eFinancialCareers is the media partner of LSE Alternative Investments Conference (AIC) 2026

AIC is the world’s largest annual student-led conference on Private Equity, Hedge Funds and Venture Capital, and brings together over 60 senior-level industry luminaries with 350 student delegates from the world’s leading educational institutions. In short, we offer the highest calibre networking opportunity for students from Undergraduate, Masters and PhD programmes globally. This year, we proudly celebrate AIC’s 20th Anniversary, the most special in the conference’s history.

The conference is a combination of keynote sessions, panels, interactive workshops and 
networking events. Through AIC you can gain insights from industry leaders on current market trends, whilst networking with the various HR departments via our recruitment fair and with other students as the leaders of tomorrow.

The 2026 LSE Alternative Investments Conference will take place on the 9th and 10th February 2026, at the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square.

About our conference:
Our primary objective is to educate and inspire the next generation of business leaders in the alternative investments industry. The AIC sees an average of 5,500 applications from undergraduate, MBA, and PhD programmes across top institutions globally. With an acceptance rate of c. 5%, we connect the most ambitious students with inspirational and influential leaders in the industry.

In previous years, we have invited the likes of Ray Dalio (Bridgewater Associates), David Rubenstein (Carlyle), Howard Marks (Oaktree), Paul Singer (Elliott Management), Dmitry Balyasny (Balyasny Asset Management), Boaz Weinstein (Saba Capital), and Jonathan Lavine (Bain Capital).

Visit https://www.lseaic.com to learn more.