Selected Category- IIF Podcast

This week, Clay discusses US President Biden’s recent trip to Asia and the White House’s push to foster stronger ties with the region.

In this episode of FRT, Ronit Ghose, Global Head of Banking, Fintech and Digital Assets for Citi Global Insights discusses the future of finance, exploring potential benefits and likely challenges of Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Web 3.0, and the Metaverse.

This week, Clay interviews Dr. Charles Edel, Australia Chair and a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about the Australian elections.

In this episode of the GRU, we discuss the use and value of Cyber Risk Ratings, with Derek Vadala, who is Chief Risk Officer at BitSight in New York. We discuss the current threat landscape and how cybersecurity ratings and analytics help organizations manage their own security performance, mitigate third party risk, underwrite cyber insurance policies, conduct financial diligence, and improve national security. Derek also shares tips and effective practices for firms wanting to improve their cyber defenses and overall resiliency.

Leading supervisors and financial service firms are increasingly considering conduct and culture alongside the more established risk management areas. This episode explores the emerging trends surrounding conduct and culture, and analyzes new solutions employing behavioral science and technology to deal with the scale and speed of the challenge.

This week, Clay is joined by Elina Ribakova, Deputy Chief Economist at the IIF, to discuss Russian sanctions.

This week, Clay gives his insights on key issues in Europe right now: the Russia-Ukraine war, the economic recovery, and the European green agenda.

In this episode of FRT, Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli, Division Chief in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, and Gabriel Soderberg, Financial Sector Expert, of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) discuss Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), including design choices and interoperability, risks and opportunities in implementation, and how the IMF is working with countries as they explore CBDCs.

This week, Clay gives an overview of digital assets, their potential risks and opportunities, and what policymakers are doing in regard to this evolving topic.

This week, Clay interviews Gene Ma, Head of China Research at the IIF, about China’s economy and forecasts for China’s economic growth.

In this episode of the GRU, we discuss the growing problem of Ransomware, and what to do about it, with Erez Liebermann, who is a Partner at Linklaters in New York, where he is Co-Chair of their U.S. Data Solutions, Cyber and Privacy Practice. We discuss the current threat landscape, including the role of Russia, how firms are defending themselves, and the importance of working closely with law enforcement, as well as how regulators are approaching this issue.

In our latest episode of All About the Green, we are joined by Zoe Knight, Managing Director and Group Head, HSBC Centre of Sustainable Finance, to discuss the global sustainable finance agenda and the growing focus on transition finance in supporting Net Zero goals.

This week, Clay discusses some major themes we’re expected to see during the Spring IMF/World Bank meetings, which start on April 18, 2022.

DeFi (Decentralized Finance) and blockchain technology are driving innovation in products and services including NFTs (Non Fungible Tokens), DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations), and DID (Decentralized Identifiers). They are also attracting regulatory scrutiny as the sector grows, risks become clearer, and these new kind of organizations struggle to comply with existing regulatory frameworks. Chris Brummer has considered this situation and sees opportunity to reimagine disclosure systems that are programable and leverage this new tech for modern compliance.

This week, Clay interviews Guillaume de Calignon, an economic journalist for Les Echos, about the upcoming French elections.

This week, Clay addresses rising commodity prices in global markets with a focus on rising energy and food costs, how the Russia-Ukraine crisis has impacted these commodity prices, and what this means for individual markets and the global economy at large.

In this episode of the GRU we host Jason Harrell, Managing Director and Head of External Engagement at DTCC in New York, where he leads the firm's global advocacy and engagement for cybersecurity and cyber resilience, new and emerging technology, and outsourcing/third-party risk management. We discuss how firms approach Third Party Risk Management, the increased regulatory focus, and how it intersects with Operational Resilience, Cyber Security and Third Parties and Outsourcing.

In our latest episode of “All About the Green,” we are joined by Marisa Buchanan, Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainability at JPMorgan Chase & Co., for a deep dive on the state of sustainable finance markets. Marisa describes how her career path in climate and ESG finance has evolved, and how JPMorgan’s sustainability strategy is reflected in corporate governance—and incorporated throughout global business lines. We discuss progress on managing environmental and social risks, the practical challenges of implementing Net Zero commitments and the need for transition finance—including for hard-to-abate sectors. Key themes include the need for international alignment in sustainable finance policy and regulation, the importance of public-private sector collaboration and the vital role of private capital markets in achieving a fair and equitable transition to a Net Zero future.

In this episode of FRT, Carole House, Director of Cybersecurity and Secure Digital Innovation at the White House National Security Council, and Christopher Giancarlo, former Chairman of the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission and founder of the Digital Dollar Foundation, discuss the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. They share observations regarding the comprehensiveness of the Order, the range of agencies involved, and developments in digital asset regulation globally.

This week, Clay interviews IIF Chief Economist Robin Brooks on his thoughts on this week’s Federal Reserve meeting where it is expected that the Fed will tighten monetary policy given the context of rising and more persistent inflation. The big question is whether the Russia/Ukraine situation changes the Fed’s trajectory.