New Money Review podcast

North Korea—the new money superpower

There’s a rising superpower in the world of money—a country that’s cut off from the global financial network, but which is playing an increasingly...

When will humans peak?

Record temperatures, droughts, war, COVID, bans on movement and meeting…it’s been a witches’ brew of events. Is nature telling us that humans...

Hydrocarbons, geopolitics and money

Whoever dominates the world’s energy markets rules global politics.

Coal fuelled the expansion of the British empire. Control over...

Securities finance underlies every business story

Take any story in the daily business news and there’s likely to be a securities finance angle to it, says Roy Zimmerhansl, my guest in the latest...

DeFi’s dangerous alphabet soup

In 2008, a few obscure three-letter financial products—MBS, ABS, CDOs and SIVs—set off the biggest financial crisis in history.

Now,...