The Stream (with Will & Tom)

From Wall Street to Water: Investment trends with Brendan Tierney | S5 Ep.7

February 09, 2023 Will Sarni & Tom Freyberg Season 5 Episode 7
The Stream (with Will & Tom)
From Wall Street to Water: Investment trends with Brendan Tierney | S5 Ep.7
Show Notes

In this week’s episode, Will and Tom were delighted to be joined by Brendan Tierney, Managing Director and Head of Global Water Practice at Raymond James.

He talks about his origin story: being attracted to Wall Street as an investment banker, before being made redundant and eventually joining Raymond James in 2016 to build out the water portfolio. 

Plus, Brendan talks about:

  • The areas where he sees huge potential for further market activity, including digitalisation of water and water quality, and notable PFAS treatment, otherwise known as forever chemicals
  • The recent gargantuan, $7.5 billion merger between the two US water giants – Xylem and Evoqua
  •  And what this could mean for the industry following integration.

And much, much more!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Special thanks to this season’s sponsor Acciona.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.