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