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The Amundi World Investment Forum, held on June 13^th and 14^th at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, brought together more than 60 speakers in front of an audience of 1,000 people from over 80 countries. The event featured in-depth discussions on geopolitical issues, the transformation of economies, major global macroeconomic trends and their implications for investment.

Valérie Baudson

Member of Executive Committee of Crédit Agricole S.A., Chief Executive Officer of Amundi

the economic outlook is improving”, with global GDP growth around 3% in 2024 and in 2025, whilst “history and geopolitics are back in the spotlight” and “energy transition and technological innovations at the heart of geopolitical tensions as they shape the ability of nations to maintain a position or gain power.

The main conclusions are as follows: Major political & economic shifts are threatening longstanding security and trade alliances

During the first day of debates, global politics impacting economies was at the forefront of the speakers’ interventions.

Sanna Marin

Prime Minister and Head of Government of Finland (2019-2023)

a big game is being played between democracies and authoritarian regimes. What is happening in Ukraine will define the future of democracy.” She urged Europe and NATO to offer “larger perspectives” and reminded the audience that “geopolitics is not the only threat humanity is facing, there is also climate change and the loss of biodiversity.

Dr. Adam S. Posen

President of the Peterson Institute for International Economics

markets are going to put upward pressure on interest rates in the coming years

Ricardo Reis A.W. Phillips

Professor of Economics at the London School of Economic

the large current account deficits from China and the rest of Asia leading to a large flow of capital towards Europe and the United States, the stagnation of investment due to very few opportunities in the 2010s and thirdly, government bonds were seen as very safe with not much of an inflation risk. Today, all three factors have reverted.

Keyu Jin

Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics

the three fastest-growing economies of the next few years will be in Asia: China, India and Indonesia. She discussed “the need for convergence” in the region, “China has room to converge with other richer countries, India also has a huge amount of room to converge with China.

Rt Hon Dr. Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of Great Britain & Northern Ireland (2007-2010) & Chancellor of the Exchequer (1997-2007)

even in the most difficult circumstances, even when things are very dark, you must maintain hope. There are still signs of hope in this world economy that we should build on, like Mandela said, “build for the future".

Sanna Marin

Prime Minister and Head of Government of Finland (2019-2023)

a big game is being played between democracies and authoritarian regimes. What is happening in Ukraine will define the future of democracy.” She urged Europe and NATO to offer “larger perspectives” and reminded the audience that “geopolitics is not the only threat humanity is facing, there is also climate change and the loss of biodiversity.

Decarbonising the world’s economies is one of the greatest challenges ahead

Decarbonising economies has been one of the main focuses of discussions.

Dinesh Kumar Khara

Chairman of the State Bank of India

we are now embarking on green power which is being adopted in a significant way.

Two case studies were put forward. Chee Hao Lam, Chief Representative of the Monetary Authority of Singapore at the London Office, discussed how Singapore articulates public policy and investors’ mobilization to fund the energy transition. Dr. Kevin K. Kariuki, Vice-President Power, Energy Climate Change & Green Growth at the African Development Bank Group talked about financing the green energy infrastructure of a continent which “requires 25 billion dollars per year to achieve universal access to modern energy by 2030.”

The rapid acceleration of technological development has created new opportunities and pressures

Experts reminded financial services are at the heart of the AI revolution. “There is a huge opportunity to turn the European savers into future European investors, and if AI can help with that, it will help to improve society,” said Dr. Kay Swinburne, Baroness Swinburne.

Maurice Levy

Chairman Emeritus of Publicis Group

on one hand, people think AI is probably the dream of tomorrow, that will change lives […], and especially for companies, their productivity and profitability. At the same time, we see fear of layouts and job replacement but most importantly, we need to address the implications regarding democracy with the use of deepfakes.

Daron Acemoğlu

MIT Institute Professor

the key decision for CEOs is going to be how to use AI with the workers, with the human resources. Whether you view workers as a cost to be cut or as an important resource that's going to contribute to the success of your company

Dr. Aurélie Jean

Computational Scientist, entrepreneur and author

AI is not protecting workers enough. The owners of technologies, the developers, the scientists and engineers have a responsibility to provide users with the right information, they must protect yet encourage innovation.

Dr. Kay Swinburne

Baroness Swinburne

There is a huge opportunity to turn the European savers into future European investors, and if AI can help with that, it will help to improve society

Mauro Guillén

Professor of Management and Vice Dean at the Wharton School

the key question is how to ride the wave of demographic transformations […] India will soon have the largest consumer market in the world due to its younger population, even though China will have the largest economy.