The Impact of AI Regulation On Society, Business and Economies
The rapid and widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) systems has been one of the major topics discussed over the past few years. Although this technology is still recent, successful use cases can be found across all industries and allow businesses to create new opportunities or to streamline and simplify their current processes.
Dealing with Geopolitical Instability: How to manage companies and navigate markets
During this conference, the experts discussed, among other things, the implications of current conflicts and tensions for the global economy; how companies and managers can cope with geopolitical instability and successfully navigate challenging periods; how we can interpret market reactions to these challenges and what investors should look for in the new year.
The Importance of Financial Education and its Impacts on Society
Over the last decade, financial education has risen on the agenda of policy-makers and is today more important than ever as the world faces mounting geopolitical risks, inequalities, and the threat of climate change. The financial sector has also been transformed during this time, with innovations, new players and new technologies bringing opportunities but also increasing risks for consumers, especially those with limited experience.
AI-driven business model disruption across sectors: What’s next?
Technology is reshaping financial and non-financial companies from the points of view of both markets and corporates. Companies across industries are accelerating innovation and investment in AI and machine learning.
Resilience in Uncertain Times: Do Leadership & Governance Matter?
The last two years’ events, from pandemic to war in Ukraine, brought to life high levels of uncertainty as well as unprecedented social, economic and political challenges. Due to this, policymakers, entrepreneurs, managers and executives had to strive to adapt and recover from complex shocks often trying to build resilience.
EU Social Taxonomy: Looking to an equal and inclusive future from different perspectives
The EU’s Social Taxonomy aims to provide a common code for investors, businesses and regulators to determine whether an economic activity is sustainable from a social perspective. The publication of the final report by the European Commission Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance marked a change of course for sustainable finance by creating a clear system of classification for activities that encourage compliance with the social objectives of the European Union and can contribute to the development of a green and more inclusive society.
Managing Geopolitical Risk: From International Relations to Asset Management
In this virtual event we discussed Geopolitical risks that have an increasingly crucial role in managing business and assets, and threaten coexistence between people. We invited Paolo Magri, Executive Vice President of the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) and Professor of International Relations at Bocconi University, to give an overview of the current situation across the world and Moz Afzal, Global CIO at EFG, to discuss how companies and asset managers can manage geopolitical risks, and their impacts on markets.