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A Look Inside Winning Strategies: The New Business of Sports | Global Investors' Symposium 2026
Emily Chan Tan, Marc Lasry, Oliver Weisberg
Blue Pool Capital's inaugural $1 billion fund and panelists Mark Lazzari and Oliver Weisberg address the transformation of the global sports industry into a formal asset class driven by institutional private equity and soaring franchise valuations. The discussion outlines investment strategies targeting undervalued teams, the exponential growth potential in women's sports and Asian markets, and the operational shift toward integrating AI while leveraging real estate synergies. By contrasting the financial return horizons of private equity funds with the competitive priorities of controlling owners, the event highlights how professionalization and technology are reshaping a sector currently valued at $2.3 trillion.
- Milken Institute44 min
Global Overview: Capital in a Changing World | Global Investors' Symposium 2026
Chery Kang, Aaron Costello, Christopher Ganis, Kevin Lu, Hoi Tung
A panel of global investment leaders, including Hoi Han-Wee and Kevin Schneider, reassessed portfolio strategies by pivoting away from heavy U.S. exposure toward ASEAN and China amidst geopolitical volatility and a thaw in investment sentiment. The discussion highlighted structural opportunities in China's advanced manufacturing and biotechnology sectors while warning that Middle East tensions and AI market corrections require a shift toward energy security, infrastructure, and diversified private credit assets. Ultimately, the group consensus points to a long-term deployment of capital into raw material proximity and regional supply chains to mitigate geopolitical fragmentation and capture returns in "boring" but predictable sectors.
- Milken Institute37 min
Prediction Markets: New Players, New Rules | Future of Finance 2026
Lydia Beyoud, Keli Callaghan, JB Mackenzie, Sean Patrick Maloney, Patrick McHenry
Panelists and regulators discussed the 300x growth of prediction markets as a mainstream tool replacing traditional polls, emphasizing the need for a unified federal framework under the CFTC to prevent a fragmented regulatory landscape. While addressing consumer protection and recent geopolitical contract controversies, the industry advocated for treating event contracts as financial products rather than gambling and supported legislation like Congressman Richie Torres' bill to ban insider trading by government officials. Future developments are projected to shift from binary betting toward AI-driven non-binary liquidity pools and global expansion, driven by technological convergence and a focus on hedging for small businesses rather than sports wagering.
- Milken Institute41 min
The Genius Effect: Stablecoins Take the Stage | Future of Finance 2026
Daniel Gorfine, Lauren Belive, Robin Cook, Michael Greenwald, Eugene Ludwig, Caroline D. Pham, Carol Engfam
The recent panel explored the intersection of the newly enacted "Genius Act," which establishes a prudential stablecoin framework while restricting direct issuer interest, and emerging market dynamics where institutions are increasingly adopting stablecoins for settlement and collateral. Speakers including Robin Cook of Coinbase and Michael Greenwald from AWS highlighted how AI-driven agentic payments and secure cloud infrastructure are driving a projected $1 trillion market by 2030, while simultaneously positioning tokenized dollars as a geopolitical tool for global reserve status. Despite consensus on the integration of digital assets into traditional finance, experts diverged on regulatory timelines, with some predicting amendments to allow issuer interest by 2027 while others remained skeptical of immediate legislative shifts.
- Milken Institute51 min
Advancing Economic Mobility | Future of Finance 2026
Dan Carol, Anna-Lisa Miller, Shil Patel, Rob J. Shapiro, Marcus Shaw
The event outlines a multi-pronged economic strategy combining newborn investment accounts, federal retirement matching for gig workers, and expanded worker ownership to address extreme wealth concentration. Key participants including Ownership Works and Alt Finance demonstrate how equity participation and HBCU talent pipelines generate significant returns for non-c-suite employees and underrepresented communities. By integrating these private sector innovations with policy proposals for mid-career retraining, the initiative aims to mitigate AI-driven displacement risks and secure broad-based long-term economic mobility for millions of Americans.
- Milken Institute43 min
Powering Economic Opportunities: Energy at the Core | Future of Finance 2026
Leslie Kaufman, Benton Arnett, Rachel Halfaker, Stephen Propper, Nidhi Thakar
Driven by surging AI data center demand and corporate carbon-free procurement commitments, the U.S. energy sector is pivoting toward flexible nuclear power models and advanced grid modernization to address critical reliability and affordability gaps. Independent developers and community lenders are leveraging innovative financing structures alongside artificial intelligence to accelerate permitting and scale distributed energy resources despite persistent regulatory bottlenecks. Concurrently, geopolitical shifts and targeted federal incentives are fueling investment in onshored supply chains and transmission infrastructure, positioning clean firm technologies as essential components of national energy security.
- Milken Institute29 min
Conversation with DFC CEO Ben Black and EXIM Bank President John Jovanovic | Future of Finance 2026
Ben Black, John Jovanovic, Matthew Aleshire
John Yovanovitch of the Export-Import Bank and Ben of the Development Finance Corporation are leading a coordinated push to reindustrialize the U.S. economy by deploying over $160 billion in authorized capital to secure supply chains and counter Chinese influence. Their agencies are prioritizing strategic sectors such as critical minerals, energy, and advanced mobility while removing investment barriers in high-income allies to mobilize private capital globally. This bipartisan initiative aims to create domestic manufacturing jobs and establish long-term market stability by exporting American financial services alongside physical infrastructure projects.
- Milken Institute59 min
AI and the Future of Digital Transformation | Future of Finance 2026
Nicole Valentine, Jo Jagadish, Karen Kornbluh, Eric Mandl, Igor Tulchinsky, Kip Wainscott
This panel convened finance executives, policymakers, and technology leaders to assess the economic, security, and workforce implications of the next industrial revolution in artificial intelligence. Experts projected multi-trillion dollar market growth and highlighted tangible enterprise gains, such as JPMorgan Chase's $1 billion in fraud savings and TD Bank's rapid AI tool adoption, while warning of existential threats to professional services and national security if human oversight is removed. The discussion concluded that while historical tech shifts ultimately expand workforces, robust legislative guardrails and new standard-setting bodies are urgently needed to balance rapid innovation with public trust and global competitiveness.
- Milken Institute20 min
American Dream Investing: Conversation with HUD Secretary Scott Turner | Future of Finance 2026
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has proposed a rule change mandating work requirements for able-bodied public housing recipients, aiming to assist 79,000 families in achieving self-sufficiency while generating a projected $501 million income increase. Under Secretary Benson's leadership, the agency is simultaneously streamlining regulations by removing federal zoning overreach to empower local jurisdictions and revitalizing the Opportunity Zones program, which has already facilitated $100 billion in private investment and lifted 1 million people from poverty. These initiatives reflect a strategic shift toward leveraging private sector innovation and emphasizing personal responsibility to address root causes of homelessness and expand housing affordability.
- Milken Institute27 min
Conversation with SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and CFTC Chairman Michael Selig | Future of Finance 2026
Paul Atkins, Michael Selig, Michael Piwowar
SEC Chairman Atkins and CFTC Chairman Selig are dismantling a fragmented regulatory landscape by establishing a joint taxonomy and "truce" to clearly distinguish tokenized securities from digital commodities while preventing duplicative enforcement. The agencies are simultaneously modernizing capital formation through disclosure streamlining, approving perpetual crypto futures, and accelerating on-chain settlement to reverse declining IPO trends. These collaborative initiatives aim to provide statutory durability in a post-Loper Bright environment by fostering a single primary regulator framework that retains global liquidity and innovation.
- Milken Institute47 min
How Can Philanthropy Address Complex Climate Crises? | Asia Summit 2025
Melissa Stevens, Anindya Novyan Bakrie, Jamie Choi, Boon Heong Ng, Chavalit Frederick Tsao
This event convened climate leaders and philanthropists to address the critical urgency of narrowing the decade-long window for irreversible climate action while highlighting the severe underfunding of adaptation in vulnerable regions. Through case studies like Temasek's low-carbon rice initiatives and strategies for aligning Indonesia's renewable energy goals with smallholder economics, speakers emphasized philanthropy's role as de-risking capital to crowd in government and private sector investment. The dialogue concluded with a strategic pivot toward an "Asia-led" decade of climate action, urging a shift from isolated charity to coordinated, community-rooted systems that leverage local values to unlock scalable solutions and robust carbon markets.
- Milken Institute54 min
China's Innovative Renaissance: Global Ambitions, New Momentum | Asia Summit 2025
Robin Hu, David He, Jui Tan, Danny Tang
The event analyzes China's shifting consumer landscapes, where cultural reconnection and female empowerment are fueling global growth for brands like Pop Mart and Lao Pu Gold alongside a massive capital shift from real estate to discretionary spending. Simultaneously, it details the nation's strategic pivots in deep tech, highlighting how Chinese AI firms leverage superior engineering and open-source leadership to achieve high performance with fewer GPUs despite hardware bottlenecks. The presentation concludes by outlining an investment framework for 2030 that prioritizes companies with deep R&D, wide portfolios, and global ambitions, while predicting AI, robotics, and esports as the primary drivers of future market expansion.
- Milken Institute44 min
Global Real Estate: Repricing Risk, Rethinking Strategy | Asia Summit 2025
Curtis S. Chin, Michelle Martin, Stuart Crow, Goodwin Gaw, Kishore Moorjani, Hsueh Ling Ng
Global real estate capital is rapidly migrating from traditional office space to invisible infrastructure like data centers and battery storage, driven by AI compute demands and supply chain regionalization strategies. While distress in the office sector and record interest rates are forcing asset re-purposing and wealth consolidation, innovative financing models including private credit and tokenization are unlocking new liquidity for investors. Market experts highlight specific opportunities in Asia-Pacific hubs, Hong Kong's gateway role, and the residential living sector as the primary engines for future yield and resilience amidst shifting geopolitical and technological landscapes.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
Reimagining Mental Health: Innovation at the Intersection of Care & Techn | Future of Health 2025
Rhitu Chatterjee, Amir Inamdar, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, Vik Kheterpal, Upali Nanda, Viviane Poupon
A global summit convened by leaders including Amir Nandar, Patrick Kennedy, and Viviane Poupon addresses a $6 trillion economic burden caused by mental health conditions through integrated strategies spanning pharmaceutical innovation, digital equity, and architectural intervention. Participants highlighted breakthrough therapies like Cybin's CYP003, successful biophilic design projects that reduced medication usage by 30%, and digital monitoring initiatives that engaged 81% of bipolar patients to bridge the gap between chronic care and primary prevention. The gathering concluded with a unified call to reframe mental health as "brain health," urging policymakers to establish liability frameworks for AI and social media while leveraging public-private partnerships to scale accessible, preventative care models globally.
- Milken Institute47 min
The Infrastructure Imperative: Mobilizing Capital for a Resilient Economy | GIS São Paulo
Anya Prusa, Tufi Daher, Karen Fang, Laurent Fayollas, Michael Kelly, Tanya, Eliane
Industry leaders and institutional investors gathered to address the $2.1 trillion global clean energy finance landscape, emphasizing the critical need for stable public policies and de-risking instruments to unlock capital for projects ranging from Brazil's TransNordestina railway to Canada's $15 billion Growth Fund. The panel highlighted emerging technologies like advanced geothermal and carbon capture alongside the transformative potential of AI in grid optimization, while noting that demand-side behavior change and Indigenous legal reforms are essential drivers for scaling decarbonization efforts. Ultimately, the discussion concluded that achieving a balance between affordability, security, and sustainability requires overcoming geopolitical supply chain risks and shifting political focus toward concrete project execution in resource-rich but underfunded regions like Africa.