Levon Goukasian

Levon Goukasian is a Professor of Finance and the Will Singleton Chair in Finance at Pepperdine University. He holds a B.A. from Yerevan State University, Armenia, M.S., M.A. and a Ph.D. from The University of Southern California, USA.

Dr. Goukasian has taught finance at Pepperdine for eight years. Before joining Pepperdine, he taught at USC, and was a senior hedge specialist at the Risk Management Department of Countrywide Financial Corp. He has also been a consultant to various organizations in the field of Financial Risk Management and Asset Management. Goukasian has made research contributions in several fields including optimal portfolio allocation, monetary policy impact on asset prices, and corporate social responsibility.

His latest projects include papers in optimal contracting problems, the importance of investment strategy, and optimal asset allocation.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) University of Southern California (1996 — 2001)

Companies

• PROFESSOR Pepperdine University (2004)
• Associate Prof Pepperdine University (2004 — 2012)
• Adjunct Professor USC Marshall School of Business (2002 — 2005)

Skills

• Statistics
• Quantitative Analytics
• Portfolio Management

Other

Risk Management

Awards

• Will Singleton Chair in Finance, 2012-
• John and Francis Duggan Professor of Business, 2008-2012
• Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence, 2006
• Seaver Research Fellow, 2004, 2005