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.
And don't forget, you can #AskGC anything you like and we will select the best questions to answer on the show.
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Episodes
250 episodes
Brewing a bromance between Burnham and bonds
◆ How UK's likely next PM can woo the bond market ◆ Fibre ABS coming to Europe ◆ The rise of the corporate KangarooAndy Burnham looks set to become the next UK prime minister, following the resignation of Keir Sta...
The waiting games: ME issuance, digital capital markets and French covered bonds
◆ Iran peace deal in sight but where are the Middle East issuers? ◆ Why primary capital markets will be slow adopters of DLT ◆ Why French covered bond issuance has slowed and why it might pick upThe Iran war has k...
The ESN has landed
◆ What now for European Secured Notes ater long-awaited debut?◆ The mood in European securitization amid MFS fallout and reg reform ◆ Digitalisation of bond market is up to the regulatorsBpifrance achieved a world firs...
Two comebacks and a pull-back: credit card ABS, insurance tier two and SSA bonds
◆ Credit card ABS grows as securitization sets off for Barcelona ◆ What can scupper insurance tier two spree ◆ SSAs appear unwilling to test Treasury spread recordA deal from Vanquis Bank, a securitization of cred...
Par from the Maduro crowd?
◆ Venezuela embarks on historic debt restructuring ◆ Canada suggests covered bond boost ◆ European Secured Notes are here. Regulate themVenezuela's debt restructuring is getting underway, nine years after the country de...
SSAs and US Treasuries: crossing the final frontier
◆ Supranationals and agencies prepare to achieve the previously unthinkable ◆ Leveraged loans versus private credit and their effect on CLOs ◆ A new dawn for dollar covered bonds and UK equity market structureBond...
Starmer, strife and sterling bonds
◆ The prospects for sterling bond issuance amid UK political upheaval ◆ A new issuer and a new securitization from the SSA sector ◆ Ontario's plans for a resilience bondThe mice turned on the cat in UK politics th...
Justice for covered bonds (and securitization)
◆ EU regs plan sparks debate over treatment of secured borrowing ◆ Blistering corporate and FIG issuance but why are premiums rising in one market but not the other? ◆ UK Renters' Rights Act to impact UK buy-to-let RMBS ...
The outbreak of Warsh
◆ Powell Fed era ends with split decision ◆ Bank capital to lead Gulf bond revival ◆ SSAs, corporates and FIG face busy May President Trump appointed Jay Powell as Federal Reserve chair — then hounded him contin...
The fast and the dubious
◆ Fast money reverses out of SSA bond market ◆ CLO managers face risky ramp startegy ◆ Corporate hybrid bond market runs hot despite volatilityThe rise of hedge funds as dedicated investors in the supranational an...
What it takes to break issuance records in volatile markets
◆ Dazzling feats of issuance in public sector bond market but signs of wariness persist ◆ How banks have derisked May issuance ◆ Corporate bond investors stick aroundSo many bond issuance records tumbled in a busy...
How bond issuers will take advantage of Iran ceasefire
◆ Gulf issuers turn to private markets ◆ Public sector and corporate borrowers to bring forward plans ◆ Banks re-enter covered and unsecured funding marketsUS vice-president JD Vance set off on Friday for Pakistan...
The Gulf’s banks get ready for recession
◆ Middle East capital securities will need to be refinanced ◆ Supranationals, agencies and municipalities have had a good war ◆ New ideas to promote covered bondsThe central group of bond issuers in the Middle East are the banks. They ar...
News from the frontier: Africa leads emerging market bond revival
◆ Outsiders open EM investors’ wallets ◆ European banks let their hair down in dollar market, still shy in euros ◆ Digital innovation in Frankfurt with DZ BankAngola and African telecom company Helios Towers were hardly the issuers anyon...
The dollar dilemma for public sector bond issuers
◆ What strikes on energy infrastructure in the Middle East mean for emerging market bonds ◆ Why issuing in dollars has become so dicey for supranationals and agencies ◆ Europe's advantage in the private credit metldown
Banks may be shut but Amazon delivers
◆ Hyperscaler sets new standard for European corporate bond market ◆ What it will it take to get a bank to issue in euros again ◆ Iran war could reshape ultra-competitive Gulf capital marketsFor bond issuers to ke...
The future of the Middle East bond market
◆ How banks and bankers are operating in the region under threat of military escaltion ◆ Bond issuance to resume — but how? ◆ Dwindling fee pool poses questions over long-term future for banksThe Middle East bond ...
Abu Dhabi, Blue Owl and bridging lenders
◆ UAE issuers leave emerging markets lable behind ◆ What Blue Owl can teach about private credit for the masses ◆ A bump in the road for UK bridging lenders on the way to securitizationAbu Dhabi was in the bond ma...
Software update: AI Saas scare haunts capital markets
◆ How AI threat to software biz threatens stockmarket listings... ◆ ... and collaterlised loan obligation market ◆ AT1 market hits new record tight but buyers turn awayInvestors are wary that recent AI upgrades — ...
Pod 'sell America'
◆ Why emerging market issuers are doing less in dollars ◆ Republic of Congo — located between rock and hard place ◆ The GlobalCapital Podcast was brought to you by the numbers 17, 100 and the whole AlphabetEmergin...
New tricks for old dogs and 'fishing with dynamite'
◆ Bond auctions get the fintech treatment ◆ Oracle shows how to fund AI capex with bonds ◆ Banks plough on in bonds despite weaker marketsThere's nothing new about auctioning bonds as a means to distribute them bu...
What is Scotland?
◆ Scottish government bonds near ◆ CLOs and private credit ◆ Corporate hybrid debt reaches new tightsScotland is looking for banks and lawyers to help bring its first bond to market. But the idea raised a number o...
Defence stocks, Ukrainian bonds, fear and Fomo in investment banking
◆ CSG's IPO and the rampant investment for defence companies ◆ Ukraine issuer back in bond market ◆ Fomo sapiens: investment bankings most joylessMoney is pouring into defence, both from government budgets and fro...