Michael G. Thompson

Michael G. Thompson is an American financial research professional. A specialist in understanding the complex relationships between disparate asset classes and economic fundamentals, Thompson is currently Managing Director, Market, Credit and Risk Strategies at Standard & Poor's 1. The group is an independent, client-facing research unit at Standard & Poor’s that is charged with helping investors to better understand the cross-market and cross-asset class valuations and relationships in the capital markets. Thompson’s team was formed when he and several colleagues joined Standard and Poor’s in June 2008.

Thompson joined Standard and Poor’s from Thomson Reuters, where he was Managing Director, Thomson Reuters Research. In this role, Thompson led the firm’s market analysis team, providing research to investors and driving corporate policy on new regulatory initiatives. In this role, Thompson was integral to setting policy on the handling of FASB 123(R) accounting mandates in the Thomson First Call Mean. At Thomson Reuters, the research team was best known for conveying expectations on how well industries and corporations were performing.

Prior to joining Thomson Reuters, Thompson was Risk Strategist at RiskMetrics Group2, the New York-based financial risk management firm. Prior to RiskMetrics Group, Thompson was the co-founder of BulldogResearch.com, a financial analytics firm that evaluated the performance of Wall Street equity analysts. Thompson’s career in finance began in asset management, first as part of the original high net worth start up team within the JPMorgan Securities Private Client Group and later with the Lehman Brothers Private Client Services Group.

Thompson is known for his advocating greater transparency and accountability to investors in the capital markets.

Thompson is a regular source of market commentary and insight to the world’s leading news outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Barron’s, The Financial Times and CNBC.