Solomon Partners Presents: Podcast Season 2, Episode 1

M&A and Strategic Advisory

Mark Makepeace, CEO of Wilshire Indexes, and Jeff Jacobs, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at Solomon Partners, discuss how new technologies, data sources and collaborations are driving changes in the global index industry. The conversation explores the growth of passive funds, the dynamics impacting ESG investing and the enormous potential for evolving technologies like AI to fundamentally reshape the investment industry.

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