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Investment Outlook from Global Industry Titans
Michael Milken, Leon Black, David Bonderman, Lei Zhang
A coalition of 70 university researchers and global stakeholders is mobilizing a half-million-person initiative to address Japan's $23 trillion U.S. cash surplus and the social security gap through a new six-sector classification system. This strategy integrates fiscal reforms, climate change measures, and a dedicated focus on disability inclusion to stabilize currency fluctuations and revive underperforming industrial sectors highlighted during recent G20 discussions. By leveraging direct community engagement over social media and establishing a new scientific framework for labor, the group aims to achieve a 35% growth rate while avoiding the pitfalls of past economic failures.
- 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 Institute31 min
A Conversation With Indra Nooyi and Mike Milken
Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi championed the "Performance with Purpose" strategy to secure generational longevity by aligning financial growth with human, environmental, and workforce sustainability. She countered investor skepticism regarding short-term restructuring charges by restructuring the product portfolio and engaging directly as a global statesman to navigate complex regulatory and implementation challenges. Nooyi further advocated for systemic workforce retention solutions, including mandatory family support systems, while driving regional gender inclusion strategies to leverage the purchasing power of women.
- 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 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 Institute42 min
A Fireside Chat with Serge Pun Building Myanmar
Serge Pun, Staci Warden, Mike Milken, Mahendra Lama, Minseok Lee, Dickey Yuhuiko, Brad Gordon
Expanding from a private interview to a public forum, the Milken Institute session featured Serge Poon and Mike Milken discussing Myanmar's shifting economic landscape following the removal of US sanctions. Poon detailed his forty-year journey from displacement to rebuilding a private banking empire through strict anti-corruption practices, while outlining a strategy prioritizing long-term infrastructure investment over short-term gains. The dialogue concluded with an optimistic five-year forecast for nation-building, emphasizing regional connectivity and the need for investors to support foundational "trunk" projects despite lingering political risks.
- Milken Institute1h 1m
Disrupt Aging: A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Every Age
Jo Ann Jenkins, Soledad O'Brien
AARP CEO Joanne Jenkins leverages her extensive federal background to spearhead the "Disrupt Aging" initiative, which aims to reframe the societal narrative around aging as a period of continued vitality rather than decline. Through high-impact campaigns like the viral "What is Old?" video and a $40 million innovation fund, the organization actively promotes policies supporting "freedom to earn," while simultaneously advocating for critical infrastructure changes to ensure financial security and independent living for the 10,000 daily new retirees. This multifaceted approach addresses the economic realities of a population where half of those over 50 rely on Social Security, utilizing a 38-million-member base to influence everything from healthcare funding to workplace flexibility.
- Milken Institute1h 3m
Reception | Celebrating Activist Women
Susan Santiago, Michael Milken, Shaun Robinson, Cher, John McArthur, Karen Weaver, Gary White, Katie O'Reilly
Hosted by Hyatt's first female SVP of Operations for the Americas, Susan Santiago, this Milken Family Foundation-sponsored event united activists like actress Cher, Flint Mayor Karen Weaver, and industry experts to address the U.S. water infrastructure crisis. The panel revealed that approximately 7.3 million lead service lines remain nationwide, costing taxpayers roughly $10 monthly per family to replace, while highlighting the human failures and systemic neglect that drove the Flint tragedy. Participants emphasized that achieving universal clean water access by 2030 requires sustained public funding, strict regulation of private partnerships, and civic pressure to prioritize maintenance over reactive crisis management.
- Milken Institute59 min
A Conversation with Adm. Michael Mullen and Gen. Stanley McChrystal
Adm. Michael Mullen, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Susan Eisenhower, Stanley McChrystal, Michael Mullen
Admiral Mike Mullen and General Stanley McChrystal identify Russia as the primary military threat while warning that the United States faces a more insidious crisis through domestic fiscal insolvency, demographic shifts in the military, and deepening political polarization. The discussion advocates for a structural reduction of the active-duty Army to force public engagement in war and proposes congressional term limits and mandatory meetings to reverse the erosion of bipartisan cooperation. Ultimately, the speakers conclude that long-term national security depends less on military dominance and more on addressing economic inequality, restoring a shared sense of citizenship, and prioritizing diplomatic solutions over purely tactical military interventions.
- Milken Institute1h 6m
Priorities for the Next U.S. President
Jeff Green, Tillman Fertitta, Ellen Townsher, Frank Luntz, Mike Milken
Four former presidential candidates—Jeff Green, Tillman Fertitta, Ellen Townsher, and Frank Luntz—discussed hypothetical policy outcomes at the final session of the Milken Institute conference, moderated by Wolf Blitzer and Mike Milken. Each panelist detailed specific legislative achievements in their imagined administrations, ranging from Green's $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan and Guaranteed Minimum Income to Fertitta's elimination of corporate deficits and Luntz's failed VA reform efforts. The discussion highlighted divergent approaches to governance, with candidates sharing contrasting results on economic growth, foreign relations, and the practical challenges of implementing bold structural changes.
- Milken Institute1h 31m
Agent of Change: The California-Israel Global Innovation Partnership
Professor Itzik-Peterborg, Jay Keesling, Uri, Nati, Mark Gold, Yoram Cohen, Clive Kabat-Zinnick, David Blumberg
The California-Israel Global Innovation Partnership, established via a 2014 agreement between Governor Jerry Brown and the Israeli Prime Minister, facilitates the cross-border transfer of expertise in water, energy, and biotechnology to help California transition from a startup-centric to a scale-up economy. Key figures including Prof. Jay Keasling, Prof. Itzik Peterborg, and executives from Netafim demonstrated how synthetic biology, digital health solutions, and precision irrigation can decouple agricultural output from resource constraints while addressing California's fragmented governance and water scarcity crises. This collaboration leverages financial protocols and bilateral fellowships to deploy proven Israeli technologies globally, aiming to create a carbon-negative bio-economy and implement real-time conservation incentives that bridge the gap between policy fragmentation and sustainable infrastructure.
- Milken Institute1h 7m
Tom Hanks and Brian Grazer: A Conversation With Two Hollywood Icons
Tom Hanks, Brian Grazer, Gordon
Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer, whose extensive career spans blockbusters like *Apollo 13*, *A Beautiful Mind*, and the *Da Vinci Code* trilogy, champions a production philosophy rooted in active curiosity and collaboration with diverse figures ranging from Nobel laureates to hip-hop artists. By strategically merging non-fiction memoirs, adapting content for evolving streaming platforms, and partnering with Tom Hanks to develop projects such as *Empire* and *Cast Away*, Grazer has consistently prioritized themes of respect, mental health advocacy, and ethical storytelling. This approach has not only yielded significant commercial successes and critical acclaim but also established a legacy of identifying and elevating global talent while engaging audiences with complex social and philosophical questions.
- Milken Institute1h 11m
Treasury's War on Terror: What It Means for Banking and Global Commerce
Staci Warden, Timothy Adams, Christine Duhaime, John Dye, Matthew Epstein, Farley Mesko
At the 2016 Milken Institute Global Conference, panelists analyzed how the U.S. Treasury's aggressive post-9/11 sanctions strategy inadvertently triggered widespread financial de-risking and excluded unbanked populations. Experts highlighted the inefficiency of current anti-money laundering regimes, noting that banks spend vast resources on broad compliance rather than targeting the estimated 0.1% of illicit flows actually detected. The discussion concluded by proposing a shift toward technology-driven intelligence, collaborative law enforcement models, and unified regulatory guidance to restore financial inclusion while surgically targeting known bad actors.
- Milken Institute1h 1m
Investing in Infrastructure: Closing the Trillion-Dollar Gap
Andrew Clairaut, Kathy Hahn, Sudhir Hari, Scott Mackin, Greg Smith
A projected $90 trillion global infrastructure funding gap by 2030 persists due to a mismatch between long-term institutional mandates and the scarcity of bankable projects in both developed and emerging markets. While pension funds prioritize low-risk, regulated assets in OECD nations, private equity firms employ multilateral de-risking and hard currency strategies to target higher returns in developing regions where political and regulatory hurdles often stall deal execution. Bridging this deficit requires a shift from purely public funding to coordinated private mobilization, necessitating standardized concession frameworks and active stakeholder management to overcome sovereign default fears and political volatility.