The Future of Finance

Panelists including Omar Selin, Anthony Todd, and Jeffrey Duncan forecast a radical restructuring of the financial sector driven by artificial intelligence, distributed ledger technology, and a shift toward ESG-integrated investing. This technological convergence is predicted to eliminate traditional intermediaries and contract the workforce by fifty percent while generating alpha through machine learning models that correlate non-financial data with market performance. Despite these efficiency gains, experts warn of systemic risks such as algorithmic overfitting, liquidity mismatches in ETFs, and societal stratification caused by automated credit scoring.