Hitotsubashi Hall, Hitosubashi University, Tokyo Japan “Financial Innovation and Financial Science - Addressing the Challenge of Low Interest Rates and the Future of Asset Management” Part 2: "Challenge of Low Interest Rates and Future of Asset Management"

Hitotsubashi Hall, Hitosubashi University, Tokyo Japan “Financial Innovation and Financial Science - Addressing the Challenge of Low Interest Rates and the Future of Asset Management” Part 3: "Development of AI: Impact on the Economy"

The University of San Francisco School of Management 2017 Silk Speaker Series includes key thought leaders on global affairs, the economy, and business. The Silk Speaker Series is designed to provide learning opportunities and discussions for USF’s students, alumni, faculty, and friends of the university. Can financial innovation change our future? The next big financial test facing the U.S. economy is fixing our broken retirement system, says Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Merton.

The first installment of his S. Donald Sussman Award Lectures, Robert C. Merton presented “Observations on the Role of Finance Science and Financial Innovation in Global Economic Growth and Development” at the Samberg Conference Center.

The second installment of his S. Donald Sussman Award Lectures, Robert C. Merton presented “Meeting the Global Challenge of Funding Retirement: A Case Study of Financial Innovation in the Design and Implementation of a Solution” at MIT. Part Two of the Series: Observations on the Role of Finance Science and Financial Innovation in Global Economic Growth and Development