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Capital Markets 2025: Shaping and Scaling the Future | Global Conference 2025
Sonali Basak, Sumer Dewan, Jim Esposito, Viswas Raghavan, Seema Shah, Jeffrey Solomon
Panelists led by Seema Kenji analyze a structural macroeconomic shift where sovereign debt burdens have transferred to private sectors, creating a new environment characterized by the Trump administration's tariff and deregulation triad and a decade of anticipated high volatility. While market dislocations remain orderly and liquidity persists, regional dynamics are pivoting toward Asia as India and ASEAN emerge as critical growth engines and internal trading blocs. Looking forward, the consensus emphasizes corporate stress testing and long-term conviction in US assets, with technology and scenario analysis serving as primary drivers for navigating the upcoming period of fiscal dominance and reserve currency trust deficits.
- Milken Institute58 min
Balance Sheet: The US Government Budget and National Debt | Global Conference 2025
Josh Barro, Maya MacGuineas, Steven T. Mnuchin, Paul Ryan, Alan Schwartz, Phillip Swagel, David Malani
A panel of economic experts and former officials projected that U.S. deficits will reach 8% of GDP within four years, driven by expiring tax provisions, rising interest costs, and an inflexible entitlement system facing insolvency by 2033. While policy proposals ranging from Value Added Taxes to sovereign wealth funds were debated, participants warned that political gridlock and current IRS reductions will likely delay necessary structural reform until a market crisis forces action. The discussion highlighted a potential erosion of dollar hegemony due to rising borrowing costs and foreign diversification, urging the creation of a bipartisan fiscal commission with enforcement powers to prevent a long-term debt spiral.
- Milken Institute58 min
Algorithms to Outcomes: AI's Impact in Finance | Global Conference 2025
Gregory Zuckerman, Andreas (Andy) Kreuz, Daniel Morillo, Katrina Paglia, Umesh Subramanian, Michael Zeltkevic
Representatives from Marsh McLennan, Citadel, Pantera Capital, Freestone Growth Partners, and Roquan convened to discuss how their firms are integrating AI into both quantitative and discretionary investment workflows. The panel detailed tangible efficiency gains, such as reduced due diligence times and enhanced unstructured data analysis, while cautioning against overfitting risks and the loss of junior talent development. Ultimately, the speakers characterized the current technology as merely the "base of the mountain," emphasizing a strategic shift toward "man-plus-machine" systems and robust operational controls rather than full automation.
- Milken Institute57 min
Macroeconomic Outlook | Global Conference 2025
Gregory Zuckerman, Khalid Al-Falih, André Esteves, Karen Karniol Tambour, Kathryn Koch, Ron O'Hanley
Leading financial experts analyze the convergence of political volatility, trade uncertainty, and shifting geopolitical alignments that are driving a global reevaluation of U.S. exceptionalism and prompting investors to diversify into Asian markets, the UK, and the Middle East. The panel highlights critical macroeconomic headwinds, including a "baked-in" recession risk and a Federal Reserve constrained by tariff-induced inflation, which are forcing a repricing of Treasury yields and exposing vulnerabilities in risk assets. Amidst these challenges, private credit emerges as a vital, though stress-tested, innovation for risk dispersion, while advocates for conservative lending strategies and active management position themselves to capitalize on the expected rise in defaults and liquidity dislocations.
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Investment, Art, & Cultural Impact: Conversation with Babyface & Sherrese Clarke | Global Conference
Babyface, Sherrese Clarke, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Ayesha Rascoe, Aisha Rasko
Legendary producer Babyface and Harborview CEO Cherise Clark discussed a divergent investment philosophy in the music industry, contrasting Babyface's slow-growth instincts with Harborview's data-driven strategy that targets under-penetrated global markets and specific demographic segments. This approach prioritizes diversified, high-yielding assets across genres like Latinx streaming and legacy heavy metal to achieve double-digit returns while mitigating risk through quantitative analysis rather than personal bias. The panelists concluded that despite technological advancements in streaming and AI, long-term value remains anchored in the irreplaceable human emotion of creative works and the need to view genre labels as commercial rather than artistic barriers.
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Green or Gray: What's Next for Transportation? | Global Conference 2025
Susan Li, Adam Goldstein, Nina Hachigian, Alex Israel, Mark Morelli, Will Thompson
Industry leaders including Mark Morelli of Circle K and Will Thompson of Barclays convened to analyze the severe financial and operational headwinds facing the U.S. mobility sector, such as projected tariff losses for Ford and GM and a critical $400 billion grid infrastructure gap. The panel debated divergent paths forward, ranging from China's state-subsidized pricing advantages to the necessity of multi-fuel strategies and a "technological war" for AI dominance in defense and electric vehicle manufacturing. While consensus emerged that autonomous fleet deployment and EV charging profitability will likely materialize within two to three years, stakeholders uniformly dismissed the 2035 total electrification mandate as unrealistic given current fleet turnover rates and transmission constraints.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
The Global Landscape and Opportunities for Medical Breakthroughs | Global Conference 2025
Usha Lee McFarling, Jay Bradner, Doug Drysdale, Neil Kumar, Alice Pomponio, Grant Verstandig
Biomedicine leaders from BridgeBio, Amgen, and Zephyr AI outlined a strategy to accelerate the industry from discovery to commercialization by leveraging precision diagnostics, population-scale genetics, and AI-driven protein folding to overcome the "valley of death." While startups like Saiban pioneer high-efficacy mental health treatments and the American Cancer Society launches "BrightEdge" to blend venture capital with donor funds, panelists warned that eroding NIH funding threatens this innovation ecosystem. The discussion emphasized that sustaining global competitiveness requires public-private partnerships to fund basic research and expand diverse genomic databases beyond Western populations.
- Milken Institute1h 2m
The New Age of Private Equity | Global Conference 2025
Dan Primack, Per Franzén, David Gross, Julia Kahr, Pete Stavros, Eric Wilmes
Leading global investors including GIC, Bain Capital, and EQT discussed a market defined by regional divergence, where US activity paused due to policy uncertainty while European and Asian deals accelerated. Panelists characterized the current environment as a buyer-seller dislocation rather than a collapse, highlighting the strategic shift toward AI integration, continuation funds, and diversified platforms to navigate valuation misalignments. Despite macroeconomic headwinds like potential tariffs and tax policy changes, the consensus views the present low activity as a strategic buying opportunity supported by record dry powder and resilient portfolio fundamentals.
- Milken Institute1h 1m
Author Susan Morrison, "Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live" | Global Conference 2025
Susan Morrison, Lorne, Laraine Newman
Susan Morrison's biography *Saturday Night* chronicles Lorne Michaels' decade-long evolution of *Saturday Night Live* from a conservative variety show into a global franchise that balances alternative comedy with broad national appeal. The narrative highlights how Michaels' management philosophy evolved from personal trauma-induced non-confrontation to a "sports franchise" model, emphasizing operational flexibility, mentorship strategies like *Weekend Update* for new talent, and a strict hierarchy to manage host egos during the high-pressure final dress rehearsal. This deep dive into Michaels' "friendship economy" and adaptive leadership explains the show's thirty-plus year longevity and its successful international licensing, which requires navigating diverse cultural standards while maintaining the show's core identity.
- Milken Institute56 min
Aging Societies: Opportunities amid Challenges | Global Conference 2025
Maneet Ahuja, Cynthia Hardy Maasry, Ted Koenig, Timothy Lyne, Andrew Milgram, Cynthia Masry, Tim Line
Panelists Andrew Milgram, Ted Koenig, and Tim Line characterize the current economic landscape as a technical recession driven by tariff uncertainty and wage compression, resulting in middle-market EBITDA margins near 5-6% and bankruptcy filings at 14-year highs. The institutional focus is shifting as non-bank lenders now execute 90% of leveraged finance while private equity capital flows toward private credit to navigate declining deal valuations and extended hold periods. Experts forecast a tepid 2025 followed by a recovery in 2026 and 2027, with lenders increasingly prepared to act as permanent owners of distressed assets through robust restructuring capabilities.
- Milken Institute54 min
The Future of Venture Capital: AI, IPOs, and Tech Investment | Global Conference 2025
Romaine Bostick, Raj Ganguly, Amir Husain, Dana Settle, Hemant Taneja
Venture capital leaders from B Capital, General Catalyst, and Greycroft discuss a strategic pivot away from the stalled IPO market toward inorganic growth and M&A as primary exit routes. The panel emphasizes that firms must evolve into "AI-native" entities to navigate geopolitical supply chain shifts and address liquidity constraints for the "long tail" of private companies. With a focus on deep industry transformation over application-layer speculation, investors are prioritizing technically elite founders capable of driving efficiency in hardware, robotics, and healthcare sectors.
- Milken Institute59 min
Charting the Rise of the Podcast Economy | Global Conference 2025
Jamie Patricof, Jessica Cordova Kramer, Mary Alice Haney, Josh Lindgren, Hernan Lopez, Ben Meiselas
Industry leaders define the evolving podcast ecosystem as a dissolving convergence of audio and video formats, evidenced by major market shifts such as PodX's acquisition of Lemonada and the Golden Globes' addition of "Best Podcast" awards for 2026. Economic analysis projects the global industry to reach $7.3 billion in 2024, driven by a 30% revenue share from consumer subscriptions and a migration of high-profile talent away from legacy cable networks toward independent production. While generative AI serves primarily as a localization and editing tool to expand global reach, the sector faces upcoming challenges regarding standardized cross-platform metrics and the preservation of entry-level job pipelines amidst these technological and media mergers.
- Milken Institute1h 2m
Institutional Investors: Charting the Course | Global Conference 2025
Christopher Ailman, Justin Barton, Jenny Chan, Edwin Denson, Jonathan Glidden, Guadalupe Rodriguez, Chris
Representatives from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Delta Airlines, the UCLA Foundation, and a single family office convened to discuss how their distinct balance sheets and liabilities shape divergent capital allocation strategies. While SWIB and UCLA maintain long-term horizons and increased non-U.S. equity exposure, Delta prioritizes de-risking and liquidity management within its pension structures amidst a shifting macro environment. The panelists collectively signaled a cautious stance toward private market pricing and hedge fund correlation, anticipating stagflation and regulatory volatility that will likely dictate 2025 investment flows and secondary market activity.
- Milken Institute59 min
AI Leadership: Business Aspirations and Value Propositions | Global Conference 2025
Julia Boorstin, Aparna Chennapragada, Francis deSouza, Arianna Huffington, Clara Shih, Matt Wood
Moderated by CNBC's Julia Boorstin at the Milken Institute Global Conference, industry leaders from Meta, Microsoft, Google, PwC, and Thrive Global characterized AI as a transformative inflection point comparable to electricity rather than an incremental tool. The panel detailed rapid enterprise adoption, noting that AI now generates over 30% of code at Google and drives revenue growth for cloud providers, while predicting a shift toward an agent-to-agent economy where human roles evolve from task execution to orchestration. Ultimately, the discussion emphasized a dual strategy of accelerating innovation while establishing governance frameworks to mitigate risks such as disinformation and bias, forecasting a future where AI expands human capabilities across healthcare, science, and lean "frontier" business models.
- Milken Institute58 min
AI and Digital Transformation's Impact on Investing | Global Conference 2025
David Steinberg, Jim Breyer, Dipanjan "DJ" Deb, Greg Emerson, Dennis Gada, Jodie Wallis, Shanali Basak
A panel of industry leaders including Jodi, Dennis, DJ, Greg, and Jim established a consensus that organizations must adopt a hybrid "build, buy, and partner" strategy, favoring external foundational models while retaining in-house development for specific strategic assets. The discussion highlighted acute shortages of top-tier mathematical talent and warned of critical risks ranging from quantum decryption threats to deepfake fraud, necessitating robust, materiality-based governance frameworks. Looking forward, experts predicted AI will act as a catalyst for enterprise transformation and private equity value creation, though they cautioned that true value lies in revenue growth rather than mere productivity gains or marketing hype.