The Financial Bite

As President Joe Biden begins to act on some of his early promises, he is naming close advisers and aides to work with him in the White House. What can we expect from this new administration and what will it mean for the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)? Anais Schmidt speaks with Georgetown University's Jim Angel on what to expect.

Corporate social responsibility first approached as a trend, and has now evolved into a “must-have” for businesses. In plain sight to the eyes of the public as well as key stakeholders, it is a necessity that businesses should evaluate carefully when implemented.Anais Schmidt speaks with Peter Seele of USI Lugano on the emerging field of artificial intelligence on corporate governance best practices.

In a world where the dynamic challenges of climate change, resource scarcity, and population growth are testing the earth's limits; financial actors play a crucial role in allocating their capital in a sustainably responsible way. This episode seeks to answer the question, what does it mean to invest in sustainable resources?Anais Schmidt speaks with Eliya Devay, Swiss innovative management consultant and project manager on sustainable investments.

What would it look like to put into practice a circular economy at a city level? What are the elements that form the doughnut theory, and what can we say about the food industry?Anais Schmidt speaks with Leonardo Conte, lecturer of International Business Economics and Doughnut Economics at Franklin University, and Fiorenzo Comini, sustainability enthusiast and graduate Master's student in Business Administration on Doughnut economics and the food supply chain.

Anais Schmidt speaks with Stephane Reverre, founder of Sun Zu Labs, on prospects for Tether and stablecoins becoming a publicly used medium of exchange. Key questions are: Can Tether be considered transparent and trustworthy? What regulations can we expect? And does a future exist where multiple stable coins can be used at scale?

Anais Schmidt speaks with Laura Klimpel, General Manager of the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation & Head of SIFMU Business Development at DTCC, on the industry benefits of centrally clearing US Treasury transactions, the different client clearing models that FICC supports for US Treasury cash and repo transactions, as well as some of the takeaway lessons that policymakers can apply from the transition of swaps to clearing.

Anais Schmidt talks with Martin Walker, Financial Software Product Manager, Banking & Finance Director at the Center for Evidence-Based Management, on sustainable cryptocurrencies. Can cryptocurrencies be considered sustainable and can investors embrace cryptocurrencies and ESG?

Anais Schmidt speaks with Gerry Denham, Business Development, Sales & Relationship Management at Eurex, on SFDR and its implications for securities finance.

Anais Schmidt speaks with Colleen Stapleton, Post-trade Business Developer at MarketAxess, on Straight-through Processing (STP) in repo. We hear from Colleen on STP’s relevance, users and pursuers, and Europe's Central Securities Depository Regulation (CSDR). 

Today's Financial Bite, along with a panel of experts, explores leading ideas for reforming US Treasury market structure. The main question is: "Where is there real progress and what hurdles remain?” This episode hosts BNY Mellon, a leader in investment services and settlements for Treasuries. 

Tradeweb's James Kelly and Andrew Beer join the Financial Bite to discuss repo electronification, what clients and dealers are asking for and the benefits of full adoption of electronic repo trading. Along the way, the podcast gets into the differences between Ayrton Senna and Lewis Hamilton, and why building functionality for repo is like a reverse onion. Listen here. 

Launched in 2005, GC Pooling proved to be an effective tool in tight market conditions.Anais Schmidt discusses the benefits of using GC Pooling, joined by Frank Gast, Managing Director and Member of the Management Board of Eurex Repo, and Carsten Hiller, Head of Central Europe Funding & Financing – FIC Sales.The Financial Bite investigates the benefits of using GC Pooling, what does it mean and what can we expect going forward?

 Eurex’s Carsten Hiller, and Christoph Rieger from Commerzbank join the Financial Bite to discuss the latest developments in the Repo Market and what to expect in 2024. 

In this episode of The Financial Bite, brought to you by Eurex and Finadium, we explore the repo market.Host Anais Schmidt talks with Frank Odendall, a financial expert with 20+ years of experience driving innovations in the European repo market.Topics include:How CCP access transforms the buy-side experience.The mechanics of this approach.Why it’s gaining attention from major institutions. 

Eurex’s Carsten Hiller, and Cristoph Rieger from Commerzbank join the Financial Bite to discuss the latest developments in the Repo Market and what to expect in 2024.