Sonali Basak is the Chief Investment Strategist at iCapital®, a global fintech leader transforming access to alternative investments. In her role, Sonali leads the firm’s strategic thought leadership across public and private markets, delivering data-driven insights and actionable content to financial advisors, investors, and asset managers. She plays a pivotal role in shaping iCapital’s investment outlook and strengthening its position as a trusted voice in the global investment ecosystem. Prior to joining iCapital, Sonali was Bloomberg Television’s lead global finance correspondent and anchor. She covered major financial institutions, hosted the flagship morning show Open Interest, and led Bloomberg’s premier annual conference Bloomberg Invest. Her newsletter, Wall Street, By Basak., earned acclaim for its sharp commentary on market trends and industry shifts. She also created and hosted Bullish, a docuseries spotlighting influential voices in finance. Renowned for securing exclusive interviews with top Wall Street CEOs and breaking news on market-moving deals, Sonali has built a reputation as one of the most insightful voices in financial journalism. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Bucknell University, a Master of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School, and an MBA in Quantitative and Corporate Finance from NYU’s Stern School of Business. She is based in New York City.
Dean Curnutt is Founder and CEO of Macro Risk Advisors where he oversees the firm’s mission to deliver in-depth global market risk analysis and transaction execution services that help clients achieve better risk-adjusted returns. The firm has been the most highly ranked boutique in the Tabb Group’s Survey of Option Research providers. Before founding MRA, Dean was Managing Director and Head of Equity Sales-trading at Banc of America Securities where he was a member of the Global Equities Management Team that set direction for the division. Previously at BofA, Dean was Head of Institutional Equity Derivatives and Convertible Sales and Strategy. Dean holds an MBA in analytical finance with highest honors from the University of Chicago where he received the Citibank Award for best performance in finance. He earned a BA, Magna Cum Laude, from St. John’s University, where he currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Finance and is a member of the Board of Governors. He resides in Rye with his wife and 3 children. He is active with a number of charitable initiatives and is the founder of the MacroMinds Foundation, a registered 501c(3) organization devoted to working with organizations that provide educational support to students.
Jack Farley is the co-creator and host of the Monetary Matters Network, which features in-depth, well-researched interviews with leading investors, economists, and policymakers. His long-form conversations cover a broad range of topics in macro and thematic investing, and he frequently examines central bank policy, private credit, and shifting monetary frameworks.
Jonathan Ferro is the anchor of Bloomberg Television’s flagship program “Bloomberg Surveillance” airing weekdays from Bloomberg’s global headquarters in New York. For more than a decade Ferro has been at the forefront of Bloomberg TV’s market coverage where he has interviewed many of the leading executives on Wall Street including the CEOs of Apollo, Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and PIMCO. Ferro has conducted on-air conversations with heads of state, finance ministers, numerous central bank officials from both the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank as well as economic advisors to Presidents Obama, Biden and Trump. He has led Bloomberg’s special coverage of general elections in America and in the UK. He has also covered the World Economic Forum in Davos, IMF meetings in Washington and the Federal Reserve’s Annual Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole. Prior to moving to New York, Ferro was based in Bloomberg’s European headquarters in London where he anchored the market open show “On The Move.”
Kathryn is Chief Market Strategist at StoneX, where she leads global macroeconomic analysis and cross-asset investment strategy for institutional clients worldwide. Her work spans rates, FX, equities, and geopolitics, distilling macroeconomic and policy developments into actionable investment insights. With over 20 years of experience, she began her career in fixed income and Emerging Markets research at MetLife Investments and Bear Stearns, and later expanded into equity and cross-asset leadership as Chief Investment Strategist at Bulltick. Kathryn is a frequent media contributor and keynote speaker at major investment conferences in both English- and Spanish-speaking markets. She holds an MBA in Economics and Finance from NYU Stern and a BA in Economics and Spanish Literature from Rutgers College.
Amy Wu Silverman is a Managing Director and Head of Derivatives Strategy at RBC. She has been with RBC for the past 15 years and provides options-based thematic ideas and bespoke content to the global Institutional and Structured Products client base. Amy previously worked at Goldman Sachs, Citadel Investment Group and Morgan Stanley in cross-asset and derivatives research and trading roles. She is a frequent contributor to CNBC, Bloomberg, BNN, WSJ, Yahoo Finance as well as podcasts like Strategic Alternatives, Trader Talks, Alpha Exchange and Planet Money. Amy received an A.B. with honors in Economics & Financial Engineering from Princeton University. Her thesis “The Periodic Term Structure of Momentum in an Enhanced Index Fund” was awarded the Princeton Thesis Prize for Empirical Economics. Amy was named to the Barrons 100 Most Influential Women in US Finance. She is the recipient of the 2016 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award. She has served on the board of Storefront Academy Harlem and Sigma Worldwide. Amy lives in New York with her husband and two daughters. She is originally from Utah.