Walter Torous is founding director of the Ziman Center for Real Estate and Professor of Finance at UCLA Anderson.  He teaches managerial finance, real estate finance, and empirical methods in finance. Dr. Torous’ research interests include the pricing of financial instruments (options, future, risky debt, mortgages), the reorganization of financially distressed firms, as well as statistical issues in finance. 

Dr. Torous previously taught at the University of Michigan and the London Business School. His consulting clients include the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and various thrifts, banks and other financial institutions.