*This interview was recorded on November 17th
London Business School's AQR Asset Management Institute held its virtual 'Insight Summit 2020' on 17 November. Participants heard from top speakers within business and academia on the impact of prolonged low-interest rates, the effects on financial institutions and markets, as well as implications for financial stability and public policy. This film is a recording of the conversation between Mohamed El-Erian and Professor Richard Portes in the session 'An emerging economy perspective on the global economy and markets'.
Mohamed El-Erian is the Chief Economic Adviser of Allianz, a multinational financial services company. He is the former CEO and co-Chief Investment Officer of PIMCO, a global investment firm and one of the world's largest bond funds in the world. Dr. El-Erian also served as a member of the faculty of Harvard Business School. Before joining PIMCO, Dr. El-Erian was a managing director at Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup in London and before that, he spent 15 years at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C. His book, When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change, was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller.