London School of Economics is organising the LSE SU Alternative Investments Conference 2018, the world's largest student-run conference on Hedge Funds and Private Equity.
The 2018 AIC promises to provide a dynamic forum for education and networking between leading luminaries from the hedge fund and private equity industries and the brightest students, from undergraduates to PhD candidates, who travel from as far afield as China and California to attend the Conference. Students will emerge from this unique two-day Conference with an understanding of and an excitement about the hedge fund and private equity industries. LSE is trying to offer an exceptional educational and networking experience with the idea that, as the next generation of business leaders, this Conference can be a positive force in shaping future careers in this industry.
To learn more, please take a look at promotional video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r5gBR7sK7M
Registration deadline: 29th November 2017 (23:59 GMT)
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Where: 5* Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, London
When: 22nd and 23rd January 2018
The 2018 AIC will be the 12th edition of the conference. Last year's conference received over 7,400 applicants from over 200 leading global universities.
This year LSE is delighted to welcome a fantastic selection of industry leading investors including:
- David Rubenstein - Co-Founder & Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group
- Guy Hands - Founder & Chairman, Terra Firma Capital Partners
- Doug Haynes - President, Point72 Asset Management
- Zeina Bain - Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
- Melissa Bethell - Managing Director, Bain Capital
- Kurt Björklund - Managing Partner, Permira
- Thomas von Koch - CEO, EQT Partners
- Alexander Friedman - CEO, GAM
- Luke Ellis - CEO, Man Group
- Craig Dawson - Head of EMEA, PIMCO
- Stuart Roden - Chairman, Lansdowne Partners
- Keith Breslauer - Founder & Managing Director, Patron Capital Partners
- Michelle Scrimgeour - CEO of EMEA, Columbia Threadneedle Investments
- Jim Barry - Head of Real Assets, BlackRock
- Matthew Bryant - Principal, Bain Capital
- Maia Ferrand - Co-Head of External Multi-Management, Candriam
