Johannesburg · BCom Finance, University of Johannesburg

Kamogelo
Obos.

Quantitative finance.

I work where investment research meets code — valuing companies, building portfolio and risk tooling, and testing ideas with data. Executive portfolio manager for UJ Invest's Global Markets Investment Team and founder of OBXCreatives and OBX Alethia.

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Kamogelo Obos
Executive Portfolio Manager
Currently pursuingWorldQuant University · Applied Data Science LabWorldQuant University · Applied AI Lab (computer vision)BCom Finance · University of Johannesburg (final year 2027)J.P. Morgan · Quantitative Research job simulationLSE · Mathematics & Statistics MicroBachelors · 2027CFA Level I candidate · 2027

Experience

Where I’ve put it to work

Full experience

  1. Jan 2026 — Present

    Executive Portfolio Manager

    UJ Invest — Global Markets Investment Team (GMIT)

    • Leads the team's global-markets portfolio, sign-off and department access
    • Built the GMIT Portfolio platform used by the team for watchlists, alerts, valuations and market briefs

  2. Apr 2025 — Present

    Investment Analyst

    UJ Invest

    • Industry selection and macroeconomic analysis for US equities (information technology, aerospace & defence)
    • Equity research reports with DCF valuations and investment recommendations on Palantir and NVIDIA

  3. Feb 2024

    Festival commission — stage backdrop design

    Vensters 2024 Festival (Stellenbosch)

    • Designed backdrops for the main stage and two further stages under a tight deadline (Adobe Illustrator + physical art)

Research

Questions I’ve tested with data

All research

Quantitative research

Markowitz MVO × Treynor–Black

Max-Sharpe mean-variance optimisation with a Treynor–Black active overlay sized by the CFA Fundamental Law — weekly returns to remove non-synchronous beta bias, FX-aware, with optional Ledoit–Wolf shrinkage.

Universe
12 global equities
Frequency
Weekly (W-FRI)
PythonPyPortfolioOptpandasNumPyyfinance

Financial modelling

Equity research — Palantir & NVIDIA

Industry selection, macro analysis and DCF valuations with investment recommendations for UJ Invest.

ExcelDCFEquity research

Virtual experiences

Desk work, simulated

All virtual experiences

Quant research (Forage)

Natural-gas storage contract pricing

Trend-plus-seasonality price model for natural gas used to value storage contracts — the J.P. Morgan Quantitative Research virtual experience.

PythonNumPypandasmatplotlib

Ventures

Things I’m building

All ventures

Founder · MVP · since Jun 2025

OBX Alethia

A permissioned digital contract chamber for institutional capital — deal rooms, settlement, compliance and an agentic ERP layer with human oversight.

Next.jsTypeScriptSolidityAI agents

Founder & designer · since Sep 2024

OBXCreatives

Art and technical design studio — commissions, festival stage design and brand work.

IllustratorPhotoshopFigmaReact

Credentials

Earned, and in progress

All credentials
FinTech: Foundations & Applications of Financial Technology (Specialization) certificate

Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania · Coursera · Dec 2025

FinTech: Foundations & Applications of Financial Technology (Specialization)

Four Wharton courses on how technology is rebuilding finance — payments and regulation, cryptocurrencies, lending, crowdfunding and robo-advice, and AI in insurance and real estate.

  • Cryptocurrency and Blockchain: An Introduction to Digital CurrenciesVerify
  • Lending, Crowdfunding, and Modern InvestingVerify
  • Application of AI, InsurTech, and Real Estate TechnologyVerify
Verify credential
Web3 and Blockchain Fundamentals certificate

INSEAD · Coursera · Dec 2025

Web3 and Blockchain Fundamentals

Blockchain fundamentals, digital assets and Web3 business models, taught by Don and Alex Tapscott — groundwork for OBX Alethia.

Verify credential
Google Prompting Essentials (Specialization) certificate

Google · Coursera · Dec 2025

Google Prompting Essentials (Specialization)

Four Google courses on structured prompting — everyday work tasks, faster data analysis and presentations, and using AI as an expert partner.

  • Speed Up Data Analysis and Presentation BuildingVerify
  • Design Prompts for Everyday Work TasksVerify
  • Use AI as a Creative or Expert PartnerVerify
Verify credential

About

From a stockbroker’s desk to code.

My interest in markets started with job-shadowing a stockbroker at Afrifocus Securities, learning how client orders, asset classes and the buy and sell sides of the market work. I began a BCom in Economic Sciences at Stellenbosch University, did not complete it, and continued my studies in finance at the University of Johannesburg, where I have written equity research on Palantir and NVIDIA for UJ Invest and now lead the Global Markets Investment Team's portfolio.

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Contact

Let’s talk markets, models, a role or a venture.

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