Speakers

Susan Hosterman is a Senior Director in the North American RMBS and Covered Bonds group at Fitch Ratings. Susan began her career at Fitch in 2006, evaluating the credit risk of newly issued U.S. RMBS transactions. In 2008 Susan transitioned to Fitch’s U.S. RMBS surveillance team where she monitored the performance and assessed the credit risk of Fitch rated U.S. RMBS transactions. After which Susan added to her knowledge of RMBS by assessing the operational capabilities of U.S. and Canadian originators and servicers for two years. Susan has been in her current role as lead analyst for U.S. and Canadian RMBS and Covered Bonds for the past eight years. Susan has worked on various asset types in US RMBS including Prime, NQM, Agency Investor, RPL, HELOCs/CES, Revolvers, and Credit Linked Notes.

Prior to working at Fitch, Susan worked at Bloomberg and Reuters focusing on U.S. Structured Finance research and modeling. 

Susan holds an M.B.A. in Finance and Economics from New York University and a B.A. in Financial Economics from Moravian University.