HKUST Business School Magazine

BizInsight Forum and Alumni Gathering in Beijing Co-hosted by our School and Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance, BizInsight Forum in Beijing brought together leaders in academia and industry professionals to exchange ideas on healthcare innovation and the transformative impact of AI in business. Following the forum, hundreds of alumni in the capital city gathered for an evening event, rekindling connections with the School and exploring exciting new opportunities for collaboration and value creation. Launch of GenAI Platform for the Financial Services Industry Building on the development of InvestLM — Hong Kong's first open-source large language model for financial generative AI (GenAI) applications — our School has launched an InvestLM-powered generative AI platform tailored for the financial services sector. This innovative platform offers an educational and testing environment for financial institutions, especially small and medium-firms, to explore and evaluate the potential of GenAI solutions. The project's research team is led by Prof. TAM Kar- Yan, Vice-President for Administration and Business, and Chair Professor of Information Systems, along with Prof. YANG Yi, Associate Professor of Information Systems at HKUST. Biz@HKUST 51