Investors told to embrace helpful AI
Robotics and artificial intelligence supplemental to humans is where to put capital and it’s too early to worry about the rise of the automatons, ‘Mistress of Machines’ Kate Darling says.
Impact investing’s case for scale
Impact investing has come a long way in the past two decades, going from a niche strategy to a $1.5 trillion industry, but there are still challenges for it to reach institutional scale due to the lack of products and insufficient evidence of outperformance in some parts of the market.
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A more realistic look at risk
The University of California’s Rick Bookstaber argues that risk management should move from static equations to more realistic models in which outcomes depend on multiple agents.
Where future leaders will focus
The investment industry will need a new kind of leader with a new set of skills to serve the interests of younger generations and create value for society as a whole.
ESG industry needs better social skills
Human rights advocate Kerry Kennedy says ESG frameworks are not providing investors with enough reliable data about human rights and other social issues to allow accurate assessment of risks.
Asset owners must flex muscle: panel
Representatives from CalPERS and Cbus Super joined academics in challenging large investors to do more for sustainable finance and outlining some practical ways to achieve this goal.
What leadership means now
We live in a time of nomadic professionalism, when leading effectively is less about standing out and more about having the courage to embrace many organisational cultures.
FIS 2026 at Harvard University