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Clear all filters- Milken Institute1h 19m
Fireside Chat with Sir An0drew Witty | Part 2 Fast Forward: A Glimpse Into Asia-Pacific's Future
Sir An0drew Witty, Haslinda Amin, Michael Milken, Raphael Arndt, Jeffrey Jaensubhakij, Hiromichi Mizuno, Mark Tucker, Doug Appel, Michael Sterling, Curtis Chin
Former GSK CEO Sir Andrew Witty outlined the company's strategic expansion into Singapore as a new global hub while detailing major advancements in global health access, including HIV treatment milestones and profit reinvestment in sub-Saharan Africa. Concurrently, a panel of prominent investors analyzed Asia-Pacific economic shifts, highlighting China's transition toward domestic consumption and the structural growth potential of Southeast Asian demographics despite risks of global slowdowns. Witty emphasized the urgent need for future leaders to fundamentally reshape business models, a sentiment echoed by the broader consensus that long-term value lies in navigating regulatory complexities and embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
The Business of Sports and Entertainment
Dong Wang, Sophie Goldschmidt, Robert Rankin, David Shoemaker, Chatri Sityodtong, Jim Small
Asian sports markets are pivoting from traditional B2B licensing to direct B2C engagement, driven by global giants like the NBA and CPH who leverage localized infrastructure and digital tools to tap into a region holding 56% of the world's population. Organizations are capitalizing on this shift through specific innovations such as the NBA's Dongguan academy, One Championship's cultural storytelling, and CPH's strategy of linking stadium profitability to major events like UFC fights and the Olympics. Despite challenges regarding shifting consumer attention toward e-sports and varying league ownership models, the sector forecasts significant expansion fueled by a rising middle class and upcoming host events from 2019 to 2022.
- Milken Institute46 min
The New Japan: Beyond Abenomics
Kotaro Tamura, Motoaki Saito, Masahiko Shibayama, Keiko Tashiro, Adrian Zecha
Recent high-level engagements and government reforms in Japan are targeting critical economic shifts, including the acceptance of foreign labor in caregiving sectors and the mobilization of corporate cash reserves exceeding 125% of GDP. These structural changes aim to reverse demographic decline by leveraging inbound tourism growth and fostering a new venture ecosystem driven by engineers leaving traditional giants. Despite progress in governance compliance, panelists emphasize that deepening cultural openness and addressing language barriers remain essential to unlocking the nation's substantial investment potential in technology and manufacturing.
- Milken Institute56 min
The Digital Age of Finance: Technology's Impact on Asset Management
Ted Lee, Michael DeAddio, Nobel Gulati, Ian Martin, Sanjay Tikku, Jethro Goodchild, Rajesh Jane, Ritesh Maheshwari
Leading financial institutions including Two Sigma, Work1, Columbia Endowment, and State Street are fundamentally reshaping their operations by deploying advanced technology to process exploding data volumes and automate traditional administrative functions. These organizations are diversifying their workforce by recruiting scientists and engineers without prior finance experience while shifting human capital toward high-level problem-solving and analytical roles. The collective strategy aims to move from legacy infrastructure to real-time, data-driven decision-making that separates true market alpha from noise to navigate increasingly complex and fragmented global markets.
- Milken Institute53 min
Real Estate: The Search for Returns Amid Uncertainty
Henny Sender, Johnny Adji, Tokihiko Shimizu, Andy Tan-Chye Guan, Paul Vosper
A panel of investment experts distinguished active real estate value creation from passive asset holding, emphasizing a strategic pivot toward bottom-up analysis of specific hubs like Singapore, New York, and Hong Kong amid restrictive global lending regulations. Speakers detailed how structural shifts in China's consumer economy, Japan's corporate governance reforms, and technology-driven changes in office and residential utilization are reshaping market dynamics. Ultimately, the discussion highlighted that long-term success depends on managing leverage risks, navigating regulatory hurdles, and adapting asset portfolios to demographic transitions and evolving environmental standards.
- Milken Institute1h 8m
Giving Back: How Asia's Philanthropists Are Making an Impact
Heng Wing Chan, Andrew L. Cohen, Debra Black, Binod Chaudhary, P.N.C. Menon, Kris Wiluan, John Wood
The Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy hosted a panel featuring leaders from Room to Read, the Melanoma Research Foundation, and Indofood to advocate shifting philanthropy from simple checkbook donations to strategic, data-driven models focused on measurable social ROI. Moderator Jerome Cohen and panelists emphasized that addressing global challenges, such as Africa's impending infrastructure needs and widespread illiteracy, requires consolidating fragmented NGOs and leveraging private sector resources. The discussion concluded with a consensus that future impact depends on cross-sector collaboration, rigorous performance metrics, and a generational shift toward sustainable wealth distribution rather than accumulation.
- Milken Institute1h 3m
Accelerating Infrastructure: Leveraging Partnerships and Mitigating Risks
Cesar Purisima, Sean Chiao, Donald Kanak, Mahendra Lama, Jordan Schwarz
A high-level summit convened industry leaders, policymakers, and multilateral development bank officials to address the trillion-dollar infrastructure funding gap in the Asia-Pacific region, where projected demand from a growing middle class far outstrips current investment capabilities. Speakers highlighted that while substantial domestic liquidity exists in Japan and ASEAN central banks, institutional barriers, political risks, and fragmented project pipelines prevent capital from flowing into critical sectors like energy, digital connectivity, and climate-resilient transport. The discussion culminated in a consensus on mobilizing domestic pension and insurance funds through standardized frameworks and sovereign risk guarantees to achieve scalable, long-term infrastructure development across South and Southeast Asia.
- Milken Institute1h 1m
Artificial Intelligence: Blurring the Lines Between Humans and Machines
James Cham, Pascale Fung, Ben Goertzel, Hsiao-Wuen Hon
A panel of experts traced the evolution of artificial intelligence from John McCarthy's 1956 definition to current narrow systems, identifying hardware and data as key drivers for the projected arrival of Artificial General Intelligence within 5 to 15 years. The discussion highlighted distinct market dynamics where Asian consumers' cultural acceptance of robotics and demographic needs in elderly care and manufacturing accelerate adoption compared to Western skepticism. While finance and healthcare sectors demonstrate early automation success, the panel emphasized that future breakthroughs depend on developing emotional intelligence and unsupervised learning to achieve true generalization.
- Milken Institute1h 5m
Global Capital Markets The Search for Value
Laura Deal Lacey, Michael Milken, Gordon Fyfe, Lawrence Golub, Omar Lodhi, Larry Post
Leading institutional investors including BC Pension Fund, Arena Capital, Golub Capital, and emerging markets specialist Omar Choudhry convened to address the intensifying pressure of meeting 6%–7.5% return targets in a low-growth global environment. The panel detailed strategies for overcoming these challenges through geographically diversified active management in India, Africa, and distressed Brazilian assets, while leveraging short-duration high yield and non-bank middle market lending to capture illiquidity premiums. Emphasizing rigorous credit discipline, fee compression via internalization, and deep local partnerships, the group highlighted that sustained performance will rely on avoiding capital preservation failures rather than chasing high-volatility gains.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
The New Faces of Asia: Leaders Transforming the Region
Richard Ditizio, Dilhan Fernando, Leili Gerami, Ren Hua Ho, Anthony Tan
Next-generation leaders from prominent Asian enterprises including Taiwa, Grab, Dilmah, Maya, and a Thai real estate group convened to debate the strategic necessity of merging business growth with social responsibility. Speakers articulated a regional pivot away from exponential GDP expansion toward purpose-driven stewardship, emphasizing hiring based on shared values, integrating philanthropy into core operations, and leveraging technology to solve systemic issues like mobility and gender inequality. Collectively, these figures defined a new leadership paradigm where success is measured by long-term social impact and resilience rather than quarterly financial returns, signaling a shift toward impact investing and ethical consumption across Southeast Asia.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
Credit Market Outlook
Oriel Morrison, Paul Horvath, Christopher Lee, Shyam Maheshwari, Robert Petty
A panel of financial experts identifies a global economic inflection point driven by "Japanification" and stagnant growth, prompting a strategic shift away from overvalued Western assets toward Asia's emerging credit markets. Despite significant risks from shadow banking, high non-performing loan ratios, and regulatory fragmentation, the consensus highlights a massive $37 trillion debt expansion and a pivot to non-bank lending as the primary source of alpha in the region. While navigating complex legal environments and a climbing default cycle, institutional investors are increasingly deploying capital into distressed Asian debt through specialized private platforms and creditor-friendly partnerships to capture substantial recovery returns.
- Milken Institute57 min
Capturing the Opportunity in Asia's Growing Middle Class
Kevin Sneader, Sam Fischer, Christopher Townsend, Jaime Zóbel de Ayala, Patrick
Moderated by Kevin Sneader, a Milken Institute panel of executives from MetLife, Diageo, and Ayala Corp detailed the $60 trillion protection gap and rapid digitization driving Southeast Asia's emerging middle class. Companies successfully adapted by localizing strategies, such as iFlix's offline features and Ayala Corp's tech-enabled banking, to overcome infrastructure bottlenecks and regulatory fragmentation across the region's 7,000 islands. While acknowledging volatility in capital markets, the experts projected that 30 million new middle-class members annually will sustain long-term economic growth if private sector investment fills critical gaps in healthcare and education.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
FinTech: Disrupting the Future of Banking and Finance
Neal Cross, Sahil Kini, Dave McClure, Jon Medved, Sopnendu Mohanty, Chris Wei
This panel featured leaders from DBS, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and major financial institutions like Aviva and R-Crowd to analyze the global shift from adversarial disruption to collaborative FinTech integration. Speakers highlighted how India's public digital infrastructure and Singapore's regulatory sandbox approach are enabling scalable innovation, while warning of risks associated with legacy security models and rapid capital deployment in emerging markets. The consensus predicts that traditional banking branches will disappear within a decade as high-frequency platforms like WeChat or potential tech giants absorb financial services, forcing institutions to compete on backend efficiency rather than consumer interface.
- Milken Institute52 min
Cybersecurity: Can the Next Threat Be Stopped?
Jeevan Vasagar, Aditya Mathur, Jacqueline Poh, Alain Raes, Nadav Zafrir, Sean, Senator Dunn, Jocelyn, Doug Mellinger, Ajit
Experts at the 2012 cyber security forum analyzed the existential risks posed by global threats, contrasting the survivable 2012 Sony attack with the potential total collapse of critical infrastructure or financial institutions. While strategies like Singapore's dual-network isolation offer immediate protection, panelists argue that physical air-gapping is increasingly impractical and vulnerable to sophisticated state-sponsored actors, necessitating a shift toward proactive defense and shared intelligence. The discussion concluded that future resilience depends on balancing security with usability and cost, as the line between crime and warfare blurs and threats evolve toward autonomous AI systems and human error within interconnected ecosystems.
- Milken Institute1h 3m
Global Overview: Navigating an Uncertain World
Michael Klowden, Jonathan Woetzel, Ronnie C. Chan, Ravi Menon, Michael Milken, Steven Tananbaum, Peter Wuffli
The third annual Milken Institute Asia Summit convened 450 global leaders in Singapore to analyze eight critical dynamics reshaping the region, ranging from geopolitical security risks to the structural shift of capital from public to private markets. Prominent speakers including Steve Tannenbaum, Ravi Menon, and Michael Milken highlighted late-stage U.S. economic cycles, the failure of monetary policy to address stagnant private investment, and the urgent need for public investment in lifelong learning and digital infrastructure. The dialogue concluded with a consensus that overcoming regulatory barriers and aligning technological advancement with social stability are essential for sustaining prosperity amidst declining trade volumes and an aging global population.