Leading researchers and investment professionals partner with SMU for inaugural research-focused forum

The SMU Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI) and the University of Maryland Centre for Financial Policy organised the Quant Investment Forum, hosted by UBS. The event marked SKBI’s 16th Annual Conference and convened over 150 leading academics and industry practitioners for a research-focused exchange on the intersection of AI and investment management and trading.

SMU’s Keppel Professor in Financial Economics and Director of SKBI Zhang Hong said the forum reflects SMU's growing role in this domain. He spoke on the use of AI and large language models to measure the skill of mutual fund managers. Other SMU faculty at the conference were SMU Assistant Professor of Finance Shihao Yu, who spoke on collaboration between humans and AI in the research process, and SMU Associate Professor of Finance Jianfeng Hu who spoke on hedge fund trades.