The LIBF Podcast

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Stay ahead in the world of business, finance and technology with our regular podcast series, featuring interviews with leading figures in the business world.

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140 episodes
Updated Jun 4, 2024

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Aug 25, 2020 · 58 min
Episode 80: What is alternative data and why is it important for SME Lending?
Paul Gordon Managing Director, SME & Mid Corporates, Commercial Banking at Lloyds Banking Group, and Gordon Milne Senior Relationship Director, LIBF, talk to Ouida Taaffe, Editor of Financial World, about the challenges for banks in SME Lending and asks what role alternative data could play. For more information about our Certificate in SME Lending and Alternative Data go to https://libf.ac.uk.
Jul 20, 2020 · 36 min
Episode 79: Gender diversity: the quest for equal opportunity
In this podcast, Heather Tilston, Head of PR & Marketing at LIBF, talks to Caroline Murray, Senior Lecturer at LIBF and Kate Bohn, Accelerator and Incubator Lead at Lloyds Banking Group, about gender diversity and their experiences of working in the finance sector. For more information on our qualifications and training go to our website and follow us on our social channels on Twitter and Linkedin.
Jul 6, 2020 · 1 hr 2 min
Episode 78: CSFI Future of finance series - the digitalisation of finance
In its Future of Finance series, The London Institute of Banking & Finance (LIBF) and The Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI) invite leading practitioners and observers to debate current trends in finance and discuss what they might mean for the future of the sector. In this first episode in the series, Dave Birch, a director of Consult Hyperion; Helene Panzarino, Associate Director of the Centre for Digital Banking and Finance at LIBF; Amir Nooriala, Chief Strategy Officer at Callsign; and Radu Orghidan, Vice President of Cognitive Computing at Endava debate recent trends in fintech… or should we now say ‘techfin’? The discussion is hosted by director of CSFI and Visiting Professor at LIBF, Andrew Hilton. For more information on our qualifications and training go to our website and follow us on our social channels on Twitter and Linkedin.
Jun 30, 2020 · 27 min
Episode 77: REACH - don't think financial services is the career for you? Think again
In February 2020, we ran one of our REACH BAME events that are designed to give an insight into the world of banking and finance while highlighting some of the key diversity issues the industry faces. Jagdeep Rai, Regional Director, HSBC talks to us about her own career path, progression, development and diversity in Financial Services. For more information about our REACH events go to https://libf.ac.uk/REACH For more information on our qualifications and training go to our website and follow us on our social channels on Twitter and Linkedin.
May 7, 2020 · 1 hr 12 min
Episode 76: CSFI Sustainable Finance - An overview of the ESG landscape
This is the last in a series of discussions on sustainable finance, organised with the CSFI. It will pull together key themes and explore likely developments in 2020. The event took place in January 2020. The debate has ranged from measures to tackle climate change via carbon pricing to the duties placed on fund managers to influence companies for the better and to explain to savers, notably in pension funds, what is going on. For more information on our qualifications and training go to our website and follow us on our social channels on Twitter and Linkedin.
Mar 23, 2020 · 1 hr
Episode 75: Incumbents vs Challenger Banks vs Big Tech
Globally more than 70 challenger banks - many of whom are technically not 'banks' - are competing with incumbent banks. In the UK we have Monzo, N26. Revolut, Monese - to name just four. What is happening? Who is winning or losing? Will Big Tech enter the battlefield? Renier Lemmens is a Senior Advisor and Visiting Professor of Fintech and Innovation at The London Institute of Banking & Finance. He is a Venture Partner with DN Capital focusing on Fintech. He currently also serves as Chairman of TransferGo, Divido, Mojo Mortgages, and Hostmaker. He is a non-executive director at Arion Bank and recently served as a board member of Revolut. In the past, Renier served as CEO of PayPal EMEA and member of its global executive team. He was COO of Barclays International Retail and Commercial Banking. Renier was an officer of GE Capital where he served as Chairman and CEO of Budapest Bank, and SVP Business Development for the Americas. Renier was a partner with McKinsey & Company in London, New Delhi, and San Francisco. Find out more about our Centre for Digital Banking and Finance here and follow us on Twitter and Linkedin to join in the conversation about the future of banking and finance.
Mar 17, 2020 · 1 hr 25 min
Episode 74: CSFI Sustainable Finance - Corporate governance and the pensions industry
This is the third in a series of panel discussions we are organising with the CSFI around the way that ESG issues are shaping the financial services sector. The first looked at carbon trading; the second looked at the asset management industry. This one takes a 'deep dive' into the world of pensions, both DC and DB. To find out more about our upcoming events go to www.libf.ac.uk/events Follow us on Twitter @StudyLIBF
Mar 11, 2020 · 1 hr 17 min
Episode 73: CSFI Sustainable Finance - ESG and Asset Management
This is the second in a series of panel discussions that we are organising with the CSFI around the way that environmental issues are shaping the financial sector. The first covered carbon trading; this looks at the asset management industry - and specifically at how the equity and fixed income markets are responding to the environmental challenge. To find out more about our upcoming events go to www.libf.ac.uk/events Follow us on Twitter @StudyLIBF
Feb 4, 2020 · 31 min
Episode 72: Does a bank have to be more than an app?
Henry Grunfeld Professor of Banking Pete Hahn chairs a debate on the future of banking held at the launch event for our new book Banking on Change. Banking on Change was commissioned to mark our 140th anniversary. It provides insights by experts and influencers from across the financial services industry on some of the central questions facing the finance sector today Banking on Change is published by Wiley priced at £35. To find out more about our upcoming events go to www.libf.ac.uk/events Follow us on Twitter @StudyLIBF
Jan 30, 2020 · 5 min
Episode 71: Introducing the Financial Adviser podcast
Everybody needs paraplanners In this first episode John Somerville sits down with David Owen from Lifetime Connect to discuss all things paraplanning, how the role of the paraplanner has changed over the years and why now is the ideal time to think about becoming one. You can read more about the role of the paraplanner on our Insights blog or you can find out more about our Diploma in Paraplanning (DipPP) on our website. To listen to the full episode please subscribe to the LIBF Financial Adviser podcast
Jan 20, 2020 · 25 min
Episode 70: Financial education five years on - is it still adding up?
It’s been five years since financial education was included in the national curriculum. So, does that mean every child now receives a solid foundation on how to manage money and how the finance sector works? In this podcast, Andy Davis, a financial journalist and contributor to the Institute’s latest book, Banking on change, and Catherine Winter our Managing Director for Financial Capability, talk about where financial education has got to and what needs to change. Published to mark our 140th anniversary, Banking on Change provides insights by experts and influencers from across the financial services industry on the issues affecting the sector now and for the future. Follow us on Twitter @StudyLIBF
Jan 14, 2020 · 30 min
Episode 69: Celebrating 21 years of CDCS
This year marks the 21st birthday of our Certificate for Documentary Credit Specialists (CDCS), which was created in 1999 by BAFT and The London Institute of Banking & Finance to professionalise the practice of issuing documentary letters of credit and checking presentations. In this podcast our trade finance experts David Morrish and Michael Backhouse look back over some of the highlights of the last 21 years and talk about the role documentary credit specialists play in international trade. Follow us on Twitter @StudyLIBF
Jan 8, 2020 · 27 min
Episode 68: Banking on Change
In November we officially launched our new book at an event in central London. Banking on Change was commissioned to mark our 140th anniversary. It provides insights by experts and influencers from across the financial services industry on some of the central questions facing the finance sector today In this podcast our Henry Grunfeld Professor of Banking, and book contributor, Pete Hahn provides an overview of the main themes from the book in a speech he gave at the beginning of the evening. Banking on Change is published by Wiley priced at £35. You can purchase a copy at https://bit.ly/35DCEWB To find out more about our upcoming events go to https://www.libf.ac.uk/events Follow us on Twitter @StudyLIBF
Dec 17, 2019 · 47 min
Episode 67: The Centre for Digital Banking and Finance presents Artificial Intelligence Breakfast Briefing
Stephen Stanton-Downes, Managing Director, Finding X and Ilya Feige, Director of AI, Faculty explore the need for explainable AI, share the latest thinking in this leading-edge domain and discuss how organisations can start embracing the far-reaching implications. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming part of our everyday world with far-reaching effects. AI projects are being developed in medical arenas to predict future illnesses in patients, social media platforms use algorithms to predict user behaviour, and increasingly in financial services firms to make trading and investment decisions. The Centre for Digital Banking and Finance aims to address digital disruption and how banking and financial professionals can position themselves in the market to remain competitive and simultaneously deliver innovative solutions to their customers and partners. Find out more To view or download the presentation discussed throughout this podcast go here To find out more about our upcoming events go to https://www.libf.ac.uk/events Follow us on Twitter @StudyLIBF
Nov 18, 2019 · 49 min
Episode 66: WCBI 2019 – What will banks be doing in 2029?
The World Conference of Banking Institutes (WCBI) is a global forum that brings together a large number of central bankers, commercial bankers, finance professionals, academics, learning and development consultants, global banking and finance education providers. The conference was held on 16-17 September 2019 and this podcast includes the panel session discussing the future of banking and what we could see in the next ten years. Moderator & Chair Dr. Andrew Hilton, Director, CSFI Panel Nick Ogden,Executive Chairman, ClearBank® Natalie Ceeney CBE,Chair, Innovate Finance Sabrina Del Prete, Founder, and CEO, Kore Labs Justin Fitzpatrick,Co-Founder, and CEO, DueDil Read more on trends in banking and finance and the future of financial services here To find out more about our upcoming events go to https://www.libf.ac.uk/events Follow us on Twitter @StudyLIBF
Nov 5, 2019 · 1 hr 43 min
Episode 65: CSFI Sustainable Finance – What role do carbon markets play in tackling climate change?
This is the first in a series of events on sustainable finance organised with the CSFI. It focuses on attempts to control the biggest contributor to the "greenhouse gas" effect - carbon dioxide. To help us understand both the carbon markets and the climate change issue they are designed to address, we have brought together a distinguished panel, including: Louis Redshaw, CEO and Founder of Redshaw Advisors, Rachel Ward, Head of Policy at the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, Julie Elmgren, a Carbon Trader at Gazprom. To find out more about our upcoming events go to https://www.libf.ac.uk/events Follow us on Twitter @StudyLIBF
Oct 30, 2019 · 44 min
Episode 64: Leading through uncertain times, Georgina Silvester, Handelsbanken
In this podcast, Georgina Silvester, Chief Operating Officer UK for Handelsbanken, talks about the bank transferring its UK banking business from a branch of Svenska Handelsbanken AB publ into a wholly owned subsidiary - 'Handelsbanken plc'. This transfer was the largest, undertaking by the Group in recent times. The bank steered the implementation towards its own goals and objectives through close collaboration with the UK regulators, whilst maintaining the bank's unique business model and strong culture and values. This event took place on 26 February 2019. Follow us on Twitter @StudyLIBF
Oct 8, 2019 · 9 min
Episode 63: How big data is changing the role of banks and banking
How banks are holding an increasing amount of our data and what this means for the roles banking will play in the future
Sep 18, 2019 · 57 min
Episode 62: Fireside chat with Simon Jack, Business, BBC.
For our latest podcast, we revisit our lively fireside from last November with Simon Jack, Business editor of the BBC. Introduced by Peter Hahn, Dean and Henry Grunfeld Professor of The London Institute of Banking & Finance, they discuss various topics including open Banking, RBS, and economic climate. Follow us on Twitter @StudyLIBF.
Sep 4, 2019 · 18 min
Episode 61: Are we economists or human beings?
Osy Plummer, Visiting Professor of Finance at the EU Business School in Geneva and Montreux, talks to Alex Fraser about how rational actions and emotional impulses affect investment decisions.