Brian Bruce

Biography

Brian is the Director of the Neeley Alternative Investment Program. He oversees the development of the program and teaches an introduction to alternatives class and an experiential alternatives class.

Brian is Chair of the Board of Directors of The Center for Investment Research. The Center is a 501(c3) founded in 1993 to support academic research in investing. He is also currently Chair of the Board of Directors of the NXG family of funds.

Previously, Brian was Founder, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Hillcrest Asset Management. Under Brian, Hillcrest grew assets to over $1 billion and the firm won numerous awards for outstanding investment performance.  Before founding Hillcrest, Brian was Chief Investment Officer at PanAgora Asset Management, a subsidiary of Putnam Investments. Previously, Brian held senior investment roles at State Street Global Advisors and the Northern Trust.

Brian received his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, M.S. from DePaul University, and B.S. from Illinois State University. Brian has been an adjunct professor at Baylor University and was Director of the Finance Institute and Founding Director of the Alternative Asset Management Center at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. He is a member of the Illinois State University College of Business Hall of Fame, is a recipient of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business CEO Award and was awarded the SMU Cox School of Business Media Expert of the Year Award. 

Brian has published numerous scholarly articles and books including Analysts, Lies, and Statistics which he co-authored with former Harvard Business School Professor Mark Bradshaw. He co-authored the only textbook for student managed portfolios, Student-Managed Investment Funds. He is the Editor of Journal of Investing, the Journal of Beta Investment Strategies, the Journal of Impact & ESG Investing and the Journal of Behavioral Finance.