Overview In March 2022, a new law has taken effect in China that regulates the use of recommendation algorithms by internet service providers. China’s new algorithm law, Internet Information Service Algorithm Recommendation Management...

The question of “Is China still investable?” has been heatedly discussed among global investors in both private and public markets. Precisely, it was raised after the Chinese government launched an investigation into Didi’s initial public...

Every entrepreneur needs supportive conditions to flourish. What is missing for the Black entrepreneur is a network with fundamental aspirations to close the US Black-White wealth gap. A supportive infrastructure is needed to start, grow...

“The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.”— Joseph Joubert The back-and-forth debate about ESG investing to solve longstanding issues facing the planet and realize meaningful financial returns has led me...

Overview In January 2022, Microsoft announced that it will acquire gaming giant Activision Blizzard for $68 billion—the largest acquisition ever in the tech sector. However, the deal could run into trouble as US legislators and regulators...

As the sweep of history will certainly mark the year 2021 as a transition period for COVID-19, I would argue that many of the disruptions that the pandemic accelerated will have long-term implications for the financial services sector. The...

To overcome funding challenges, global health organizations and their donors have developed financing tools, such as the advance market commitment (AMC), debt buy-downs, and pooled funds from tax revenue, that blend capital from the public...

Conservation finance represents one of the most underdeveloped private-sector investment opportunities for an emerging asset class. Linking together the two sides—the need for conservation funding (demand) and the availability of...

In order to brainstorm mechanisms to continue to finance important vaccination delivery programs, the Milken Institute convened a Financial Innovations Lab® in Jakarta in August 2016. After years of economic growth, Indonesia has begun to...

Lung cancer, one of the most preventable diseases, surpasses all other cancer deaths worldwide. Of the 8.8 million people who died from some form of cancer in 2015, 1.69 million of them, or about 20 percent, succumbed to lung cancer...