THE STATE OF AI CONTROL IN INSTITUTIONAL FINANCE
Hosted by Institutional AI
Friday, October 23, 2026
11:00 AM–12:00 PM ET
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80 INSTITUTIONS. 8 SECTORS. 1 QUESTION. We reviewed the public disclosures of asset owners, asset managers, asset servicers, banks, wealth managers, retirement providers, private equity, and insurers.
Our premise was straightforward: AI control must extend deep — beyond the models and agents everyone sees, through the data centers, compute, and power on which they depend — and wide across every partner through which AI is deployed, operated, and ultimately relied upon.
To make that measurable, we built the 5×5 Control Matrix™ and applied the same evidence standard across all 80 institutions — 2,000 evaluations through one consistent framework, drawn entirely from the public record.
Across all eight sectors, the public record reveals a remarkably consistent pattern: the implications extend well beyond technology.
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The State of AI Control in Institutional Finance — 2026 is now available to qualifying institutions.
See where institutional finance stands — and what it means for your institution.
AI is a given. Control is not.™
Speakers
- Rad H. Pasovschi, BSc, MBA, CISA, CMC, Oxford OSPA
- CEO, Institutional AI
- Rad H. Pasovschi is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Institutional AI and the author of The State of AI Control in Institutional Finance — 2026 Edition. A computer scientist and business executive, he has more than three decades of experience leading technology, operations, and enterprise transformation across institutional finance. He has served as CEO, COO, CIO, and has held senior executive and advisory roles with PwC, Deloitte, Capgemini, and Putnam Investments, leading complex transformation initiatives for many of the world's largest financial institutions.
- At Institutional AI, he leads the firm's research, methodologies, AI control architecture, strategic direction, institutional advisory practice, and executive engagement with leading financial institutions, advancing Institutional AI Control as a new discipline for institutional finance. His work spans the development of the Institutional AI 5×5 Control Matrix™, the Institutional AI Stack™, OLTAIX™, and the AI Control Assessment™, helping financial institutions establish demonstrable Institutional AI Control through independent research, evidence-based methodologies, strategic advisory services, and AI control solutions.
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Institutional AI