Utilizing AI to Enhance Portfolio Construction, Risk Insight, and Decision-Making in Buy-Side Firms
Panel discussionBuy-side risk
2026-09-24 | 02:20 PM - 03:00 PM | Hart Room
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- How are buy-side firms using AI and advanced analytics to enhance portfolio construction and optimization?
- In what ways is machine learning being applied to identify emerging investment opportunities, anticipate structural market changes, and support more dynamic and adaptive asset allocation strategies?
- How are AI-driven scenario analysis and stress testing evolving to help investors proactively manage risks?
- Where should the balance sit between AI-generated insights and human judgement, and how are investment teams governing, validating, and trusting AI outputs to strengthen decision-making and portfolio resilience?
Speakers
Revant Nayar
FMI Technologies
Principal, Chief Investment Officer
Arta Babaee
Blackrock
Managing Director, Head of Private Assets Risk Strategy and Innovation at RQA
Jay Dermody
MSCI
Managing Director, Head of AI Products and MSCI ONE
Sid Dash
Chartis Research
Chief Researcher