Morgan Stanley joins NEXTPredict as a Strategic Partner to assemble and lead a session examining the opportunities, roadblocks and challenges shaping institutional participation in prediction markets
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New York, Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NEXTPredict.io, a leading media and conference organization and host of NEXTPredict, The World’s Prediction Markets Summit, today named Morgan Stanley a strategic partner for NEXTPredict NYC, bringing one of the world’s leading financial institutions into a central role in the summit’s Institutional and Capital programming for its upcoming industry-leading markets summit on Oct. 22–23 in New York.
“The next chapter of prediction markets will be shaped by how the largest financial institutions engage with the category,” said Pierre Lindh, co-founder and managing director of NEXTPredict. “Morgan Stanley’s leadership of this discussion raises the standard of the program and brings the institutional authority this conversation requires. NEXTPredict NYC was built to bring together the operators, investors, regulators and market makers defining this industry. If you want to understand where institutional capital sees opportunity, what still stands in the way and what comes next, this is where that conversation will happen.”
As strategic partner, Morgan Stanley will assemble and lead the Institutional and Capital panel on the second day of the summit. The discussion will examine where institutions see opportunity, the barriers preventing broader participation, and the questions around capital, market structure and risk that the category must address as it matures.
“Prediction markets are attracting greater attention across the financial system, but institutional participation will depend on a clear understanding of the opportunity, market structure and risks involved,” said Stephen Grambling, head of U.S. gaming, lodging and leisure research at Morgan Stanley. “NEXTPredict has assembled the operators, investors, regulators and market participants closest to the category’s development, making it the right forum for a serious institutional conversation. Leading this panel gives us an opportunity to examine both what institutions need from the category and what the category will need from institutions as it develops.”
NEXTPredict NYC will bring 2,500 operators, investors, regulators, market makers, founders, suppliers and media to Hudson Yards for two days of discussions, meetings and dealmaking. Across five stages, the people building, funding, regulating and trading prediction markets will examine regulation, liquidity, market infrastructure, institutional capital, forecasting applications, product development and the role of media in distributing market signals.
For more information about the NEXTPredict Summit, visit: https://nextpredict.io/summits/the-worlds-prediction-markets-summit/
ABOUT NEXTPREDICT
NEXTPredict is a media and events platform dedicated exclusively to the global prediction markets industry. Launched by the team behind NEXT.io, NEXTPredict delivers independent news, analysis, and convenings focused on the intersection of forecasting, finance, technology, and public policy. Its flagship event, The World’s Prediction Markets Summit, the global B2B prediction markets conference, will take place Oct. 22–23, 2026 at Convene, Hudson Yards in New York City, bringing together founders, executives, investors, and policymakers. As prediction markets continue to move into the mainstream, the summit is designed to explore the future of market based forecasting, with sessions focused on regulation, liquidity, infrastructure, product development, and capital flows.
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