Brian Gendreau

Brian Gendreau

  • Clinical Professor

Location

  • Warrington College of Business
  • Eugene F. Brigham Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Department
  • Stuzin Hall 303E

Brian Gendreau is a Clinical Professor of Finance, Richardson Faculty Fellow, and the former Director of the Latin American Business Environment program at the Center of Latin American Studies at the University of Florida. Previously Brian was a global market strategist at ING Investment Management, Heckman Global Advisors, and Salomon Smith Barney and an economist and head of emerging markets economics at J.P. Morgan. Before that he served as a staff economist with the Federal Reserve. Brian has a PhD from the Wharton School and an M.A from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and has published on economics and finance in academic journals. He has taught in the MBA programs at Wharton and New York University. While at J.P. Morgan he was named number one in Latin American economics in Institutional Investors rankings; at Salomon Smith Barney he was a member of the number one teams in asset allocation and in quantitative analysis in those rankings. In 2015 he was named the International Educator of the Year by the Warrington College of Business. Brian has appeared frequently on CNBC, Fox Business television, and Bloomberg television.

Expertise and interest areas

  • Asset Allocation
  • Emerging Markets
  • Financial Crises
  • Macro Finance

News

Courses taught

  • Business Financial Management (FIN5405)
  • Emerging Markets Finance I (FIN6575)
  • Finance II: Capital Structure and Risk Management Issues (FIN5439)
  • International Finance (FIN6638)
  • Open Economy Macrofinance (FIN6636)
  • Special Topics in Finance (FIN6930)

Education

  • PhD – in Business Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1990
  • MA – Concentration in international economics and Latin American studies, School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, 1976
  • BA – Economics (Attended on the Oliver Bishop Harriman Scholarship of the American Foreign Service Associ, Northwestern University, 1973

PhD students advised

  • Isabella Camacaro — 2020 — Current

Professional service

  • Conference-Related, International Atlantic Economic Society — 2020

Journal article publications

  • The Mexican Revolution and the Bond Markets
    • Status: In Preparation; Not Yet Submitted
    • Author: Brian Gendreau

Research monograph publications

  • Latin American Business Environment Report 2021
    • Status: Published
    • Published Year: 2021
    • Author: Brian Gendreau
  • Latin American Business Environment Report 2020
    • Status: Published
    • Published Year: 2020
    • Author: Brian Gendreau