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TXF Risky Business Podcast

The Risky Business Podcast

The Risky Business podcast analysis country risk around the globe. For more information on our unique ratings, go to www.txfnews.com/countryrisk.

  • 20 episodes
  • Updated Dec 14, 2023

Episodes20

  • Dec 14, 2023 · 17 min

    20 minutes with Daan van Alem, Northland Power

    TXF and Proximo speak to Daan van Alem, senior project finance manager at Northland Power, about the intricate financings for Northland's Baltic Power and Hai Long offshore wind farms, as well as the company's burgeoning project pipeline.

  • Dec 6, 2021 · 38 min

    2021: A new dawn for the climate economy - Episode 2

    Tom Dunn (Orbian) and Peter McKillop (Climate & Capital Media) return to the TXF Risky Business Podcast for the second episode of our series focused on the climate economy. In this episode Tom and Peter reflect on their key takeaways from COP26, their expectations for China's five year climate plan and the role which capital markets can play in addressing the imperatives and opportunities of climate change.

  • Jul 21, 2021 · 15 min

    Celebrating 100 years of BAFT

    TXF spoke with BAFT' Steve Bash about celebrating 100 years of leadership in finance and trade.

  • Apr 1, 2021 · 36 min

    2021: A new dawn for the climate economy - Episode1

    Orbian Chairman, Tom Dunn, returns to the TXF Risky Business Podcast airwaves with the first instalment of a brand new series for 2021. In this opening episode, Tom sits down with Peter McKillop, Founder & Editor-in-chief at Climate & Capital Media, to discuss the mainstreaming of climate considerations within the investment agenda and political sphere. Supply chains are one of the most important levers for businesses to have a positive impact across a broad Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) agenda. To find out more about how supply chain finance can help you achieve your corporate sustainability goals, download Orbian's ESG report here: https://orbian.com/research-report/

  • Jun 19, 2020 · 15 min

    Impact assessment: Covid-19 and cities

    In the fourth of a series of insights on the impact of Covid-19 on the global economy, Orbian CEO Tom Dunn interviews Felix de Grey, a writer and urbanism specialist, to discuss how cities globally have been affected by the pandemic and what cultural and infrastructural changes can be expected going forward.

  • Jun 3, 2020 · 16 min

    Impact assessment: Covid-19 and the world of sport

    In the third of a series of insights on the impact of Covid-19 on the global economy, Orbian CEO Tom Dunn interviews Gordon D’Arcy, a retired Irish rugby player, to discuss how the world of sport has been affected by the pandemic.

  • May 21, 2020 · 18 min

    Impact assessment: Covid-19 and the natural world

    In the third of a series of insights on the impact of Covid-19 on the global economy, Orbian CEO Tom Dunn interviews Huw Cordey, acclaimed natural history film producer, to find out how the natural world is being affected by the pandemic.

  • May 6, 2020 · 14 min

    Impact assessment: Covid-19 and the global development agenda

    In the second of a series of insights on the impact of Covid-19 on the global economy, Orbian CEO Tom Dunn interviews Judith Tyson, a fellow at the Overseas Development Institute. How will emerging markets mitigate the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic compared to OECD countries?

  • Apr 22, 2020 · 11 min

    Are the wheels of supply chain finance still turning? In viro veritas 4

    Supply chain finance can be a great tool for keeping funding flowing to all parts of the supply chain, but is there an existential strain on programmes from the dislocations of physical supply chains amid Covid-19? How will the crisis hit banks' and non-bank programmes and how will contracts be affected? Will ECAs and governments increasingly have to step in?

  • Apr 21, 2020 · 17 min

    Impact assessment: Investigating Leadership and Covid-19

    In the first of a series of insights on the impact of Covid-19 on the global economy, Orbian CEO Tom Dunn interviews Archie Brown, Emeritus Professor of Politics at Oxford University. How important is the role of the ‘leader’ in the crisis?

  • Mar 17, 2020 · 8 min

    Shop talk: Ashurst keeps cool amid spike in corporate debt restructuring

    During a volatile month for global trade and the commodities market amid the coronavirus pandemic, TXF spoke to Jean Woo, partner at Ashurst in Singapore, to discuss how the law firm is staying abreast of the legal requirements facing its corporate clients as many of them look to restructure their debt. Woo also shares her opinion on whether there is any real substance to sustainability-linked deals, or is it just a case of greenwashing?

  • Jan 16, 2020 · 6 min

    TXF PRI 2019: Fonroche sheds some light on off-grid solar

    Following his panel at the PRI conference in December, TXF sat down with Pierre Vergnes, head of institutional financing at French-based solar infrastructure company Fonroche Lighting. We discussed why the company does not buy private insurance, the challenges that lack of security in some counties presents and why ECA financing is a no brainer.

  • Jan 2, 2020 · 6 min

    TXF PRI 2019: Santander on brokers and blockchain

    On the sidelines of TXF’s PRI conference last month, Saqib Mustafa, executive director of structured trade and receivable finance within the global transaction banking team at Santander, spoke to TXF to discuss the benefits of shopping around for private insurance brokers, and whether blockchain really is the future for trade deals?

  • Nov 29, 2019 · 17 min

    CPRI market in the process of maturing: TXF talks to Matthew Beckett

    Appetite and capacity for credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) has been growing in the past 10 years but may be plateauing as the market matures. Matthew Beckett, EMEA director of insurance placement and loan capital markets at SMBC gives Katharine Morton a bank’s perspective on the future of what has been perceived as a ‘silent’ product in the run up to TXF’s CPRI conference in London on 4 December

  • Nov 20, 2019 · 8 min

    TXF Geneva: Qbera Capital on thinking outside the box

    From the sidelines of TXF Geneva, TXF sat down with Amitji Odedra from Qbera Capital to discuss corporate appetite for diversification in funding, how the trade finance gap is creating opportunities for alternative funds and dabbling in the secondary trading market.

  • Nov 11, 2019 · 12 min

    How to get the most from CPRI: TXF talks to Boris Jaquet

    Boris Jaquet, EMEA Head, distribution, Deutsche Bank talks to TXF’s Katharine Morton about his views of the state of play of the Credit and Political Risk Insurance (CPRI) market and how to get the best from CPRI ahead of the TXF Conference in London on 4 December 2019.

  • Oct 3, 2019 · 16 min

    TXF Sibos smooth-down with CGI

    TXF's head of trade, treasury and risk, Katharine Morton, spoke with CGI's product manager for trade and supply chain solutions Patrick DeVilbiss about the key trends he saw emerging in Sibos 2019.

  • Aug 1, 2019 · 13 min

    Risky business: Can Europe trade its way out of crisis?

    In the fourth of this series of Risky Business podcasts Coriolis Technologies CEO Rebecca Harding talks to TXF’s Katharine Morton about how the internal challenges of the EU continue to pull at the union. Is trade the way out of its problems?

  • Jul 23, 2019 · 13 min

    Risky business: China trade turns inward

    In the third of this series of Risky Business podcasts Coriolis Technologies CEO Rebecca Harding talks to TXF’s Katharine Morton about how it’s not all about trade wars for China trade, but it doesn’t help.