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Clear all filters- Milken Institute1h 32m
South Korea at the Crossroads | Global Dinner Dialogues 2025
Vincent Park, Roxanne Davies, Joon Oh, Jenni Risku, Michael Wee, Laura Deal Lacey, Byoung Hwan Kim, Robin Hu, Hoon Lee, Timothy Reese, Taewon Yang, Richard Ditizio, John B. Quinn, Samuel Kim, JP Lee, Junghee Oh, Jongku Choi
The inaugural 2025 Milken Institute Global Dinner Dialogues in Seoul convened key financial leaders and policymakers to address South Korea's strategic pivot amid geopolitical shifts and domestic reforms. Chairman Byung-hwan Kim and global investors highlighted critical initiatives ranging from a 50 trillion Won technology financing vehicle to the National Pension Fund overhaul, while panelists outlined robust opportunities in AI, retail expansion, and shipbuilding despite looming US tariff risks. Ultimately, the forum underscored a consensus that resolving structural challenges and leveraging Korea's tech sovereignty will drive significant capital deployment and solidify the nation's transition into a premier global financial actor.
- Goldman Sachs27 min
Jigsaw CEO Yasmin Green on AI and using technology for good
Yasmin Green, Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani, Sharmeen Masovar-Rahmani
Jigsaw, a semi-autonomous unit within Google, applies interdisciplinary research to develop AI tools like the Perspective API and Bowling Green pilot that enhance online discourse while addressing the societal shift from information literacy to information sensibility. Led by founders Yasmin Green and Jared Cohen, the group analyzes the trajectory of artificial general intelligence to predict the automation of entry-level work and the potential for AI to exacerbate global inequalities. Their current strategic focus counters public anxiety about technological subservience by prioritizing human connection and workflow-centric organizational structures over raw computational acceleration.
- Jane Street47 min
Making OCaml Safe for Performance Engineering
Jane Street's research introduces a suite of OCaml extensions featuring unboxed types and stack allocation to eliminate memory waste and garbage collection overhead in performance-critical applications. These innovations expand into a static mode system that guarantees data race freedom for parallel execution by enforcing lifetime and portability constraints without explicit annotations. Currently deployed in production for memory management features and undergoing beta testing for concurrency safety, this work aims to integrate into mainline OCaml while earning a POPL award for its formal verification of race freedom.
- The Economist25 min
Wall of duties: Trump’s towering tariffs
Trump, Shonda Rhimes, Rosie Bloor, Rachna Shambhog, Tom Gardner, Rachel Lloyd
On April 2, 2025, Donald Trump enacted sweeping global tariffs designed to rebuild American manufacturing while economists warn of an elevated recession risk and infrastructure challenges regarding enforcement. Concurrently, the Sudanese National Army recaptured Khartoum with international military backing, though a fragmented coalition and the Rapid Support Forces' continued resistance suggest a prolonged conflict rather than a decisive peace. In the entertainment sector, Shondaland solidified its dominance by generating $2.4 billion in revenue through distinct pacing strategies and expansive universe-building, despite a market increasingly risk-averse to new creative talent.
- All-In Podcast1h 50m
All-In Live from Austin: Colin and Samir, Chris Williamson, and Bryan Johnson
Colin, Samir, Chris Williamson, Bryan Johnson, Friedberg, Jason, Chamath
Major legacy media giants are aggressively reorganizing their strategies to compete with an independent creator economy that now dominates connected TV viewership through superior algorithmic retention and authentic long-form content. Top creators are increasingly rejecting traditional media deals to retain full intellectual property ownership, pivoting instead toward lean business models that prioritize direct product sales, high-value physical events, and 360-degree brand partnerships. This structural shift is further accelerated by new monetization vectors such as health-focused consumer goods and experimental physiological research, which collectively challenge the historical dominance of legacy broadcast networks.
- Milken Institute30 min
Bottom-Up Growth: Little is the New Big | Finance Forum 2025
Dan Carol, Evan Feinberg, Michelle Moore, Lynn Overmann, Ryan Streeter
The 2025 Milken Institute Finance Forum, themed "Building Resilient Communities," convened leaders from the Civitas Institute, Groundswell, and Stand Together to launch the "Pathways to Capital" platform and debate bottom-up growth strategies for underserved areas amid declining federal funding. Panelists including Michelle Moore and Evan Feinberg highlighted successful models such as rural clean energy hubs and social service matchmaking tools that utilize data-driven capital stacking to reduce poverty and disaster costs. The event concluded with a consensus on adopting a "scout and scale" methodology and reforming top-down policies to better align with and fund local innovation for 10,000 communities.
- Milken Institute17 min
Welcome Remarks by Financial Secretary Paul Chan | Global Investors' Symposium Hong Kong 2025
Laura Deal Lacey, Paul Chan Mo-po
Hong Kong's economy expanded 2.5% in 2024–2025, driven by a 7% rise in bank deposits and a surge in stock market turnover that propelled the Hang Seng Index to a 20% gain in early 2025. The city secured top global rankings in investment management and insurance while advancing a strategic vision to become the world's premier cross-boundary wealth management center by 2028. Simultaneously, the government is leveraging a 300-hectare Northern Metropolis hub to integrate AI and life sciences, attracting over 80 strategic enterprises and $60 billion in projected investment.
- Milken Institute37 min
Driving Transformational Change in Finance | Global Investors' Symposium Hong Kong 2025
Kevin Lu, Marc Antaki, Timothy Reese
Kevin Liu moderated a panel with Tim of the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System and Mark of Mubadala to discuss how major institutional investors are leveraging long-term horizons and private market exposure to navigate macroeconomic volatility. The executives detailed strategic shifts toward emerging sectors like AI infrastructure and royalty assets while utilizing diversified portfolio constructions to mitigate risks from inflation and geopolitical instability. By prioritizing on-the-ground intelligence in Asia and adopting multi-scenario planning, these firms aim to transform unforeseen global challenges into catalysts for structural outperformance.
- Milken Institute42 min
Global Overview | Global Investors' Symposium Hong Kong 2025
Olivia Siong, Eric Anziani, Keyu Jin, Christian Stracke, Ke Yu
Panelists from PIMCO and industry leaders projected a cooler global economic trajectory for 2025–2026 while analyzing China's strategic pivot toward technological self-reliance amid real estate debt risks. The discussion highlighted a decisive regulatory shift in the United States, which reclassified Bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset and fostered a competitive race in Asia for digital currency infrastructure. Furthermore, speakers warned of a bifurcating geopolitical landscape that threatens debt sustainability while predicting a future convergence between blockchain settlement layers and agentic AI systems.
- Milken Institute45 min
The Best of Both Funds: Public and Private Markets Outlook | Global Investors' Symposium Hong Kong
Chery Kang, Aaron Costello, Janet Perumal, Kevin Sneader, Howe Chung Wan
Global investors face a revised macroeconomic landscape characterized by downward GDP revisions, elevated recession probabilities, and a structural shift toward higher interest rates and fiscal activism. Amidst escalating trade tensions and geopolitical instability, market concentration risks in US tech giants have prompted recommendations to underweight equities in favor of non-US value sectors, private credit, and defensive hedge fund strategies. While artificial intelligence evolves from hardware to application-focused deployment, the prevailing directive emphasizes active portfolio management to neutralize passive index risks and prepare for potential volatility without abandoning market exposure.
- Milken Institute28 min
Is Hong Kong Back? | Global Investors' Symposium Hong Kong 2025
Emily Chan Tan, Goodwin Gaw, Oliver Weisberg
Hong Kong leverages its Linked Exchange Rate system and a tax-efficient business environment to attract global capital despite a real estate sector navigating high interest rates and a slowing local economy. The region is strategically evolving as the financial gateway within the $2 trillion Greater Bay Area, utilizing cross-border infrastructure to integrate with mainland hubs like Shenzhen and Beijing while seeing a reversal of recent capital outflows. With institutional investors returning due to deep talent pools, unique lifestyle amenities, and a resurgent IPO market, the city maintains its status as a resilient financial center that effectively mitigates geopolitical perceptions through economic pragmatism.
- Milken Institute40 min
Global Companies and a New Era of Growth | Global Investors' Symposium Hong Kong 2025
Avril Hong, Hans Dekkers, Tony Fernandes, Éric Martel
Representatives from IBM, AirAsia, and Bombardier convened to outline a strategic framework prioritizing robust data infrastructure as a prerequisite for effective AI adoption in the aviation and aerospace sectors. The panel detailed specific outcomes such as AirAsia's projected 3–4% fuel savings and Bombardier's 93% on-time global parts delivery rate, achieved through predictive analytics and automated supply chain management. Additionally, the discussion emphasized navigating complex regulatory certification hurdles and managing workforce cultural shifts to balance human oversight with AI-driven efficiency.
- Goldman Sachs28 min
Dame Sarah Storey on winning her 19th Paralympic gold medal
Britain's most decorated Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey secured her 19th Paris 2024 gold medal, extending her career total to 30 golds while reflecting on her unique transition from swimming to cycling and the erosion of government funding since 2008. She advocates for increased sponsorship and infrastructure investment to support the "speculate to accumulate" reality of Paralympic cycling and emphasizes innovation in physiological management as she considers a potential 10th Paralympic appearance in 2028. Storey attributes her longevity to a multidisciplinary team approach and the aggregation of marginal gains, rejecting traditional sports hierarchies in favor of holistic strategies that accommodate perimenopausal needs and family motivations.
- Milken Institute31 min
Global Debt Levels: Opportunity to Innovate | Finance Forum 2025
Matthew Aleshire, Avinash Persaud, Stacy Swann, Heiko Thoms
A panel of international economists and policymakers convened to address the critical intersection of record-high global public debt and the urgent need for climate resilience financing, highlighting how current debt frameworks stifle essential green investments. The discussion examined structural reforms in Germany, such as new debt rules exempting defense spending, alongside the growing dominance of private creditors in developing nations which complicates traditional resolution mechanisms like the Paris Club. Experts concluded that effective solutions require MDBs to expand capital bases, greater Chinese creditor participation, and the design of shock-absorbing debt instruments that capture long-term fiscal savings from climate adaptation.
- a16z26 min
The Future of Digital Workers
Level Next distinguishes itself in the AI sector by prioritizing customer outcomes over technology, recently re-architecting its Alice and Mike agents from basic prompting to fully agentic frameworks capable of planning and reasoning. The company supports this technical shift with a unique go-to-market strategy that offers free product access for validation and employs a vendor-agnostic architecture to rapidly swap model providers based on performance metrics. Underpinned by a "zero-to-one" pod structure and a hiring focus on chaos tolerance, Level Next aims to deliver anti-fragile revenue motions while educating clients on data-driven optimization over subjective perception.