Tech Weekly: Yapily CCO on open banking’s ‘TfL moment’, and HSBC takes on the metaverse March 18, 2022 In this week’s episode Nasson, Charlie, and Lily take a look at some of the biggest stories in tech, crypto, fintech and beyond! Charlie chats to Iain McDougall, CCO of Open Banking firm Yapily, about open banking’s ‘TfL moment’, and why increasing integration is crucial. Later in the episode Charlie chats to Nasson about the [...]
The City View: P&O Ferries in hot water, and the Fed and BoE hike rates March 17, 2022 Today Andy Silvester returns to host The City View — he chats to Morning Wire’s Economics and Markets reporter Jack Barnett about the Fed and Bank of England’s rate hikes, and the Monetary Policy Committee statement that further tightening of monetary policy may be needed in the next few months. Andy also takes us through [...]
The City View: Markets up, and nickel chaos March 16, 2022 Today Morning Wire’s Charlie Conchie takes the reigns of The City View podcast, chatting to Economics and Markets reporter Jack Barnett. They discuss markets being up; the Fed and the Bank of England’s probable rate hikes; commodity prices settling; and the London Metal Exchange, which suspended nickel trading today. Charlie also goes through the headlines: [...]
The City View: Victoria Scholar on brutal Chinese stock sell-off, oil, and UK labour market March 15, 2022 Today Andy Silvester chats to Victoria Scholar, Head of Investment at Interactive Investor, about China’s tech sector being hit by significant stock market sell-offs yesterday and today; European equities down, with companies having exposure to China seemingly taking more of a hit; oil prices hitting a two-week low; and lacklustre labour participation in the UK [...]
The City View: The Fed considers a rate hike, and India considers Russian oil March 14, 2022 On today’s episode of The City View, Andy Silvester chats to Morning Wire reporter Jack Barnett about firms raising their prices; whether the Fed and the Bank of England will hike rates, and by how much; and what we can expect of inflation by this October. Andy also takes us through the headlines: Rio Tinto [...]
Tech Weekly: Head of FTX Europe on Tomorrowland and making crypto mainstream March 11, 2022 On this episode of Tech Weekly, Morning Wire reporters Lily Russell-Jones and Charlie Conchie talk to Patrick Gruhn, head of crypto exchange FTX’s Europe division, about the company’s expansion; its collaboration with the Tomorrowland music festival; and its plans to make crypto mainstream. Nasson, Lily and Charlie also talk about the latest funding news in [...]
The City View: March 10 March 10, 2022 Today Andy Silvester chats to James Sym, Portfolio Manager of European Equities at River and Mercantile, about whether investing in ESG truly and effectively aids decarbonisation; deglobalisation; and how investment portfolios will need some tinkering in the coming years as a result of high inflation and geopolitical issues. Andy also goes through the headlines: the [...]
The City View: Energy market volatility March 9, 2022 Today Andy Silvester chats to Morning Wire reporters Jack Barnett and Nicholas Earl about volatile energy prices potentially becoming even more so; inflation forecasts, rising consumer prices and what the Bank of England will do vis-à-vis rate hikes; and yesterday’s nickel big short and its impact on the London Metal Exchange. Andy also goes through [...]
The City View: US and UK boycott Russian oil, and Susannah Streeter and Michael Hewson on inflationary pressure March 8, 2022 Today Andy Silvester sits down for a chat with Hargreaves Lansdowns’ Susannah Streeter and CMC Markets’ Michael Hewson. They discuss trading being suspended on the London Metal Exchange after a record price spike in nickel; the Bank of England assessing inflationary pressures; and a whole mélange of financial woes for Brits as energy bills, taxes, [...]
The City View: Keeping The Lights On March 7, 2022 In this Monday episode Andy Silvester chats to Jack Barnett, Morning Wire’s Economics and Markets reporter, about European market reaction to Russia-Ukraine; energy prices and how commodity price hikes could impact inflation; and the difficulty for countries in switching off from Russian energy. Andy also takes us through the headlines: Sanjeev Gupta, CEO of Liberty [...]