Faculty

UCLA Anderson Finance Faculty Achievements by the Numbers
#1 Ranked finance faculty in research publications in the four leading peer-reviewed journals by Financial Management Association.
4 of UCLA Anderson finance faculty have served as presidents of the American Finance Association - an accomplishment unmatched by any other institution.
# 7 - UCLA Anderson's finance program rating by business school deans and MBA program directors in the 2010 U.S. News & World Report rankings.

 

Finance Faculty

  • Daniel Andrei, assistant professor
  • Antonio E. Bernardo, professor; Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University; corporate finance, information in financial markets
  • Michael J. Brennan, professor emeritus, Ph.D., Finance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; asset pricing; portfolio strategy
  • Bruce Ian Carlin, assistant professor; Ph.D., Finance, Duke University; corporate finance, household finance
  • Bhagwan Chowdhry, professor; Ph.D., Finance, University of Chicago; international finance, corporate finance and strategy
  • Stuart A. Gabriel, professor; Arden Realty Chair; Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley; real estate finance and economics, urban economics
  • Mark J. Garmaise, assistant professor; Ph.D., Finance, Stanford University; corporate finance, financial contracting, venture capital, real estate
  • Robert L. Geske, associate professor; Ph.D., Finance, UC Berkeley; asset pricing; derivatives; volatility estimation; credit risk
  • Mark S. Grinblatt, professor; J. Clayburn LaForce Endowed Chair in Management; Ph.D., Economics, Yale University; empirical and theoretical asset pricing, corporate finance
  • Jason Hsu, adjunct assistant professor; Ph.D., Finance, University of California, Los Angeles; international finance, equity premium puzzle, optimal portfolio allocation
  • Francis A. Longstaff, professor; Allstate Professor of Insurance and Finance; Ph.D., Finance, University of Chicago; fixed income markets, derivative securities, liquidity issues, credit derivatives
  • Hanno Lustig, associate professor; Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University; asset pricing, macroeconomics, international finance
  • Richard Roll, professor; Japan Alumni Chair in International Finance; director, Center for Finance and Investments; Ph.D., Economics, Finance, University of Chicago; financial economics, monetary theory, statistics
  • Eduardo S. Schwartz, professor; California Chair in Real Estate and Land Economics; Ph.D., Finance, University of British Columbia; option pricing, valuation of fixed income securities and commodity derivatives, evaluation of natural resources investments, valuation of mortgage-backed securities, real options
  • Avanidhar Subrahmanyam; professor; Goldyne and Irwin Hearsh Chair in Money and Banking; Ph.D., Finance, UCLA; investor psychology, determinants of stock returns, market liquidity
  • Walter Torous, professor; Lee and Seymour Graff Professor, Finance Area Chair; Ph.D., Economics, University of Pennsylvania; managerial finance, pricing of financial instruments, reorganization of financial distressed firms

A Conversation with MFE Professor Lustig

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Faculty Focus
Professor Richard Roll
Japan Alumni Chair in Finance Director, Fink Center for Finance & Investments

The UCLA Anderson finance faculty, alumni and network of professionals are all highly enthusiastic about the MFE Program. Our program aims to equip students with the tools, intuition and practical focus necessary to become successful in today’s dynamic and evolving financial industry.

Alumni Focus
Ian Broff MFE '10
VP, Credit Strategies Specialist, Bank of the West, San Francisco CA

The UCLA Anderson MFE Program gave me the opportunity to learn from one of the most distinguished faculties in finance. It is a program where theory meets application, demonstrating how the most advance concepts in financial engineering can be utilized to solve practical problems.