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The Future of Investing | STOXX, London | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote Speaker
There has, arguably, never been a better time, or a risker time to invest in today's markets, but as every industry undergoes titanic transformation investors who are ill advised, or who lack the right vision, could quickly find themselves on the wrong end of tomorrow's markets.
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Griffin, M. (2018) 'The Future of Investing | STOXX, London | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote Speaker', 311 Institute, 23 May. Available at: https://www.311institute.com/futurist-in-london-the-future-of-investing-stoxx-annual-conference/ (Accessed: 1 October 2026).
Firstly, I would like to thank Ayse and the team from STOXX, part of the Deutsche Börse Group, for inviting me to be the keynote for this year’s STOXX Annual Conference, conveniently titled “Investing in the Future and the Future of Investing,” held at News UK’s head office in London, UK amid the hustle and bustle of London Bridge.
During the keynote I threw several lights, in the time I could, on both the sources of change and disruption, and the prevailing factors that are accelerating and multiplying their impact on every industry, from agriculture to transportation, as well as the subsequent impact those disruptions will have on the audience’s investment and portfolio decisions. I then also discussed what the future holds for the investment industry itself, including the threats and opportunities they’ll face over the next decade, and beyond, as they wrestle to discover new signals that lead to alpha, and try and stay ahead and up to speed with the latest technological advancements.
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Advancements such as in vivo Gene Editing, Robotics, and Space Internet systems, and the advent of new universal DNA, Quantum and Neuromorphic computing platforms that will not only revolutionise how many quant models are built in the near and medium future, but that will also revolutionise Artificial Intelligence (AI) itself, whether it’s in the form of the creation of completely new forms of quantum algorithms that can process matrices at massive scale with blazing speed, or the inevitable arrival of new self-learning computing platforms modelled on the human brain that pack the power of today’s largest supercomputers into the package the size of a fingernail.
Throughout the day the assembled audience heard from a variety of venerable speakers, ranging from Matthew Stevenson, a fellow “Futurologist,” who used his platform to extol the merits of investing in ethical, sustainable businesses with green credentials as he casually threw harpoon after harpoon into the whale that is big oil, and we also heard from other venerable speakers, including the CEO’s of companies such as RepRisk and Carbon Delta, as well as Professor Myron Scholes, a Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences from Stanford University.
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There has, arguably, never been a better time, or a risker time to invest in today's markets, but as every industry undergoes titanic transformation investors who are ill advised, or who lack the right vision, could quickly find themselves on the wrong end of tomorrow's markets.
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Matthew Griffin Founder, 311 Institute
Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath."
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Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath." 15-time best selling author of the "Codex of the Future" series, Matthew is the Founder and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm working with royal households, world leaders, G7, G20, and G77 governments, NGOs, and multi-national mid and mega cap firms to help them explore, shape, and lead the next 50 years of business and society.
An award-winning YouTube creator with over a million followers, with an unrivalled global reach and impact, Matthew is a highly sought-after international keynote speaker, lecturer, and mentor who collaborates with global leaders through the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to shape pivotal initiatives such as the UN’s AI for Humanity program, the United Nations Conference of the Parties (UN COP), and the World Economic Forum in Davos.
As the former Global Head of Cloud, National Security, and Enterprise Sales for companies including Atos, Dell-EMC, and IBM, Matthew has a proven track record of building multi-billion dollar business units and turning failing divisions into market leaders. His ability to identify, analyse, and communicate the implications of hundreds of emerging technologies and trends is unparalleled, and his insights are trusted by many of the world’s most respected organisations, including ABB, Accenture, Adidas, AON, ARM, BCG, Centrica, Citi, Coca-Cola, Dentons, Deloitte, Dow Jones, EY, Google, KPMG, Lego, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Qualcomm, RWE, Samsung, Siemens AG and Siemens Energy, T-Mobile, UBS, VISA, Walmart, Workday, Worldpay and many others.
Regularly featured in the global media including the AP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Discovery, Forbes, Khaleej Times, Telegraph, TIME, ViacomCBS, WIRED, and the WSJ, Matthews mission is to help organisations create a fair and sustainable future whose benefits are shared by everyone irrespective of their ability, background, or circumstances.
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Sources and further reading
- STOXX stoxx.com
- Deutsche Börse Group deutsche-boerse.com
- RepRisk reprisk.com
- Carbon Delta carbon-delta.com
Source: first published by the 311 Institute on 23 May 2018. Cite as: Griffin, M. (2018). The Future of Investing | STOXX, London | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote Speaker. 311 Institute. https://www.311institute.com/futurist-in-london-the-future-of-investing-stoxx-annual-conference/
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