Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> May 3, 2010

Placing A New Value On Utilities – Nathan Judge – Atlantic Equities Llp

Nathan Judge
Nathan Judge, CFA, is the Senior Analyst covering the master limited partnership — MLP — sector at Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. Mr. Judge’s coverage is focused primarily on MLPs, as well as other pipeline companies. Mr. Judge joined Janney Montgomery Scott LLC from Atlantic Equities, where he spent the last 10-plus years as Lead Analyst covering pipelines/utilities. Atlantic Equities is a U.K.-based research firm focused on providing coverage of U.S. stocks to a predominately European institutional client base. Mr. Judge was a top-ranked Analyst by European investors in his category for five years. Prior to his time at Atlantic Equities, he spent five years as a Research Associate with Goldman Sachs, where he assisted senior analysts in a range of sectors including oil and gas exploration and production and homebuilding/building materials. Prior to Goldman Sachs, he also worked in a Research Associate capacity with Lehman Brothers. Mr. Judge graduated with a BBA in accounting and finance from Texas Christian University. Profile
TWST: As you look at the U.S. utility space, what are the hot buttons for investors at this point?

Mr. Judge: Currently there are quite a few things that people are focusing on. Some of them are near