The GlobalCapital Podcast
A weekly podcast from GlobalCapital, the capital markets news service based in London and New York, discussing its most interesting stories from around the world.
Every Friday, listen to lively discussion about the very latest themes, the most innovative and important bond and equity issues and syndicated loans and much more from the capital markets.
This podcast is for anyone working in - or who wants to work in - the capital markets from investment bankers, to funding and treasury officials, investors, lawyers, analysts, NGOs and lobbyists, regulators and policy makers, and analysts.
GlobalCapital has been the "voice of the markets" for over 35 years, covering bond, loan, equity and securitisation markets around the world.
We cover everything from public sector bond issuers, financial institutions, emerging markets and investment grade corporate bonds and loans to securitisation (including CLOs and ABS), regulation and market news as well as industry gossip.
GlobalCapital is written for capital markets professionals but the podcast is of value to anyone with an interest in the industry, whether you have been working in it for as long as we have, or are looking to make your first career move into it.
This podcast is a commute-sized slice of everything that's most interesting from the world's capital markets with the aim of helping you sound smarter in your morning meeting, or making you stand out from the crowd of other hopefuls when kick-starting your career.
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The GlobalCapital Podcast
Capital markets take on the energy crisis
Almost a year ago, we discussed the energy crisis for the first time on this podcast — how energy companies were using the capital markets in the face of higher demand for their product and what it meant for inflation. A year on, things are much worse.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a few months later has turbocharged that crisis to the point where this week governments are once again unveiling fiscal support packages to help people and businesses through. We look at where the capital markets might be used to fund the response and whether they can shoulder the burden with shrinking central bank monetary support.
But we also revisit what the energy companies — and others linked to the sector — are doing now that they are facing extreme swings in the price for gas, what it means for their finances and what they need from the capital markets to navigate through it.
And speaking of volatile markets, we discuss how one investment bank has recalibrated its primary bond business in credit markets in a way it thinks will help it to act more quickly and decisively just when such qualities may make the difference not just between winning a bond mandate or losing it but in being able to execute it without losing your shirt in the process.