Steven Todd

About

Steven Todd is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Quinlan School of Business. Dr. Todd completed his Ph.D. in finance and business economics at the University of Washington in Seattle; he also holds a B.S. degree in Operations Research from Cornell University. Dr. Todd currently serves as Associate Dean for Faculty and Research at the Quinlan School of Business. He has also served as the Finance Department Chairperson and the Director of the Master of Science in Finance Program. 

Dr. Todd teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in corporate finance, investments, options, derivatives, credit risk management, financial math and modeling, international finance, portfolio management and investment banking.  His research interests include asset pricing, financial markets and institutions and corporate governance.  He has published papers on securitization, mutual fund performance measurement, managerial compensation, equity analysts and derivatives in several journals, including Real Estate Economics, Journal of Business, Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments, and the Journal of Futures Markets.

Prior to his academic career, Steven Todd worked on Wall Street as an analyst, investment banker and portfolio manager at Merrill Lynch and UBS Securities. He also served as a Director in the CDO Research Group at Wachovia Securities (now Wells Fargo) in the years leading up to the financial crisis.  

Degrees

PhD Finance 1997, University of Washington.

BS Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University

Research Interests

Financial markets and institutions

Asset pricing

Executive compensation

Courses Taught

FINC 332. Business Finance

FINC 335. Investments

FINC 345. Portfolio Management

FINC 346. Introduction to Options

FINC 355. International Financial Management

FINC 450. Financial Management

FINC 423. Options Markets

FINC 551. Derivatives and Corporate Risk Management

FINC 556. Investment Banking