Quant Strats 2025

March 11, 2025

Quorum by Convene, NY, USA

Laura Serban

Principle, Global Stock Selection Research Group AQR Capital Management

Laura is a Principal and senior member of the Global Stock Selection group at AQR Capital Management. Laura focuses on research and portfolio management across the firm’s equity strategies; she oversees enhancements to the firm’s stock selection models, including in Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and data sourcing. Her research on long-only investing and supply chain climate exposure have been published in the Journal of Investing and Financial Analysts Journal. Prior to joining AQR, she was a financial economist at the SEC, a researcher at the National Bureau of Economic Research and held multiple teaching fellow positions in the economics and computer science departments at Harvard University. Laura earned a B.A. in applied mathematics and economics, an S.M. in computer science and a Ph.D. in business economics, all from Harvard University.

Tuesday 11th March agenda

9:40 AM State of the Union: What does the current macro environment mean for you?

This ‘state of the union’ type panel deciphers just what has happened over the past year, with volatility, uncertainty and seismic technological advancements garnering speed, this panel has a look at what that means for the Quant Strats community. 


  • What strategies and tools have generated alpha over the past year? How does an organisation allocate assets and who have been the winners? 
  • How will self-learning technological advancement be scaled and impact global financial markets? Are we starting to see a shift? 
  • Where are the risks in the wider market, funds and diversified portfolios? How is this exposure being managed? 

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Laura.

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