During a speech delivered at one of Southeast Asia’s top business schools, Joseph Plazo, voiced concerns that many in his field tend to ignore. He offered a sober reminder: faster trades are not always wiser ones. “Delegating execution does not mean abdicating responsibility.&rdquo

At a gathering of students and young professionals in Manila, the algorithmic investor and strategist Joseph Plazo posed a challenge to the prevailing techno-optimism in finance. His message was simple: speed must not replace strategy. “AI can make correct decisions. But are they the rig