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Hangzhou Rises Seven Places to Rank First in the Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities China 2023-2024 Index

Beijing, CHINA September 3 2024—Hangzhou, the capital of China’s Zhejiang province and an emerging e-commerce hub, is ranked as China’s best-performing city in 2023-2024, according to the recently released Milken Institute’s Best-Performing...

Hangzhou, the capital of China’s Zhejiang province and an emerging e-commerce hub, is ranked as China’s best-performing city in 2023-2024, according to the recently released Milken Institute’s Best...

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Yeen Chong

Associate Director, Milken Institute International
Yeen Chee Chong is an associate director for Milken Institute International. Based in Singapore, he oversees and manages strategic communications with a wide range of global and regional media publications and partners. Chong works closely with colleagues in both Asia and the United States on planning and implementing global public relations and social media campaigns.
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Future-Proofing Our Survival: The Case for Building Resilient Cities

2024 has been a year of extremes: the hottest year in recorded history, record-breaking ocean temperatures, and soaring atmospheric CO 2 levels, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. 2023 also saw an increasing frequency of...
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Shruti Narayan; Managing Director, Regions and Mayoral Engagement, and Regional Director, South and West Asia; C40

Shruti Narayan

Managing Director, Regions and Mayoral Engagement, and Regional Director, South and West Asia, C40
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Humans Still Hold the Keys to Harnessing the Power of Data

A decade ago, the cumulative data generated by humankind throughout history reached an impressive 12.5 zettabytes of data, according to Statista—a number on its own so vast it’s nearly incomprehensible. To put this into context, one...
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Andy Kreuz, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, WorldQuant; CEO, WorldQuant Millennium Advisors

Andy Kreuz

Deputy Chief Investment Officer, WorldQuant; CEO, WorldQuant Millennium Advisors
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When Public and Private Markets Converge

The equity market landscape has been transformed by the explosive growth in the private equity market and a tendency for private companies to stay private longer. These trends have contributed to a multi-decade shift in the mix of public...
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Steve Klar, President and Managing Partner Wellington Management

Steve Klar

President and Managing Partner, Wellington Management