“MACHINES CAN TRADE. BUT CAN THEY GOVERN?”“THE HIDDEN RISK IN AUTOMATED MARKETS: NO ONE SAYING ‘WAIT’”

At a recent event hosted by the Asian Institute of Management in Manila, the algorithmic investor and strategist Joseph Plazo argued that automation may have outpaced accountability.His message was simple: speed must not replace strategy.“If you allow a machine to manage your portfolio,” he said, “ensure it reflects your priorities—not just

Everyone expected triumph. Instead, it became a confrontation. At the University of the Philippines' famed lecture theater, students from across Asia’s elite universities gathered to see the future of trading laid bare by machines.They expected Plazo to reaffirm their belief that AI would rule the markets. Instead, they got silence, contradictio