# Professor Edward Altman Predicts 2010 Default Rate at Private Equity Conference

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[
Edward Altman](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/edward-altman), Max L. Heine Professor of [Finance](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/finance), presented new research forecasting a 4.27-6.7 percent default rate in 2010 at the first annual private equity conference hosted by NYU Stern [Salomon Center](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/salomon-center-for-the-study-of-financial-institutions) and Alvarez & Marsal.

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— 1/26/2010

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