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Our guest reflects on potential benefits for clients, and provides insights on the rapid pace of AI development and the need for the right governance, risk controls, and up-skilling of employees to work effectively with the technology.

AI is crossing a threshold from processing information to executing outcomes. On a recent episode of the Citi Institute podcast, the Institute’s Ronit Ghose spoke with Dr. Prag Sharma, head of Citi’s Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence, about agentic AI: what it is, how it differs from generative AI, and what leaders need to consider as these systems begin to interpret goals, make decisions, and even collaborate across workflows.

We believe the future of finance will be built on platforms that are resilient, intelligent, and collaborative. By investing in the infrastructure that powers our Custody business, we’re creating space for new ideas, deepening client engagement, and enabling a more connected financial ecosystem.

European equities have gone from being “most unloved” among global equities late last year, to being a source of diversification from U.S. equities, and most recently to being a destination for roughly $26 billion of inflows so far in 2025. What is behind this remarkable comeback? Is it temporary or transformative? Does it still have legs, and what are the risks? Join host Elise Badoy as she tackles these and other key questions with Head of European Equity Strategy Beata Manthey.

In this episode we discuss The Great Wealth Transfer - the $124 trillion expected to be transferred from baby boomers and older generations to younger generations such as Gen X and millennials by 2048, and to share their insights on proactive financial planning, education, and relationship-building between advisors and the inheriting generations to help ensure a smooth and prudent transfer.

We analyze how U.S. tariffs continue to leave an imprint on our forecast for the global economy.

Remittances in Asia are booming but so is the competition. In Asia, 89% of banks expect to lose share to faster, cheaper disruptors. With $685B in global flows, Asian banks must rethink how they deliver cross-border payments. In this conversation, Citi's Melissa Ongleo Yambao joins Sheetal Kandola to unpack how banks can protect market share.

In this fifth edition of our “Where Can We Take You” series, Hyun-Hee Kim, South Korea Custody Head discusses South Korea’s sweeping transformation and its imminent bond market index inclusion.

Citi Institute recently caught up with Hannes Hofmann, Head of Global Family Office Group, Citi Private Bank, to discuss key trends impacting family offices, ranging from geopolitics and artificial intelligence to philanthropy and art.