Speaking at the Global Wealth Management Forum · 2025 Shanghai Suhe Bay Summit, Zhu Yunlai highlighted that, in recent times, the global financial services sector has been ramping up its investment in and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). The influence of AI-driven digitization on investment and capital markets has grown more pronounced by the day. As of June 30, 2025, the cumulative market capitalization of roughly 30 AI-associated stocks within the S&P 500 index has soared to 43%. This marks a substantial jump from the 26% recorded when ChatGPT 3.5 was launched in November 2022. Data from the United States indicates that, since the broad implementation of AI applications in 2022, hedge funds leveraging AI have delivered average annualized excess returns that are 4% to 6% higher than those of funds not utilizing AI.
