Studying the financial system and its support of the real economy, with particular attention to two forces that shape it: the stability that sustains it and the innovation that transforms it.
Through research, convenings, co-curricular student programming, and engagement with policymakers, regulators, industry leaders, and the broader financial community, the Initiative connects emerging scholarship to the practical challenges shaping the future of the global financial system.
Wharton Future of Finance Policy Series
Fostering Collaboration at the Intersection of Finance, Innovation, and Policy
The Future of Finance Policy Series brings together leading scholars, policymakers, industry practitioners, and legal experts to examine the most pressing challenges facing financial markets and institutions through roundtable discussions, commissioned white papers, and public webinars.
Future of Finance Podcast
Featured Episode: How AI is Reshaping Quantitative Finance with Nikolai Roussanov and Ingrid Tierens
Artificial intelligence is transforming quantitative finance, expanding the kinds of information investors can analyze and changing how they identify signals and make decisions. In this episode, host and Wharton finance professor Itay Goldstein speaks with fellow Wharton finance professor Nikolai Roussanov as well as Ingrid Tierens of Goldman Sachs about how AI is reshaping quantitative investing. They explore how AI is changing investment research and strategy and why human judgment and the ability to ask the right questions remain critical.
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