Share in the debate by attending our world-class events
Explore critical issues alongside high calibre professionals and academics from around the globe.
The Institute offers unrivalled forums and networking opportunities for the sharing of ideas and the debate of critical investment issues, convening leading professionals and outstanding academics from investment management including policy makers, regulators, academics and practitioners.
Upcoming events
2019
- AQR Institute: Academic Symposium
20 March 2019
Includes presentation of the third AQR Young Researcher Award. - Sponsored event: Career Centre Buy Side Networking Evening
21 March 2019
Bringing together students, alumni and recruiters in the investment management industry. - Joint event: Credit Funds
1 May 2019
Held in collaboration with Private Equity at LBS. - Sponsored event: Women in Finance
30 May 2019
Panel discussion with senior female leaders in finance. Held in collaboration with degree programmes and the LBS Women in Business Club to coincide with International Women's Day. - AQR Institute: Insight Summit
7 November 2019
Flagship conference of the AQR Institute. Featuring Nobel laureate Oliver Hart, Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics, Harvard University.
For information on current and past student-led activities we have supported, click here.
At LBS, we encourage students to use the School's network to organise a wide range of events that attract top calibre speakers. The Institute is involved in most investment-related initiatives at LBS, working with student bodies, to help launch and provide support to great events and activities. Students are welcome to contact us if planning an event or new initiative requiring support.
Please submit your interest by contacting us, mentioning which event you’d be interested in attending and why. You will be notified close to the event date if your application has been successful.
Past events
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2018
- Finance@Work: Investment in Emerging Markets
7 November 2018
Event led by MiF Programme Office. - AQR Fellowship Award
6 November 2018
Recognising talented LBS PhD student(s) demonstrating academic excellence, intellectual rigour and innovation.
Presented at the annual Insight Summit conference. - AQR Institute: Insight Summit
6 November 2018
Flagship conference of the AQR Institute on the theme of behavioural finance, featuring Nobel laureate Robert Shiller. - Speaker event: Business and development in Greece
27 June 2018
In partnership with the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development, the AQR Institute is pleased to welcome H.E. Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic. - AQR Institute: Growing the Impact Investment opportunity in the UK
12 June 2018 - AQR Institute: Central Banking in Turbulent Times
2 May 2018
Event exploring what the future of central banking will look like with LBS alumnus Francesco Papadia, Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) and former Director General for Market Operations at the ECB. - Finance@Work: Investment Management and Analysis
9 May 2018
Event led by MiF Programme Office. - AQR Institute: Central Banking in Turbulent Times
2 May 2018
Event exploring what the future of central banking will look like with LBS alumnus Francesco Papadia, Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF). - Finance@Work: Quantitative Finance
11 May 2018
Joint event with MiF Programme Office and IMC Quant Group. - Finance@Work: Investment Management and Analysis
16 May 2018
Event led by MiF Programme Office. - Sponsored event: Career Centre Buy Side Networking Evening
15 March 2018
Bringing together students, alumni and recruiters in the investment management industry. - Sponsored seminar: TechFin in China - Credit Market Completion and its Growth Effect
19 March 2018
Joint event with the Economics department featuring Yi Huang, Graduate Institute Geneva. - AQR Institute: Academic Symposium
22 March 2018
Included presentation of the second AQR Young Researcher Award. - Sponsored event: Adam Smith Workshops 2018
22-23 March 2018
LBS was pleased to host this year’s conference. Learn more here and download the agenda.
- Finance@Work: Investment in Emerging Markets
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2017
- World Economic Forum: LBS In Conversation
18 January 2017
Secular Stagnation. - Bank of England event: The PRA’s approach to supervising insurers
20 March 2017
This speaker event hosted by London Business School and supported by the AQR Institute, coincides with the publication of a report from the Bank’s Independent Evaluation Office on the PRA’s approach to its insurance objective, focusing on how it is interpreted, implemented and communicated. - AQR Institute: Perspectives
26 April 2017
Systemic Risk in Asset Management. - AQR Institute: Academic Symposium
31 May 2017
Included presentation of the first AQR Young Researcher Award. - Finance Symposium
14-15 June 2017 - Accounting Symposium
15-16 June 2017 - Career Centre: AQR Recruitment Presentation
27 September 2017
Business Development Europe. - ECGI event: Corporate governance through voice and exit
3 October 2017
This seminar will present first results from an ongoing corporate governance project based on a data set provided by Standard Life Investments. - AQR Institute: Insight Summit
7 November 2017
Flagship conference of the AQR Institute exploring intelligent risk taking in investment management. - Speaker event: François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France
23 November 2017
François Villeroy de Galhau, Bank of France's Governor and a policymaker at the European Central Bank, will discuss how central bankers and regulators can monitor financial stability between active monetary policies and fragmentation risks.
- World Economic Forum: LBS In Conversation
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2016
- Joint event: How imminent is the real FinTech revolution?
7 March 2016
This conference in collaboration with the LBS Centre for Corporate Governance and the Bank of England will explore the pace at which the financial sector will be transformed by disruptive technologies and relevant regulatory and policy responses. - AQR Institute: Perspectives
27 April 2016
Liquidity Policy and Practice
This event explored the impact of market liquidity on investors and policymakers.
- Financial Innovations in Healthcare Conference
18 May 2016
This conference explored how financial innovation can play a role in stimulating breakthroughs in medical science by engaging broader capital markets to reduce risk and increase investment in R&D. - Sponsored event: Fintech Insights Weekend
24-26 June 2016
This Masters in Finance event considered the outlook and landscape of the Fintech Industry in the UK and explore how the financial sector is being transformed by disruptive technologies. - AQR Institute: Brexit and the Global Economy
18 July 2016
Webcast exploring the impact of Brexit on exchange rates, capital flows, monetary policy and foreign direct investment. - Sponsored event: “International Asset Allocation and Management” London Executive Program
19 September 2016
Executive Education joint event with Shanghai Lujiazui Financial City. - Finance@Work: Investment Management and Analysis
28 September 2016
This event focused on today’s investment challenges. - Sponsored seminar: The Cost of Capital of the Financial Sector
31 October 2016
Joint event with the Economics and Finance departments featuring Tobias Adrian, NY Fed. - AQR Institute: Insight Summit
2 November 2016
Flagship conference of the AQR Institute focusing on Alternative Investing and the Regulatory environment. - Sponsored event: 3rd conference on Syndicated Loans
19-20 December
Hosted by the European Financial Intermediation Theory (EuroFIT) Network promoting research in financial intermediation theory.
- Joint event: How imminent is the real FinTech revolution?
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2015
- AQR Institute: Perspectives
25 June 2015
Debate on unprecedented monetary policy intervention and the impact on global markets. - Career Centre: AQR Recruitment Presentation
25 September 2015
Business Development Europe. - AQR Institute: Insight Summit
26-27 October 2015
Flagship conference distilling the best of academic and practitioner insights on critical issues impacting the investment industry today. - Executive Education: Strategic Investment Management webinar
26 November 2015
- AQR Institute: Perspectives