesley Economics Paper #8, June 1974

"Import Substitution Following Devaluation," Wellesley Economics Paper #12, October 1974

"Wage Rate, Prices and Production Changes in Fiji", Wellesley Economics Paper #13, November 1974

"The Monetary Approach to the Balance of Payments and the Fiji Islands," University of Pennsylvania Department of Economics Discussion Paper, February 1975

"Some Effects of the 1967 Sterling Devaluation on Fiji", University of Pennsylvania Finance Department Discussion Paper, August 1976

"Some Effects of a Devaluation on Factor Prices," University of Pennsylvania Finance Department Discussion Paper, November 1976

"Some Effects of the 1967 Sterling Devaluation on Jamaica," Rodney White Foundation Occasional Paper, September 1977

"Export and Import Functions of Fiji," University of Pennsylvania Finance Department Discussion Paper, December 1977

"Nontraded Goods and Tariff Distortion," University of Pennsylvania Finance Department Discussion Paper, August 1978

"Monetary and Real Aspects of a Terms of Trade Change on the Fiji Economy," University of Pennsylvania Finance Department Discussion Paper, November 1978

"Stability of Money Demand and the Brown-Durbin Test," University of Pennsylvania Finance Department Discussion Paper, February 1979

"Fiji, Subsistence and Market, Combined", Rodney White Foundation Paper 1980

"The Commonwealth Sugar Agreement and the Fiji Islands" 1999

"Sugar, Long-Term Contracts and Changes in the Terms of Trade" 1999

"Measuring Liquidity Premium in Off-the-Run U.S. Treasury Bonds" 1999

“Conducting Monetary Policy with No Treasury Securities,” 2002

 

NON-ACADEMIC

"Energy Source is What We All Need," Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, February 1979

"Senate Bill # 199 - Why It Benefits Philadelphia," Office of the Director of Finance, City of Philadelphia, Occasional Paper, April 1979

"T.L.C. for Your Money," Working Woman Magazine, May 1980

"Treasury and Agency Securities: Issuance and Distribution, 1970-1983," Citicorp Money Markets Division Occasional Paper, June 1983

"The Savings and Loan Industry -- Investment Profile, 1970-1983," Citicorp Money Markets Division Occasional Paper, September 1983

"Unit Investment Trusts -- Investment Profile," Citicorp Money Markets Division Occasional Paper, November 1983

Guide to Fixed Income Securities, published by Citicorp North American Investment Bank, March 1984

A Primer on Municipal Securities, Citicorp Investment Bank, 1984

"Hedging Exchange Rate Risk with Forward Protection Agreements, Citicorp Investment Bank Capital Markets Analysis, May 1986

"Interest Rate Risk Management Primer," Meritor Financial Markets Research Paper, September 1986

Hedging Policy Manual, Meritor Financial Group, December 1986

"A Primer on Fixed Income Securities", Meritor Savings Bank Occasional Papers, 1986

"Hedging the Mortgage Pipeline", Meritor Savings Bank Occasional Papers, 1987

"What Happens When the Loan is Prepaid but the Hedge Stays: the Peril of Hedging Mortgage Loans with Interest Rate Swaps", Meritor Savings Bank Occasional Papers, 1987

"FDIC Income Maintenance Agreement, Hedge Value, Replacement and Closing of Interest Sensitive Gap", Meritor Financial Group Capital Markets Research Paper, September 1987

"Hedging Commercial Real Estate," Meritor Financial Group Capital Markets Research Paper, October 1987

"Structured Asset Liability Transactions Hedged with Interest Rate Caps," Meritor Financial Group Capital Markets Research Paper, October 1987

"REMICs and CMOs," Meritor Financial Group, Capital Markets Research Paper, November 1987

"I0s and POs: Stripped Mortgage Backed Securities," Meritor Financial Group Capital Markets Research Paper, December 1987

The Fixed Income Monitor, weekly publication on the credit and mortgage markets distributed internally and externally; wrote Credit Markets and Economic Analysis columns; edited Money Markets, Mortgage Markets and Special Studies, Meritor Financial Group Capital Markets, March 1987-May 1988

Weekly Economic Report, Interest Rate Forecast, Asset Liability Analyses; Meritor Financial Group, January- May 1989

"Interest Rate Swaps, Caps and Other Derivatives," Meritor Savings Bank Occasional Papers, 1988

"SALT: Structured Transactions to Hedge Mortgage Securities", Meritor Savings Bank Occasional Papers, 1988

"Advanced Interest Rate Swaps," American Bankers Association School of Bank Investments, June 1988

"Managing and Measuring the Interest Sensitive Gap," Meritor Financial Group, March 1989

Capital Markets Branch Procedures Manual, Resolution Trust Corporation, September 1991

"Commercial and Multifamily Mortgage Loan Sales", Resolution Trust Corporation, March 1992

Capital Markets Intervention Assistance Kit for Securities, Resolution Trust Corporation, June 1992

"Agency Swaps," Resolution Trust Corporation, July 1992

"Resolution Trust Corporation Series 1992 HEL-1, Junior Mortgage Lien Portfolio with a Combination of Fixed and Adjustable Loan Terms, Resolution Trust Corporation, October 1992

Trust Department Procedures, Resolution Trust Corporation, January 1993

Case Presentations to Credit Committee, Resolution Trust Corporation, 1990-1995

Power Point transparency masters for Fabozzi and Modigliani, Capital Markets- Institutions and Instruments, 1998

Power Point transparency masters for Hughes and MacDonald, International Banking: Text and Cases, 2002

 

 

PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

Econometric Society, "The Friedman-Meiselman CMC Paper: New Evidence on a Seven-Year Old Controversy," (co-author with William Poole), 1970

Brookings Institution, "Alternate Paths to Monetary Stability," 1971

Seminars at Board of Governors (1973,1976); Harvard University (1974); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1974)

Econometric Society, "Some Effects of the 1967 Sterling Devaluation on Fiji," 1976

Western Economic Association, "Stability of Money Demand and the Brown-Durbin Test for Constancy of Regression Relationships," 1980

Midwest Finance Association, "Bank Reactions to Changes in the Discount Rate," 1985

First International Conference on Banking and Finance, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, “Optimum Currency Area: Euro as a Practical Paradigm?”, 2000

First International Conference on Banking and Finance, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, “Estimating Economic Profits of a Bank and Its Market Value”, 2000

“Should the United Kingdom Joint the EMU?”, Second International Conference on Banking and Finance, Crete, 2002

 “Immediate Impact of the Events of September 11, 2001, on the Bond Market,” Second International Conference on Banking and Finance, Crete, 2002

“US and EMU: Interest Rate Reaction to Releases of Foreign Economic Data,” Inaugural International Conference on Business, Banking and Finance, Port of Spain, Trinidad, April, 2004

 

Discussant, session chair:

Econometric Society, Atlantic City, 1976

Midwest Finance Association, Cincinnati, 1985

First International Conference on Banking and Finance, Kuala Lumpur, 2001

Pacific Basin Economics Conference, New Brunswick, September, 2001

Financial Management Association, San Antonio, October, 2002

Financial Management Association, Denver, October, 2003

Inaugural International Conference on Business, Banking and Finance, Port of Spain, Trinidad, April, 2004

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JOURNAL EDITORSHIPS

Business Economics, 1999-present

Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, 2000

 

OTHER PRESENTATIONS

Citicorp/Bell Investments Seminar, "Introduction to the Credit Markets," 1983

Meritor Financial Group, "Interest Rate Risk Management," 1986

Euromoney Seminars, "One Bank's Experience with Interest Rate Swaps," 1986

Meritor Financial Group Capital Markets Seminars: 1987 Series, "Terminology of the Credit Markets," 1987

Merrill Lynch Interest Rate Risk Management Seminars, "Risk-Controlled Arbitrage with Interest Rate Caps," 1987

Meritor Financial Group Capital Markets Seminars: 1987 Series, "Structured Asset Liability Transactions - the Hedge Component," 1987

Meritor Financial Group Capital Markets Seminars: 1987 Series, "New Developments in Capital Markets -- REMICs with Commercial Mortgages," 1987

American Bankers Association Schools of Bank Investments and Financial and Funds Management, "Interest Rate Swaps," 1988

Willow Grove Chamber of Commerce, "The Economic Outlook for 1989," 1988

American Bankers Association National and Graduate School of Bank Investments, "Advanced Off-Balance Sheet Vehicles," 1989

WEFA, "Derivative Securities and Interest Rate Forecasts", 1996

Chair, Washington Policy Conference, National Association for Business Economics, Washington DC, 2001

Session Chair, National Association for Business Economics, Atlanta, GA, 2003

Annual Meeting Co-Chair, National Association for Business Economics, Philadelphia, PA, 2004

 

 

 

OTHER TEACHING ACTIVITIES

New York Institute of Finance - prepare students for CFA exam

Morgan Stanley – teach Financial Statements Forecasting for students from Beijing, China

American Bankers Association, School of Bank Investments - taught courses in off-balance sheet vehicles and hedging techniques

University of Pennsylvania - taught "Money, Power and Politics"

 

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES

Junior Faculty Representative to University Council 1978-1980

Dean selection to Committee on State and Local Government and Tax Policy, 2000

The Trading Room Committee, 2001-2002

Advisor – FBIS (Financial Banking & Investment Society), 2003-2004

Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2003-2004

Member, Executive Education Committee, 2003-2004

Member, “Wikler” Task Force, 2003-2004

Judge, MBA Case Competition, 2004

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES and Community Service

Board of Directors, Financial Management Association

Board of Directors, National Association for Business Economics

Chair, Washington Policy Conference, National Association for Business Economics

Co-Chair, Annual Meeting, National Association for Business Economics

President, Philadelphia Council for Business Economics

Board of Directors, The Valley Club;          Women in Transition 1995-1997

Philadelphia Finance Association 1986-1990

Women for Greater Philadelphia 1986-1989

Admissions Interviewer Washington University in St. Louis

President Philadelphia Women's Political Caucus 1979-1981

Vice President Philadelphia Committee on City Policy 1978-1981

Vice President Somerton Civic Association 1986-1988

Commentator on "Speaking of Your Money," Radio Station WCAU 1978-1980

Panelist KYW-TV and WPHL-TV 1978-1980

 

AWARDS, HONORS and FELLOWSIHPS

Omicron Delta Epsilon - Economics Honorary 1969

Deans List 1966-1969

Bachelor of Arts - Cum Laude - Washington University 1969

University Fellowships, Research Assistantships/Teaching Assistantships, University of Rochester 1970-1973

University Fellowship, Rodney White Fellowship 1977

Recipient of the Thomas H. Mott award for Excellence in Teaching 2000

Nominated for Krowe Teaching Award 2003

 

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

WHARTON SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA

Advanced graduate studies in Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Planning and Law

Registered Securities Representative (Series 3, 7, 63)

Computer training in Excel, Lotus, Access, Paradox, WordPerfect, Word, QuickBooks, PowerPoint, Fortran, SAS, TSP and Basic.

 

Home pages: http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/finance/elinda-kiss

http://www.elinda-kiss.rutgers.edu cell:     215-962-9071