January 27: The City View with Baton Systems’ Jerome Kemp January 27, 2022 Today Andy talks to Jerome Kemp, President of Baton Systems, for a chat about distributed ledger systems and how his company is bringing ledgers into the 21st century. They discuss hashing, how this brings transparency to post-trade processing, why Baton Systems is at an advantage compared to the slow machinations of bureaucratic and established players [...]
The City View: January 20: The headlines and fintech in 202 January 20, 2022 Today Andy Silvester goes through the headlines, where there’s news about a return to work in the Square Mile, an increase in Deliveroo sales and a £1.2bn energy interconnector linking France to the UK being rejected. Andy is also joined by Alan Vaksman, Managing Director and co-founder of VC firm Digital Horizon for a discussion [...]
The City View: January 19: Inflation and B-Corps January 19, 2022 Today Andy Silvester is joined by Kin + Carta CEO J Schwan, and by Jack Barnett to discuss today’s news on inflation and future rate rises by the Bank of England. Andy also goes through the headlines, which include GSK’s rebuttal of a £50bn Unilever merger, corporate results, and today’s political news as Boris Johnson [...]
The City View: January 18: A bumper tech deal and aviation January 18, 2022 Today Andy Silvester is joined by Skytra’s Co-Founder and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Elise Weber, and by City A.M.’s Leah Montebello for news about a mega-deal struck between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. Andy also takes us through the headlines, including news about the impact inflation is having on Britons’ wallets and a warning by [...]
The City View: January 17: Credit Suisse and the BBC January 17, 2022 In this episode, Andy Silvester discusses the latest scandal at Credit Suisse, proposed changes at the BBC and a week’s worth of inflation data.
The City View: January 10: Wall Street rocked January 10, 2022 Andy Silvester talks through the headlines from another busy day in the City of London, and talks to City A.M.’s Jack Barnett about Wall Street’s fright at a new note from Goldman Sachs.
Britain’s financial future needs catch-up plan for young workers January 10, 2022 If lockdowns have taught us anything, it’s not to underestimate the power of a holiday. Two weeks on the beach feels like a valuable reward after two years of mentally draining restrictions. It is not surprising that travel companies are reporting an uptick in the booking of ‘big’ holidays. Part of that, of course, is [...]
The City View on January 6: Equities in 2022 January 6, 2022 In this episode, City A.M. editor Andy Silvester is joined by Patrick Spencer, Vice Chairman of Equities at Baird, and by City A.M.’s Lily Russell-Jones to look at the crypto market in 2022. Andy also whistles through the headlines, with trading updates from Next and Greggs headlining the City’s day.
Could 2022 really be a happy new year after all? January 5, 2022 Perhaps, at last, we really are learning to live with Covid-19. The government’s decision to scrap a host of the most over-bearing restrictions on travel suggests that life may one day return to something like normal. When the new variant was identified in southern Africa, it made sense to quickly slap restrictions on travel from [...]
The City View: Back for 2022… January 5, 2022 Andy Silvester is joined by City A.M.’s economics correspondent Jack Barnett to talk through the economy’s prospects in 2022 – and the impact of everything from inflation to a lingering supply chain crisis. Andy is also joined by Armadillo CEO Manny Cohen. Armadillo is now one of the world’s leaders in the growing world of [...]