How should investors think about volatility? What does it take to build resilience when markets shift from calm to periods of turbulence?

In our third episode, Lavanya Chari, HSBC’s Global Head of Wealth and Premier Solutions, spoke with Professor Myron Scholes, co-creator of the Nobel Prize-winning Black-Scholes framework for pricing risk in options markets. Now Chief Investment Strategist at Janus Henderson Investors, Professor Scholes joined the conversation from his office in San Francisco.

Together, they explore how investors should interpret risk signals, the importance of diversification and scenario planning, and why understanding volatility remains central to long-term investing.

Source of Myron Scholes‘ cover image: University of Chicago Booth School of Business

How will AI and innovation shape the future of investing? What will a boost to productivity mean for inflation?

In our second episode, Sami Abouzahr, HSBC’s Global Head of Investments and Managed Solutions & Head of Wealth and Premier Solutions, HK, discussed investing in disruptive technology with Cathie Wood, Founder, CEO and CIO of ARK Invest, in our new HSBC Premier Elite Wealth Centre.

Known for her challenging assumptions, Cathie brings a forward-looking perspective to the conversation around the transformative power of innovation and AI.

How might tariffs shape the global economic outlook? How will the rate cut cycle evolve in the coming months?

In our first episode, HSBC’s Chief Asia Economist and Co-head of Global Investment Research Asia, Frederic Neumann, sat down with Richard Clarida, Managing Director and Global Economic Advisor to PIMCO and the former Vice Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, to get his views on what is really happening with tariffs, market volatility, and the U.S. dollar.