AQR Research Forum in Stockholm
Swedish House of Finance is co-hosting AQR’s Research Forum in Stockholm on 6 October 2026. The program spans current macroeconomic challenges, asset allocation, private markets, and systematic investing.
SHoF professors Per Strömberg and Magnus Dahlquist will take part in the program.
Program
Monday August 24
| 12:50 – 13:00 | Welcome Remarks |
| Daniel Whitehouse, Managing Director and Head of Nordic Business Development, AQR | |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Investing Amid Inflation and Macroeconomic Uncertainty |
| Jordan Brooks, Ph.D, Principal, Head of the Macro Strategies Group, AQR | |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Total Portfolio Approach: A Quant Lens |
| Antti Ilmanen, Ph.D, Principal and Global Co-Head of the Portfolio Solutions Group, AQR | |
| 14:00 – 14:40 | Panel Session: Rethinking Portfolio Construction |
| Antti Ilmanen, Ph.D, Principal and Global Co-Head of the Portfolio Solutions Group, AQR | |
| Magdalena Högberg, Head of Allocation, Liquid Markets & Analysis, AP4 | |
| Lea Vaisalo, Chief Investment Officer, Velliv | |
| Magnus Dahlquist, Ph.D, Handelsbanken Professor of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics | |
| 14:40 – 15:10 | Refreshment Break |
| 15:10 – 15:40 | Private Equity Governance and Liquidity: A Simple Framework |
| Per Strömberg, Ph.D, Centennial Professor of Finance and Private Equity Stockholm School of Economics | |
| 15:40 – 16:10 | Blueprints for Alpha: Innovation in Quantitative Stock Selection |
| Laura Serban, Ph.D, Principal, Co-Head of Global Stock Selection, AQR | |
| 16:10 – 16:55 | Update with Cliff Asness |
| Cliff Asness, Ph.D, Founding and Managing Principal, AQR | |
| 16:55 – 17:00 | Concluding Remarks |