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Q Group Fall Seminar 2025

  • October 05, 2025
  • October 08, 2025
  • Waldorf Astoria, One Monarch Beach Resort Dana Point, CA 92629

Registration

  • Depending on your company's membership, one or two seats per seminar are already included in your membership. Additional seats can be purchased for $5,000 per person.
  • Non-member companies must be invited by the Q Group. Non-member companies attending pay $5,000.00 per seat.

Register

FALL 2025 SEMINAR REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! 

October 5 - October 8, 2025

Registration is currently open for the Q Group fall 2025 Seminar, which will take place in-person from October 5 - October 8, 2025, at The Waldorf Astoria in Dana Point, CA.

Contact Member Support at membersupport@q-group.org for additional information. 

Sunday, October 5, 2025

5:30pm - 8:30pm PDT

Welcome Dinner
Monday, October 6, 2025

9:00am - 10:15am PDT

Simple Allocation Rules and Optimal Portfolio Choice Over the Lifecycle

Presented by: Prof. Julia Fonseca

PRESENTATION
10:15am - 10:45am PDT

Morning Break

10:45am - 12:00pm PDT

Asset Purchase Rule: How QE Transformed the Bond Market

Presented by: Prof. Tyler Muir

PRESENTATION

12:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

Lunch Break and One-on-One Time

3:00pm - 4:15pm PDT

Mental Models and Financial Forecasts

Presented by: Prof. Paul Decaire

PRESENTATION

4:15pm - 4:45pm PDT

Afternoon Break

4:45pm - 6:00pm PDT

Pension Liquidity Risk

Presented by: Assistant Prof. Kristy Jansen

PRESENTATION

6:00pm - 7:00pm PDT

Break

7:40pm - 8:10pm PDT

Dinner Speaker

Presented by: Ed Thorpe

PRESENTATION

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

9:00am - 10:15am PDT

Leaning Against Inflation Experiences

Presented by: Prof. Stefan Nagel

PRESENTATION

10:15am - 10:45am PDT

Morning Break

10:45am - 12:00pm PDT

Bad News Bearers: The Negative Tilt of the Financial Press

Presented by: Professor Marina Niessner

PRESENTATION

12:00pm - 12:30pm PDT

Q Group Annual Members Meeting

12:30pm - 4:00pm PDT

Lunch Break and One-on-One Time

4:00pm - 5:15pm PDT

Geoeconomic Pressure

Presented by: Assistant Prof. Antonio Coppola

PRESENTATION

5:15pm - 5:45pm PDT

Afternoon Break

5:45pm - 7:00pm PDT

Understanding Factor Value

Presented by: Assistant Prof. Shaojun Zhang

PRESENTATION

7:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

Dinner

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

8:00am - 9:15am PDT

Venture Capital as Portfolios of Compound Options

Presented by: Prof. Erik Stafford

PRESENTATION

9:15am - 9:45am PDT

Morning Break

9:45am - 11:00am PDT

Trading Volume Alpha 

Presented by: Prof. Tobias Moskowitz

PRESENTATION 

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