Robert Brooks

Wallace D. Malone, Jr. Endowed Chair of Financial Management
The University of Alabama

Contact Information: Address:
Office:  226 Alston Hall   Department of Finance
Phone:  205-348-8987   226 Alston Hall, Box 870224
Fax:  205-348-0590   361 Stadium Drive
Email:  rbrooks@cba.ua.edu   Tuscaloosa, AL   35487
Cell: 205-799-9927  
   
Fall 2008 Class Schedule: Fall 2008 Office Hours:

FI 519 Monday 7:15-9:45 AM

Monday 10:00-11:30 AM, 1:15-3:00 PM or by appointment

   
Biographical Sketch:  
Robert Brooks (Bob) is the Wallace D. Malone, Jr. Endowed Chair of Financial Management at The University of Alabama, founding partner of BlueCreek Investment Partners, LLC, a money management firm (www.bluecreekip.com), and president of Financial Risk Management, LLC, a derivatives consulting firm (www.frmllc.biz).  He is the author of over 55 articles appearing in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Fixed Income, and others.  Further, he the co-author of An Introduction to Derivatives and Risk and Risk Management
(Seventh Edition) with Don Chance and has authored a book titled Building Financial Derivatives Applications with C++.  Bob has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News and The Bond Buyer.  Bob has consulted with major public utilities, energy companies, auditing firms, corporations, investment bankers, elected municipal officials, and commercial bankers regarding managing financial risks, derivatives valuation and software development.  Bob also conducts professional development seminars on various aspects of financial risk management, including energy derivatives valuation and energy risk management.

Vita and Other Information about me:

The following links take you to various parts of my web-based vita, which is not as detailed as the pdf version:

Instructional Material:

FI 419: Financial Engineering

FI 519: Financial Engineering

FI 520: Advanced Financial Engineering

Building Financial Risk Management Applications with Microsoft C++ (a work in progress)

Research Material:

<< to be completed >>

Miscellaneous Professional Material

<< to be completed >>

Personal Stuff

See www.frmllc.biz/Personal/Personal.htm.

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Last updated:  August 15, 2008