Biography

James Haltiner DBA, University of Virginia, teaches core financial management classes in the Flex MBA program and investments/portfolio electives, and provides oversight of the MBA student managed equity portfolio, "The Batten Fund." In 2004, he was named the Frank Batten Professor for Distinguished MBA Teaching.

Haltiner is a former Director of the MBA Program and has consulted with or served as an expert witness for a number of public and private organizations about financial valuation, financing, investors' opportunity cost of capital, and in matters of utility rate regulation. He is currently a member of Riverside Health Care System's Asset Management Committee and a former member of the state of Virginia's pension fund Investment Advisory Committee.

Areas of Interest/Expertise

• Portfolio Management for Institutions
• Equity Security Valuation Analysis
• Asset Allocation Models
• Risk Adjusted Performance Measurement
• Corporate Resource Allocation
• Cost of Capital
• Capital Budgeting Analysis/Process