Frank Talk

Frank Talk Episodes

Frank Talk discussions at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School are a series of conversations hosted by Professor of Practice Frank Fabozzi and Associate Professor of Practice Jim Liew. Hearing from top thought leaders, Frank Talk conversations explore the role of artificial intelligence in finance, highlighting its applications, challenges, and opportunities, and how it’s shaping the future of the industry.

Episode 1: Where AI Meets Markets: Marcos López de Prado on the Future of Quantitative Finance

Interviewer: Frank Fabozzi, Professor of Practice at Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University
Guest: Marcos López de Prado, Global Head of Quantitative Research and Development, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

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Episode 2: Designing the Future of Portfolios with AI: Joseph Simonian

Interviewer: Jim Liew, Associate professor of Practice at Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University
Guest: Joseph Simonian, Head of Equity Portfolio Design and Analytics, CalPERS

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Episode 3:  Driving Investment Decisions with AI, A Conversation with Iro Tasitsiomi

Interviewer: Frank Fabozzi, Professor of Practice at Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University
Guest: Iro Tasitsiomi, Head of AI & Investments Data Science, T. Rowe Price

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Episode 4: AI in Finance: A High-Level Dialogue with Policy Makers and Industry Leaders

Interviewer: Jim Liew, Associate professor of Practice at Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University
Guests: 

• David Allen Lebryk, former Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury (2014–2025)
• Sean McIntyre, Deputy CIO, Supervision and Platform Services, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
• Boyu (Daniel) Wu, Senior Investment Strategist, Vanguard Investment Strategy Group
• Dhagash Mehta, Head of Applied Machine Learning Research, BlackRock

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