This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, indicate links to alternate free versions. Five highlights from this post: Buy-Side AI Adoption Hindered by Broker Research Licensing Restrictions; The AI investment race; Risk Design: AI and Prediction Beyond Screening in Insurance Markets; Assessing the Benefits of Optimized Agentic AI Systems for Asset Pricing; Revolut Is Building An AI Brain For Banking, And It Could Change Finance Forever; and JPMorgan Builds AI Agents That Beat 60/40 Portfolio in Backtests.

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