War in the Middle East continues on to its seventh day, and thousands of sailors remain stranded aboard tankers in the Gulf after escalating conflict with Iran forced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to maritime traffic. Oil prices continue to show volatility as Iran claims to have sunk an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. Joining Jeff Cheung to talk about some of these developments and the impacts on global markets are our resident financial expert Peter Guy Neil Newman, Head of Strategy at Astris Advisory.

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Greg Van, CEO of Endowus, talks on how the financial services sector is changing in the age of AI.