Background

Open University of Kenya (OUK) is an equal opportunity employer and, therefore, applicants of either gender, youths, persons living with disabilities and those from marginalized areas are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Apply Modern Portfolio Theory: Teach students to construct efficient portfolios to maximize returns for a given level of risk.

Perform Security Valuation: Instruct on the various methods of valuing assets, including Dividend Discount Models, Discounted Cash Flow, and Relative Valuation.

Analyze Fixed-Income Securities: Teach the analysis of bond duration, convexity, and yield curves to manage interest rate risk in a portfolio.

Understand Alternative Assets: Guide students in evaluating asset classes like real estate, commodities, and private equity for portfolio diversification.

Evaluate Fund Performance: Train students to use Sharpe Ratio, Treynor Ratio, and Alpha to assess the historical performance of portfolio managers.

Develop Sector Strategies: Facilitate the creation of investment strategies based on macroeconomic trends and industry life cycle analysis.

• Apply Modern Portfolio Theory: Teach students to construct efficient portfolios to maximize returns for a given level of risk.
• Perform Security Valuation: Instruct on the various methods of valuing assets, including Dividend Discount Models, Discounted Cash Flow, and Relative Valuation.
• Analyze Fixed-Income Securities: Teach the analysis of bond duration, convexity, and yield curves to manage interest rate risk in a portfolio.
• Understand Alternative Assets: Guide students in evaluating asset classes like real estate, commodities, and private equity for portfolio diversification.
• Evaluate Fund Performance: Train students to use Sharpe Ratio, Treynor Ratio, and Alpha to assess the historical performance of portfolio managers.
• Develop Sector Strategies: Facilitate the creation of investment strategies based on macroeconomic trends and industry life cycle analysis.