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Jacob Ayres and Hassan Salamony of 3AI reveal how AI is reshaping investment strategy—by unlocking alpha through vast, structured data. They explain how explainability, ensemble modeling, and common sense filtering help detect market surprises, avoid bias, and deliver actionable insights to institutional investors.

Pathmajan Rasan, CEO of SmartRisk Alpha, shares how decades of systematic investing led to a powerful digital platform enabling professionals to design personalized, risk-aware strategies. He explores portfolio diversification, risk measurement, ESG, and why investing is “building returns brick by brick.”

Volodymyr Gubskyi, CEO of IVM Markets, explains how structured products can be fully personalized in minutes using powerful optimization tools, enabling higher client returns and more efficient pricing. He also shares insights on digitalization trends, lifecycle integrations, and demystifying complex payoffs.

Ai For Alpha CEO Béatrice Guez shares how machine learning enables investment professionals to detect market regimes, adapt to new conditions, and build resilient asset allocations. Their AI models analyze 150+ features to uncover key market drivers, offering a transparent, data-driven approach to portfolio construction.

Richard Waddington, founder of Sherpa Funds Technology, explains how data-driven decision-making can enhance portfolio construction. By helping managers align their portfolios with both constraints and conviction, Sherpa reduces downside risk while maintaining upside potential—turning portfolio "salads" into optimized "soups."

Joe Elmlinger of Lake Hill Capital explains how options can be used to tailor portfolio solutions, focusing on hedging, income generation, and tactical trading. He highlights their probability-driven approach, real-time monitoring of 10,000+ S&P options, and how dynamic strategies help manage risk in changing markets.

Benjamin Soh, co-founder of STACS, explains how tokenized bonds built on distributed ledger technology (DLT) can transform financial markets by automating lifecycle events, reducing human error, and embedding ESG criteria directly into smart contracts, offering transparency, efficiency, and greater accessibility.

Joost Burgerhout and Harry Benchimol from Marex discuss how structured products are evolving with crypto, including risk-managed Bitcoin strategies, the cash & carry trade, and new DeFi access tools. They also explore their Coinbase partnership and how tokenization is reshaping structured finance.

Joe Vittoria, CEO of Vittoria & Partners, explains how AI-driven surveillance helps financial firms detect market abuse, manage communication risks, and stay compliant. He shares insights on regulation myths, the growing role of deterrence, and why smart implementation, not just tech, is key in today’s oversight landscape.

Adrian Marcu of Belvoir Capital explains how Decentralized Finance (DeFi) allows investors to earn steady returns by providing liquidity with stablecoins—without direct exposure to crypto market swings. He discusses key risks like hacking and peg stability, as well as why DeFi is a revolutionary shift in finance.