The scientific paper entitled “Trading on Talent: Human Capital and Firm Performance“ by James Hodson (joint work with A. Fedyk), researcher within the BigDataFinance MSCA Training Network at Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and PhD student at the Jozef Stefan International PostGraduate School, is the winner of the Jack Treynor Prize from the Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance and received second place in the 2017 PanAgora Asset Management Dr. Richard A. Crowell Memorial Prize. Jack Treynor Prize recognizes superior academic working papers with potential applications in the fields of investment management and financial markets. Q Group awards prizes are usually won by well-established professors at world renowned universities.