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
243 episodes
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...
Fast money slows down to take on SSA bonds
◆ Public sector issuers embrace hedge fund bid... ◆ ... as they flex in the swap market ◆ Car makers welcomed back to bond marketAllocating more of a new issue to hedge funds has long been something SSA issuers ha...
'Nameless dread' and the blockbuster bond market
◆ What has driven this week's record issuance and what might threaten sentiment ◆ Why the Maduro affair is a wake-up call for the EU ◆ Resolving Venezuela's debtberg After a rip-roaring start to the bond mark...
GlobalCapital's Review 2025 | Outlook 2026 podcast
◆ Data centres: crunch time for Europe's capital markets ◆ How AI is changing capital markets work... ◆ ... and hiringIt is no secret that data centre financing will be an increasingly important part of the capit...
ECB baffles bank bond market by mulling AT1 abolition
◆ Simplification plans boggle bank boffins ◆ Hungry, hungry hyperscalers to push utilities into bond market ◆ A loan in the sand: private credit jostles for place in Middle East debt marketsOn last week's episode ...
Rewriting the rules for private credit and banks
◆ Private credit and equity to come under oversight for first time... ◆ ... as Bank of England eases burden on banks... ◆ ... amid global shift to lighten up on lenders, with ECB expected nextAlternative asset man...
A tale of two capital markets
◆ UK government guns for growth but did it miss? ◆ French fancy: FIG in favour again ◆ Pandas and Wontons with the AIIBAfter months of speculation, the UK government delivered its Autumn Budget this week. Th...
Banks, bonuses and the Budget
◆ Are investment bank bonuses going up this year, and when does everyone get paid? ◆ How the UK government's 'binary' Budget is affecting bank bond issuers ◆ Legal pressure builds on MDBs to reassess climate impact
Reining in private credit, AI capex looms over bonds and defence label flaps wings
◆ Private credit, banks or securitization — which one is regulated too lightly? ◆ How AI capex will affect Europe's bond market ◆ What do defence bonds achieve?Two senior UK bankers were in the House of Lords this...
US companies light up Europe's bond market as exchanges revise IPO playbook
◆ Why Europe's corporate bond market is on a roll ◆ Reverse Yankees, hot hybrids and huge size with more to come ◆ Europe's stock exchanges' attempts to drum up more IPOsMarket participants had expected this week ...