Sam M. Walton College of Business - University of Arkansas

• B.A., University of Toronto, History, 1979
• MA, Royal Military College of Canada, War Studies, 1982
• MBA, Dalhousie University, Business, 1992
• Ph.D., University of Oregon, Finance, 2001

• Investments
• Corporate Finance
• Global Financial Markets and Institutions

Research Interests

• Empirical Corporate Finance
• Empirical Investments Finance
• International Finance

Dr. Rennie joined the Walton College in 2001 as Assistant Professor of Finance. He has taught Principles of Investments, Honors Colloquium in Business, and Portfolio Management I and II (The Portfolio Management Class http://portfolio.waltoncollege.uark.edu) at the undergraduate level, and the MBA Partnering Project in Finance I and II (The Shollmier Fund) and the Ph.D. Seminar in Financial Markets and Institutions at the graduate level. Between the Portfolio Management Class and the Shollmier Fund, Dr. Rennie and his students manage approximately $1.6 million. He serves/has served on 4 Ph.D. dissertation committees and supervised numerous Honors theses. Dr. Rennie also designed/taught the course "Millionaire 101: How to Become Insanely Rich through Investing" as part of the University of Arkansas Gifted and Talented Scholars Program. Before joining the Walton College, Dr. Rennie taught Principles of Finance, Corporate Financial Management, and Micro-Economics while working on his Ph.D. at the University of Oregon. His prior experience includes 14 years service in a variety of operational and support positions with the Canadian Armed Forces (Air Force), where he reached the rank of Major.

Recent Research Articles

• Investment Portfolios and Securities Pricing
  
• Related Party Transactions and Corporate Governance
  
• CEO Cash and Stock Based Compensation Changes, Layoff Decisions, and Shareholder Value
  
• CEO Equity Portfolio Incentives and Layoff Decisions
  

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