Professor of Practice in Investment Management and Asset Pricing (0.2-0.3 FTE) (V24.0615)

The Board of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) is recruiting a Professor of Practice in Investment Management and Asset Pricing.

The chair is part of the Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance (EEF). This Department is the largest Department of the Faculty of Economics and Business, with about 110 staff members and over 50 PhD students. The research activities of the Department are embedded in the research program Economics, Econometrics and Finance of FEBRI, the research school of the Faculty. The Department has a strong presence in a bachelor's program in Economics and Business Economics and a bachelor's program in Econometrics and Operations Research. In addition, it offers master's programs in Finance; International Financial Management; Economics; and Econometrics, Operations and Actuarial Sciences. Finance courses are offered in all these programs. The Department further provides a broad range of finance courses in the two other bachelor’s programs of the Faculty of Economics and Business. Finally, the Department also actively participates in the Research Master program, offering finance and economics courses to Research Master and PhD students.

The new professor will

• Teach the elective course Institutional Investment Management (part of the MSc Finance program) and supervise MSc Finance Master theses
• Deal with investment management, including the role of financial institutions (mutual funds, banks, pension funds, insurance companies and other asset managers) and with the effects of the investment management industry on asset prices.
• Have extensive practical experience and a strong engagement with institutions in the investment management industry. This practical experience and engagement with the industry is important as it provides close links with the ongoing teaching and research on finance in the Department.

Institutional investment management has continued to gain in importance. This is likely to continue because of demographic challenges, transfers of risk from public to private balance sheets and increasing individualization. Firms like Blackrock, State Street and Vanguard are now the world’s largest investors. The start of the new century has provided many challenges and opportunities for the investment management industry. Being on top of these developments is important, especially for students, as they will have to understand and be able to deal with the consequences of these trends when employed in the financial sector. Teaching aims to deepen students’ understanding of investment management, and the use of portfolio management and asset pricing techniques. Next to learning the theoretical aspects of institutional investment management, the empirical evidence, and practical applications, it is also important that students have opportunities to meet investment management professionals who share their industry experience.

The Professor of Practice will be able to bridge the gap between academic work and practice. The research of the professor should focus on linking the practice of investment management to academic research, and in particular the consequences for fund management and asset pricing. The research aims at working in close cooperation with financial institutions and organizations.

The position encompasses the regular duties of a professor in the areas of teaching, research and administration. The chair will have responsibilities in terms of education and research.

Responsibilities and duties

• As to teaching, the primary responsibility of the new professor is to contribute to the finance courses in the MSc programs within the Faculty, including executive education, focusing on investment management and asset pricing. The new professor will also actively supervise MSc theses.
• The professor’s research activities will be in investment and asset pricing, particularly the role of the investment management industry.
• The professor will actively participate in the public debate related to investment management.
• The professor will also be expected to generate outside funding for research, preferably from private market sources.

Organisation
The University of Groningen, founded in 1614, has a strong focus on research. We are in the top 100 of several influential university ranking lists. The Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) is one of the largest faculties of the University with approximately 7,000 students. It has a strong international reputation and is AACSB and EQUIS accredited.

The candidate must possess the following

• A PhD in finance or economics.
• Broad and deep practical knowledge in the field of investments, asset pricing and asset management demonstrated by national and international practice-oriented publications; academic publications in this field are recommended.
• Excellent teaching abilities and experience in curriculum development. Ideally, the candidate has a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ), or is willing to obtain this qualification.
• Extensive work experience and networks in the national (and international) finance industry.
• Visibility in and experience with (social) media.

The chair is a part-time position at the level of full professor for 0.2 to 0.3 FTE. We offer a salary depending on qualifications and work experience, based on full-time equivalent, starting from € 6,963 (Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities) to a maximum of € 12,239 gross salary per month, excluding 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus and participation in a pension scheme for employees. Favourable tax treatment may apply to Non-Dutch applicants.

Do you meet our qualification criteria? If yes, your application should include

• A full curriculum vitae including a complete list of publications.
• A letter of motivation.

You may apply for this position until 12 January 11:59pm / before 13 January 2024 Dutch local time (CET) by means of the application form (click on "Apply" below on the advertisement on the university website)by means of the application form (click on "Apply" below on the advertisement on the university website).

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