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  1. Milken Institute1h 2m

    The Next Decade: How to Manage Disruption

    Scarlet Fu, Beth Ferreira, Gregg Lemkau, Brian Sheth, Chris Stadler

    Leading investment experts discuss how the pandemic has accelerated the commoditization of technology and triggered a 28-year high rate of operational disruption, forcing a permanent shift toward hybrid work models and virtual deal-making. The panel highlights unprecedented capital deployment creating a valuation barbell that distorts traditional buying opportunities, while specific sectors like biotech, digital health, and software modernization drive innovation amidst concerns over social cohesion and inequality. Future market dynamics are expected to evolve into a hybrid public exit strategy combining IPOs, SPACs, and direct listings, with management resiliency and ESG integration serving as the primary metrics for long-term investment viability.

  2. Milken Institute55 min

    Lessons From the Great Recovery: How to Maintain Investment Momentum

    Scarlet Fu, Thomas Finke, William Ford, Jonathan Lavine, Emmanuel Roman, Steven Tananbaum, Steve Tannenbaum, Manny Roman, Bill Ford, Tom Fink

    Senior investment executives from PIMCO, Barings, and Bain Capital convened to analyze a late-cycle environment characterized by high valuations, rising volatility, and unsynchronized global credit cycles. While panelists identified critical risks including U.S.-China trade tensions, a potential wage-driven inflation spike, and the dangers of complacent leverage, they simultaneously highlighted opportunities in technology-driven digital transitions and Asian emerging markets. The consensus strategy emphasizes active management utilizing advanced data analytics to navigate complex credit structures, avoiding passive bets in illiquid assets or European high-yield debt while preparing for unforeseen macroeconomic dislocations.

  3. Milken Institute58 min

    Retrospective: Lessons Learned from Leading Investors

    Scarlet Fu, David Bonderman, William Ford, Joshua Friedman, Emmanuel Roman, Steven Tananbaum, Steve Tannenbaum, Bill Ford

    Prominent investors including David Bonderman, Josh Friedman, and Steve Tannenbaum assess a unique financial landscape marked by an unsustainable thirty-year secular decline in interest rates and the resulting compression of credit spreads. The panel analyzes sector-specific risks in retail and energy while debating the structural advantages of active management and private equity over passive strategies in this volatile environment. Despite current complacency, experts emphasize the necessity of holding dry powder for eventual portfolio re-ranking driven by rising rates and warn that structural changes in market-making could precipitate radical price adjustments.

  4. Milken Institute58 min

    How Technology Trends Will Impact Your Portfolio

    Scarlet Fu, Nathaniel Barker, Christopher Bartel, Bill Brady, Alex Griffiths, Stephanie von Friedeburg

    Experts forecast that the automotive industry will undergo a decade of radical transformation driven by electric vehicles and autonomous technology, creating a market where Tesla's valuation rivals legacy manufacturers while investors increasingly favor supply chain components over traditional automakers facing distress. Parallel disruptions in fintech, retail, and education are reshaping global commerce through mobile banking adoption, direct-to-consumer models, and AI-driven personalized learning, though these sectors face significant hurdles regarding regulatory oversight and valuation risks. By 2035, despite a surge in EV adoption, internal combustion engines will remain dominant in the global vehicle fleet, cementing a transition period defined by infrastructure gaps and the strategic shift from ownership to utility-based services.