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Associate Professor of Information Systems at The University of Manchester #AI #Fintech lagna.io

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Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Dec 8

Thrilled to share my new paper on asset manager capitalism and the political economy of artificial intelligence! 🤓 A heartfelt thank you to the @ripejournal.bsky.social editorial board and anonymous reviewers for providing the perfect home for this work. ❤️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Asset manager capitalism and the political economy of artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) represents the next technological frontier in asset management. Drawing on the asset manager capitalism literature in International Political Economy (IPE) and the scho...

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Faculty of Humanities @uomhums.bsky.social · 9d

Dr Andrea Lagna, @andrealagna.bsky.social, an expert in Information Systems and Political Economy, believes we can create a future where AI-driven business success goes hand-in-hand with the responsible management of our resources.

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Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · 10d

A special welcome to the inaugural cohort of MSc Digital Transformation students at Alliance Manchester Business School! 🎉 As Program Director, it’s a privilege to open this new chapter with talented students and colleagues. 🤗📚 #AMBS #OriginalThinkingApplied #DigitalTransformation #Sustainability

Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Aug 5

Please remember the difference between open weight and open source AI www.ft.com/content/4f77...

OpenAI releases open models to compete with China’s DeepSeek

Launch of free and more transparent AI systems marks departure from group’s subscription-based closed approach

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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · Jun 13

But we’ve now decided to start a new series of Q&A style interviews that we’ll run weekly on FTAV. The first one up is with Gappy Paleologo, Balyasny’s head of quant research. Hope you enjoy it! on.ft.com/4kFDw4H

FTAV Q&A: Gappy Paleologo

Balyasny Asset Management’s head of quantitative research talks algos, hedge funds, correlations and cats

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Rafaella Lima @eyeofraf.bsky.social · Apr 23

Very proud to present a new paper out in Environment and Planning A. I look at how real estate actors re-framed Lisbon as a viable investment destination in the post-crisis era, which today means the city has some of the highest housing costs in Europe. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Re-framing a semi-periphery: The making of Lisbon as a global real estate market - Rafaella Lima, 2025

This paper examines how Lisbon transformed from a city widely seen as a crisis-ridden ‘no-go’ zone into an ideal real estate investment destination. This redesi...

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Carola Westermeier @c-westermeier.bsky.social · May 22

Thrilled to share that the Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure, co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Barbara Brandl, has been published!

You can find all chapters open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure

Cambridge Core - Finance and Accountancy - The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure

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James O'Donnell @jamesmodonnell.bsky.social · May 20

@caseycrownhart.bsky.social and I spent months reporting together and found the common understanding of AI's energy appetite to be full of holes. As Big Tech aims to restructure our energy grids around the needs of AI, we dive as deep as one can go.

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We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.

The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.

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Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · May 15

Great to present my paper “Theorizing the Sustainability Paradox of AI” with Sun Hye Lee at the Theorizing Data & AI workshop, VU Amsterdam. We study how firms strategize for sustainable AI. Join the convo and fantastic community: www.linkedin.com/groups/93605... #AI #Sustainability #DigitalStrategy

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Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Apr 30

Looking forward to chairing a fantastic panel on “Fintech Policy for Productivity and Growth” at Innovate Finance UK Fintech Academic Network (UKFAN) Conference! Fintech policymaking plays a key role in unlocking innovation and supporting sustainable growth☀️ www.innovatefinance.com/events/uk-fi...

UK FinTech Academic Network (UKFAN) Annual Conference 2025 - Innovate Finance – The Voice of Global FinTech

Registrations are now closed. The UKFAN welcomes you to the 3rd Annual Conference taking place during the UK FinTech Week on Thursday, 1st May 2025. We

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Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Apr 25

The financialization of the state continues

Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Apr 15

Great STS conference in Zurich ⬇️🤓 www.linkedin.com/posts/lengle...

STS-CH Conference 2025 | Marc LENGLET

STS-CH 25 conference in Zurich (Sept. 10-12): open panel! Has critique of algorithms run out of steam? Social studies of AI, machine learning, and big data in questions. Panel abstract: Over at lea...

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Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Apr 14

Start-ups developing AI-powered apps have attracted $8.2bn of funding in 2024. Competition heats up in the app layer of the Generative AI stack.

Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Apr 9

Bond sell-off as a tool of financialized statecraft could be more effective than retaliation tariffs.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 9

Yields on U.S. Treasuries rose Wednesday as investors sold government bonds, usually a haven. In Britain, a sustained version of that trend in 2022 led to the downfall of Liz Truss, the country's shortest-serving prime minister.

U.S. Bond Sell-Off is Another Worrisome Echo of the Liz Truss Fiasco

Yields on U.S. Treasuries rose Wednesday as investors sold government bonds, usually a haven. In Britain, a sustained version of that trend in 2022 led to a prime minister’s downfall.

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Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Apr 8

...and what about RenTech's Medallion Fund?!

Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Apr 6

thanks, Rodrigo!

I did zero editing. Two human podcasters could simply follow the AI-generated script.

Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Apr 5

I tried out an AI-generated podcast based on my paper Asset Manager Capitalism and the Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence, recently published open access in @ripejournal.bsky.social ...It turned out pretty cool—give it a listen 🎧 lagna.io/notebook/inv...

Podcast | Investment giants in the AI age — Andrea Lagna.

Imagine a world where your financial future is increasingly made by AI…

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Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Apr 4

Academics and practitioners often forget that digital transformation is not an exogenous external force. We should ask how it is socially constructed; who benefits and who loses in the digital age.

Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Mar 31

This quote shows the centrality of data and AI strategy for investment giants rendering private markets legible: Preqin [...] will enable BlackRock to bring “clearer, more timely data” to the industry, making it “possible to index private markets just like we do now with the S&P 500”.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Mar 31

Larry Fink warns ‘protectionism has returned with force’ as Trump tariffs loom

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Larry Fink warns ‘protectionism has returned with force’ as Trump tariffs loom

BlackRock boss tells shareholders people are more anxious about the economy than at any time in recent memory

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Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Mar 30

This is cool stuff. Acopia, from Melbourne 🌙 m.youtube.com/watch?v=9XRu...

Be Enough

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Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Mar 27

Been working for some time on fintech policymaking with fantastic colleagues at AMBS and Telfer. Look forward to presenting at the Journal of Association for Information Systems (JAIS) workshop on Creating Policy Impact through Information Systems (IS) Research. #fintech #AI #blockchain #IS #policy

the sun is shining through the branches of a palm tree

ALT: the sun is shining through the branches of a palm tree

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Carola Westermeier @c-westermeier.bsky.social · Mar 26

Excited to share that The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure, co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Barbara Brandl, is on its way!

Expected publication date is May 2025.

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Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Mar 22

#tatemodern #electricdreams

Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Mar 20

My article Asset Manager Capitalism and the Political Economy of AI now has a home in Review of IPE—with volume and issue numbers! 🤓 If you're interested in exploring AI-driven market power and ways to democratize the age of AI, check it out and let’s connect! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Mar 19

The philosopher Carl Mitcham distinguishes between engineering and humanities approaches to tech philosophy. The first sees tech as an efficiency tool. The second asks whether a given tech is desirable and just. I'm leaving it there. Use it as you please to interpret AI, current affairs, etc.

a man in a suit and tie is crying and saying we have the technology .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is crying and saying we have the technology .

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Andrea Lagna @andrealagna.bsky.social · Mar 18

Tired of the World Surf League CT and QS model. I'd like to see 5-10 top surfers on the most beautiful waves: Pipe, Teahupo'o, Cloudbreak, JBay