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  
   
Class Schedule: Office Hours:

FI 419: Tuesday and Thursday, 8:00-9:15 AM

Monday and Wednesday, 9:30-11:00 AM

FI 415: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-10:45 AM Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00-11:30 AM, 1:00-2:30 PM
FI 520: Monday and Wednesday, 8:00-9:15 AM  
   
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.frmhelp.com).  He is the author of over 60 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 (Eighth 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: (password protected -- students, call my cell phone for username and password, if you misplace it)

FI 419: Financial Derivatives (password protected)

FI 415: Advanced Investments (password protected)

FI 520: Advanced Financial Derivatives (password protected)

Research Material:

<< to be completed >>

Miscellaneous Professional Material

Presentation to CFA Society of Alabama on December 16, 2010

U.S. SEC Field Hearing Opening Statement: Distressed Communities Panel on July 29, 2011

U.S. SEC Field Hearing Opening Statement: Financial Derivatives Use in Municipal Finance Panel on July 29, 2011

Personal Stuff

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Last updated:  December 31, 2011