The U.S. Treasury’s central role in the financial system rests on its liquidity and safe-haven status. Both may be eroding. Find out how, why and what may happen next. Forewarned is forearmed…

risk aversion
LQG 2026/03/10 – 18:30 – Thematic Investing as Missing Factors – Wai Lee – IP *OLO* Hybrid
A framework to isolate thematic exposures from established market, industry, and style factors which incorporates narrative information to capture theme evolution.
LQG 2025/10/14 – 18:30 – Instability: Debt, Inflation and AI’s Impact on Investing – Inigo Fraser Jenkins – IP *OLO* Hybrid
Investors face a new regime. Macro mega-forces including demographic change, public debt, climate and deglobalisation indicate higher inflation and lower growth. New portfolio strategies and designs are required to protect purchasing power.
LQG 2025/07/08 – 18:30 – Diversifying with purpose: relative vs. absolute risk – William Morris – IP *OLO* Hybrid
Optimizing portfolios using normalised returns delivers a factor-like awareness of underlying exposures while addressing the problem of sensitivity to model inputs with relative risk tolerance.
LQG 2023/05/09 – 18:30 – Golden rule of investing – Pim van Vliet – at BlackRock – Hybrid
Gold is a controversial investment. Pim studies the safe haven hypothesis and analyses a strategic allocation to gold, low-volatility stocks, and bonds for a loss-averse investor with a one-year evaluation horizon.




