Laurens Swinkels

Laurens Swinkels is Researcher at Robeco's Quant Equity Research team. His areas of expertise include bottom-up stock selection research and empirical asset pricing. He teaches Finance courses and has published his academic work in peer-reviewed journals. Prior to re-joining Robeco in 2016, he was a Researcher at Norges Bank Investment Management. He was a Researcher at Robeco from 2004 to 2012 and at PensionFactory and APG Asset Management from 1999 to 2004. Laurens holds a part-time position (with tenure) at Erasmus University Rotterdam and is member of the Research Committee of Inquire Europe. Laurens holds a PhD in Finance and a Master’s in Econometrics from Tilburg University.

Work experience

• Norsk Forening for Kvantitativ Finans Board Member
• Robeco Director at the Quantitative Research Dpt
• Stichting Pensioenfonds Robeco Member of the Investment Committee
• Inquire Europe Member of the Research Committee
• South Asian Journal of Business Studies Associate Editor
• Erasmus School of Economics Assistant Professor
• Norges Bank Investment Management Senior Researcher at Allocation Strategies Department
• CBR Member of the Investment Committee of Toeslagfonds CBR
• Netspar Member of the Editorial Board
• Robeco Investment Solutions & Research
  • Portfolio Strategist
  • Senior Researcher
• Stichting Pensioenfonds Robeco Board Member
• European Pension Academy Member of the Advisory Board
• Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Visiting scholar
• PensionFactory Quantitative Analyst
• ABP Investments Researcher

Education

• Tilburg University PhD Econometrics, Finance
• IMD (International Institute for Management Development) - Business Programs Orchestrating Winning Performance (OWP)
• Tilburg University MSc Econometrics, Finance
• Bisschop Bekkers College Atheneum