The Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, the Institute for Banking and Financial History (IBF), and the House of Finance cordially invite you to attend a research conference in the context of the Goethe University Visiting Professorship of Financial History – endowed by Metzler Bank and the Friedrich Flick Förderungstiftung – currently held by John Turner (Queen’s University Belfast) on
Insight from Hindsight: Useful Financial History
organized by John Turner (holder of the Endowed Chair of Financial History at Goethe University Frankfurt in 2026)
22 October 2026, 08:15 - 16:45, House of Finance, E.20, Frankfurt
“The legendary investor Charlie Munger once said that “There is no better teacher than history in determining the future. There are answers worth billions of dollars in a $30 history book.” Increasingly, financial history is helping investors and policymakers make decisions. In other words, there is insight from hindsight.
This conference will focus on financial history that is useful to investors, regulators, bankers, central bankers, and policymakers. The conference will contain papers from a broad range of financial history which directly speak to topics of interest to contemporary investors, bankers and policymakers.
In a Policy Lecture, Russell Napier, founder of the charitable venture The Library of Mistakes, will illustrate, from the perspective of an institutional investor, how insights from financial history can provide guidance for financial market participants and supervisors.
We are looking forward to welcoming you at our event!
