Q Group Seminars

Date

Topic

Speaker

14^th April

An Analysis of Some Portfolio Strategies and Research

John Freeman, Investment Research Company, San Diego

27^th April

Behavioural Finance

Prof. Josef Lakonishok - Professor of Finance at University of Illinois, CEO and Partner, LSV Asset Management

Prof. Andrei Shleifer - Professor of Economic, Harvard University. Partner LSV Asset Management

14^th July

Panel discussion on Gearing Investments

Dr Frank Ashe - County Investment Management

Geoffrey Walker - William M Mercer

Rashami Mehropra - Van Eyk

27^th July

Sources of Market Making Profits: Man Doers Not Live By Spread Alone

Professor Steven Manaster,

Professor of Finance and Director of the Financial Risk Management Center at the Pamplin College of Business of Virginia Tech.

9^th August

Meta Risks - those risks that relate to or pass beyond explicit financial risks

Dr Jack Gray - GMO (Boston)

26^th August

Valuing and Hedging Risky Debt with Constant Elasticity of Variance Effects

David Colwell, School of Banking and Finance, University of NSW

11^th November

Applying an Agency Framework to Operational Risk Management

Dr. Elizabeth Sheedy

Associate Professor

Macquarie Applied Finance Centre

16^th November

Career Opportunities for Investment Quants

Dr Jocelyn Dehnert - Heidrick and Struggles

17^th December

Hayne Leland, Berkeley University