Bradford Bodine
Background
Brad Bodine has more than 30 years of experience in the global institutional capital markets arena, specifically capital raising, finance, trading, risk, distribution and research. He has had senior roles with Credit Suisse, Barclays Capital, Wells Fargo/Wachovia, Canaccord Genuity, Bonneville Real Estate Capital, and was the founder and chairman of Cortview Capital (a Warburg Pincus portfolio company), where he effectively built a middle markets broker dealer from start-up to successful merger with Pierpont Amherst (sold recently to Santander).
Brad’s product expertise includes corporate credit, structured credit, mortgage credit, derivatives and liquid products (including currency). He is widely acknowledged as being a leader in capital and asset raising on behalf of funders, asset managers and broker dealers.
Brad holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Columbia University, where he studied under Nobel Prize-winning economist, Robert A. Mundell. He holds accreditations from FINRA (Series 3, 63, 7, and 24), the Mortgage Bankers Association (AMP designation) and the National Eagle Scout Association (Life Member).
Areas of Expertise
Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurial Finance
- Entrepreneurship
- Venture Capital
Finance
- Asset Pricing
- Capital Markets
- Derivatives
- Financial Markets
- Financial Services
- FinTech
- Investments
- Macroeconomics
- Venture Capital
Industries
- Banking
Courses
- BUSFIN 4223 - Fixed Income
- The basics of fixed-income securities, bond valuation skill development, and the measurement and management of credit and interest-rate risk. Prereq: 4211 and 4221. Not open to students with credit for 731.
- BUSFIN 4236 - Capital Markets
- This course focuses on the U.S. financial system and its major participants, including discussions regarding objectives and procedures for evaluating opportunities and pricing risk. Topics include the role and functions of the Federal Reserve System and related parties. This will include Investment Banking, Merchant Banking, Private Equity, Venture Capital, and newly evolving sources of capital. Prereq: 4211 and 4221.
- BUSFIN 7222 - Fixed Income Analysis
- An advanced survey of the structured products and options-based securities utilized in the bond market. Students will learn about synthetic instruments, derivative cash flow, and the discipline to manage assets using complex strategies and asset-liability matching protocols used by traditional asset managers as well as leveraged players in the global bond markets. Prereq: MBA 6223. Prereq or concur: BusFin 7210, 7220, or 7230; or enrollment in SMB-Finance program.
- BUSFIN 4218 - Fixed Income Securities
- An introduction to the mathematics and evaluation of US Dollar denominated fixed income instruments. Students will learn the underlying terms and conditions used in the fixed income markets and apply Excel based mathematical models to evaluate the pricing, yield, risk, and return attributes in the market. Prereq: 4211 and 4221.
- BUSFIN 7218 - Fixed Income Securities
- An introduction to the mathematics and evaluation of US Dollar denominated fixed income instruments. Students will learn the underlying terms and conditions used in the fixed income markets and apply traditional bond math to evaluate the pricing, yield, risk, and return attributes in the market. Prereq: MBA 6223, concur: BusFin 7210, 7220, or 7230; or enrollment in SMB-Finance program.