Awards supporting excellence in asset management
We develop the next generation of talent. Our awards support outstanding PhD and Masters students from LBS, as well as top scholars from around the world.
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These past annual awards recognised graduating students who showed academic excellence in asset management.
Students were judged on academic performance, good citizenship and potential future impact on the asset management industry.
Eligibility: London Business School graduating students from MBA, EMBA and MiF degree programmes
Judging panel: AQR Asset Management Institute Academic Directors
Award: The top students received a prize of £10,000.
This award scheme is no longer running.
Winner – Frederic Bottin (MBA)
Winner – Frederico Torre (Part-time MiF)
Winner – Matthew Robinson (Full-time MiF)
Winner – Alexander Del Olmo Irizar (MBA)
Winner – Fares Bugshan (EMBA)
Winner – Raymond Tie (Full-time MiF)
Winner – Meghan Bethel (Part-time MiF)
Winner – Vlad Vukic (MBA)
Winner – Qianru Tao (EMBA)
Winner – Zheyang He (Full-time MiF)
Finalist – Sarah Burrows (Full-time MiF)
Winner – Ashish Kaushik (Part-time MiF)
Winner – Matthew Brown (MBA)
Winner – Timothy Morris (EMBA)
Winner – Faith Chin (Full-time MiF)
Winner – Stefano Bertolini (Part-time MiF)
Finalist – Mengsong Chen (Part-time MiF)
Winner – Andrea Turrini (MBA)
Finalist – Lucy Hancock (MBA)
Finalist – Teodor Simeonov (MBA)
Winner – Paolo Pio (EMBA)
Winner – Charles Boissé (Full-time MiF)
Finalist – Fabricio Chala (Full-time MiF)
Finalist – Ashish Sahay (Full-time MiF)
Winner – Stefano Filippi (Part-time MiF)
AQR Asset Management Institute Fellowship Awards
This annual award recognises a single PhD student who demonstrates intellectual rigour, academic excellence and innovation.
If the applicant pool is exceptionally strong, an additional prize may be awarded at the discretion of the judging panel.
Eligibility: London Business School PhD students in their fourth, fifth or sixth year of study with research interests in the field of asset management, broadly defined.
Judging panel: AQR Asset Management Institute Academic Directors
Award: The top PhD student(s) receives a prize of £10,000.
Winner - Thilo Kind (Finance)
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Winner – Nuno Clara (Finance)
Winner – Rustam Jamilov (Economics)
Winner – Ishita Sen (Finance)
Winner – Ramona Dagostino (Finance)
Winner – Elena Gerko (Economics)
Winner – Anton Lines (Finance)
Finalist – Jean-Marie Meier (Finance)
Winner – Ryan Lewis (Finance)
This annual award recognises talented new academics producing relevant, innovative and impactful research, who have made a significant contribution to the field of asset management. The winner(s) each receive £10,000, presented at the academic symposium at the AQR Asset Management Institute.
2021/22
2020/21
2019/20
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2018/19
2017/18
2016/17