Kathryn Hartmann
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- Milken Institute55 min
The Business of Healthy
Jane Wells, Anu Chatterjee, Dr. Bill Dietz, Michael Johnson, Ryan Shadrick-Wilson, Tara Palmeri, Kathryn Hartmann, Kathy Hartmuth, Rachel Alters, Jeff Dunn, Dr. David Heber, Anu Srivastava, Anu Vatsalavanda, Eric Schmidt, David Levinson, Bill Alford Jr.
Major food corporations are pivoting toward fresh and healthy platforms through billion-dollar acquisitions and reformulation strategies, responding to consumer demand for organic and plant-based options while leveraging data showing significant sales growth in low-calorie segments. Public health projections warn that obesity rates will continue to rise without intervention, prompting government initiatives like school nutrition acts and corporate policy changes such as antibiotic bans to mitigate a crisis expected to surpass tobacco-related healthcare costs. Ultimately, the industry faces the dual challenge of overcoming affordability barriers in food deserts and adapting marketing tactics to normalize healthy choices among younger demographics.
- Milken Institute1h 3m
Trick of the Trade: Pouring Liquidity Back Into Fixed Income
Larry Tabb, Konstantinos Antiochus, Michael Frino, Amy Koch, Fred Orlin, Michael Puar, Mike McCurry, Kathryn Hartmann, David Rockefeller Jr.
Post-crisis regulatory frameworks like Dodd-Frank and Basel III have forced dealer deleveraging, compressing inventory levels by 20% and shifting the corporate bond market from a principal model to a riskless agency structure. While electronic platforms and transparency tools like TRACE aim to restore efficiency, the divergence between exploding ETF assets and shrinking dealer balance sheets has exacerbated liquidity constraints and volatility. Industry leaders and regulators anticipate a fragmented evolution where organic market-driven solutions, rather than forced structural changes, will eventually rebalance risk-taking incentives against regulatory capital realities.