Past events

Everything the society has run, newest first. If you missed one, this is what it was. What’s coming is on the events page.

2026–27

The year so far. Each event lands here once it finishes.

  1. 29Sep 2026 UK Investment Competition: the briefing call With UMushroom · online Dr. Luba Schoenig of UMushroom on how the competition runs and how to enter for Bristol. Details
  2. 24Sep 2026 Annual Welcome Event Pugsley Lecture Theatre The society, the four divisions and the analyst programme, introduced to new members. It filled Pugsley Lecture Theatre.
  3. 22Sep 2026 AmplifyME Pathways launch With AmplifyME A live portfolio-management simulation: $20m of capital through a compressed year of markets. The first session sold out and a second followed. How it ran

Also this year

  • Jane StreetWelcomed as an official sponsor of BTS.
  • ApplicationsAnalyst programme applications closed on 2 October; division head applications opened.
  • WebsiteA full website, live before the start of term.
  • Information eveningsLooking to break into high finance, and the UK Investment Competition info session with Dr Luba Schoenig of UMushroom.

2025–26

Last year’s flagships.

  1. Apr – Jun2026 Annual Trading Competition Seven teams · external judges Each analyst team ran a mock portfolio and pitched one instrument. The US 10-year yield and Diageo teams won, from a field of Brent crude, copper, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and European defence. The pitches
  2. Spring2026 Macro Debate Competition Annual The motion: should Argentina adopt a free-floating exchange rate? The “for” side took it.

Partnerships

  • Outlook EnergyAnnounced as a BTS sponsor: an energy trading firm specialising in power.
  • eToroPartnership announced, then the Investing 101 event on 3 March.
  • WorldQuantPartnership announced, then an evening on the International Quant Championship.
  • BerenbergPartnership announced, with its sales and trading internship programme opened to members.
  • Headstart and HireHuubPartners for early careers: Headstart’s eight-week start-up internships, and HireHuub’s sessions on landing an internship.
  • DRWDiscover DRW: its early-careers trading programme, opened to members.

Events

  • AmplifyME x UBS and Morgan Stanley: trading simulationGive it a go. 7 October, Chemistry Lecture Theatre 1.
  • Simon Warren: how to build wealthFormer Director, Society of Technical Analysts.
  • How to work in fintechWork in Fintech, 3 December, Bristol Arts Complex.
  • Finance Simulations launchAmplifyME Pathways relaunched on 26 January in the Physics Building.
  • Citi: a call with an investment banking analystOn a career in investment banking, followed by a Q&A, online.
  • VegaPoint CapitalA speaker event on options trading.
  • AresNick Votier, CFA, returned for a speaker event.
  • BDO careers eventOn careers in accountancy, tax, audit and advisory.
  • Women in Finance conferenceIn Nottingham on 29 and 30 January, with a BTS discount code.
  • Trade Pitch CompetitionAnalyst teams pitch head-to-head, followed by drinks at the White Bear.

Society

  • Christmas Social4 December at the Kings Arms.
  • Casino Royale nightA casino social on 3 February.
  • BTS x BIF summer socialWith the Bristol Investment Fund, at the end of the year.
  • Analyst programme 2025–26Applications closed on 14 October.

2024–25

Firm evenings in London, and a Jane Street night.

Firms and speakers

  • Standard Chartered: Bill WintersAn exclusive evening with the CEO at the bank’s London office, 11 November.
  • Standard Chartered: Bader Al SarrafBTS’s own former president, now a research analyst at the bank, on Zoom in November.
  • LDC: Sally TamInvestment Executive, on private equity. 13 November.
  • TP ICAP: Eren ErmanGlobal Head of Compliance Technology, 15 November.
  • BRGA future professionals evening at BRG’s London office on a career in economic and financial consulting, 14 November.
  • Jane Street: Estimathon NightAn estimation game with Jane Street, 19 November, Merchant Venturers Building.
  • J.P. Morgan: Kickstart your career in sales, trading and researchTwo days on campus in October: insider insight from J.P. Morgan and networking with recruiters.
  • GlencoreA commodities working evening, the Women in Trading Insight Day and the industrial placement applications.
  • Robinhood speaker eventSpeakers from Robinhood on content, risk and operations.
  • Rich McDonald: trading masterclassAn interactive trading and options masterclass.
  • Pratik PopatThe founder of BTS on Zoom, 8 October.

Society

  • Welcome EventWills Memorial Building on 18 September, with Glencore and AmplifyME.
  • Analyst programme 2024–25Applications closed on 3 October.
  • MovemberThe society fundraised for the Movember charity.
  • Coffee mornings and socialsA weekly coffee morning in the Senate House, a James Bond night and the AGM in the spring.

2023–24

The Quant division arrives, and analysts start publishing.

Firms and speakers

  • AmplifyME Finance Accelerator SimulationIn partnership with Morgan Stanley and UBS. Launch event on 12 October in Pugsley Lecture Theatre.
  • Nick Votier, CFA: AresVice President, Ares Wealth Management Solutions, on wealth and asset management. March, Queen’s Building.
  • Special guest panelAn ask-me-anything panel of professionals from the City, at Wills Memorial Building on 17 November.
  • Big Finance DinnerA three-course dinner with industry guests on 11 December.

Society

  • Intro to BTS freshers eventA short presentation on the society and the analyst programme, then drinks, on 28 September.
  • Quant divisionA new division building algorithmic strategies, announced with a Quantitative Finance Fund.
  • Bloomberg Terminal sessionsGive-it-a-go sessions in the Bloomberg room on Priory Road.
  • Research publicationsWritten guides from analysts, including discounted cash flow modelling, sustainability-linked derivatives, convertible bonds and a pitch book.
  • Analyst programmeApplications opened for 2023–24, then reopened in February.
  • Division head applicationsOpen from June, for the following year’s division heads.

2022–23

The earliest year on our archive: partnerships, speakers and a Gold Award.

Firms and speakers

  • J.P. Morgan: Summer Analyst Networking EventHeld at J.P. Morgan’s London office, for applicants to the summer analyst programme.
  • Standard Chartered: Shahryar NaghshbandiHead of Macro Trading, on how the trading industry works. 24 November, Pugsley Lecture Theatre.
  • Standard Chartered: Eric RobertsonGlobal Head of Research and Chief Strategist, in February, plus a markets call with a Standard Chartered markets head.
  • SIGMA FinancialPartnership announced, then Andrew Simpson, Chief Executive, in Pugsley Lecture Theatre on 15 November.
  • AmplifyME x Morgan Stanley Finance AcceleratorA simulation run with Bristol Investment Fund, with Mark Teeger, Global Head of ALM at Morgan Stanley, as guest speaker.
  • Amplify Trading market callAnthony Cheung, Chief Content and Culture Officer, on 30 November.
  • KujiraDan Tanaka, BD Lead at the blockchain network Kujira, on 3 November.
  • EFG Asset ManagementDr Daniel Murray, CEO of EFG Asset Management and Deputy CIO of EFG International, by video link in March.
  • LSE SU Alternative Investments ConferenceBTS at the two-day conference in London, 23 and 24 January.

Society

  • Welcome Fair and Welcome EventA stall at the Bristol SU Welcome Fair, then the Welcome Event in Queen’s Building on 6 October.
  • Society Awards 2023BTS won the Bristol SU Gold Award in the Group Accreditation Scheme for 2022/23.
  • Weekly market reportsA weekly written report and daily central-bank cards: Fed, BoE, BoJ, SNB, RBA and ECB decisions as they happened.
  • WorkshopsA LinkedIn and CV workshop, and Bloomberg Terminal give-it-a-go sessions.
  • SocialsSociety social at the Berkeley, the England v France quarter-final, a movie night, the first Term 2 social, a bake sale for the Turkey and Syria earthquake appeal, and the Finance Gala formal dinner on 5 May.
  • Equality, diversity and inclusion reportA published report on equality, diversity and inclusion in the society, for 2022/23.

Before and across

Evenings, partners and speakers from across the years, since 2017.

Evenings and partner events

  • An evening with Standard CharteredShahryar Naghshbandi, Head of Macro Trading, on how the trading industry works. It ran well past the scheduled finish.
  • A full theatre for SIGMAAndrew Simpson, Chief Executive of SIGMA Financial, on trading and AI tooling.
  • DRW SocialAn invite-only evening with DRW for our analysts and division heads.
  • Energy Trading WeekOur commodities partner’s annual industry event, with practising energy traders.
  • LSE Alternative Investments ConferenceBTS representing Bristol among the UK’s alternative investment societies.
  • Bloomberg Terminal sessionsHands-on give-it-a-go sessions, open to all.
  • Member workshopsPractical sessions building the groundwork the divisions apply to live markets.

Speakers we’ve hosted

  • Pratik PopatFounder of BTS · investor, Simplyhealth
  • Shahryar NaghshbandiHead of Macro Trading, AME, Standard Chartered
  • Andrew SimpsonChief Executive, SIGMA Financial
  • Rich McDonaldHedge fund manager; trading and options masterclass
  • Nick Votier, CFAVice President, Ares Wealth Management Solutions
  • Eren ErmanGlobal Head of Compliance Technology, TP ICAP
  • Sally TamInvestment Executive, LDC
  • Viktoria LeinsData Science IB Analyst, Citi
  • Simon WarrenFormer Director, Society of Technical Analysts
  • Matt CheungCEO and Founder, Work in Fintech
  • Chloe HollobonAnalyst, Work in Fintech

Don’t miss the next one: see what’s coming up, or join on the SU page to hear first.