A Long Time In Finance

By Jonathan Ford and Neil CollinsBusiness

A Long Time In Finance episodes

July 08, 2022 Wirecard and The Art of the Potemkin Corporation
Wirecard was the rare German startup that seemed primed to become a global player. But it was all too good to be true, as Dan McCrum, financial sleuth at the FT, ultimately discovered. We talk to him about how he unmasked the scam, overcoming spies, mobsters and even the German financial regulator to get at the truth. And also about favourite scams and why fraud is so damned difficult to stamp out.

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With Dan McCrum.
Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
Sponsored by Briefcase.News
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22 min
July 01, 2022 Quantitative Easing: The Shocking Truth
Don't know your standard monetary policy from the unconventional kind? Relax! We ask economist and former Bank of England adviser Tony Yates all those questions about QE (and its seldom-seen friend QT) that you always wanted the answer to but never dared put.

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With Tony Yates.
Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
25 min
June 24, 2022 Lawfare latest: Banks v Cadwalladr
A victory for public interest journalism, or a travesty of the law? We pick through the surprise judgment handed down in Brexit "bad boy" Aaron Banks's libel case against investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr in the company of top media lawyer, Mark Stephens.

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With Mark Stephens.
Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
24 min
June 17, 2022 Twilight of the Private Equity Gods
Private equity firms have amassed vast fortunes for their owners by snapping up companies in a rising stock market using ultra cheap debt. But what happens when values go down and interest rates rise? We talk to US investor and private equity sceptic Dan Rasmussen about the coming buyout Götterdämmerung.

(Dan has written recently on this and his note can be found here https://verdadcap.com/archive/private-equity-still-overrated-and-overvalued)

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With Dan Rasmussen.
Produced by Ewan Cameron and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
Sponsored by Briefcase.News
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
26 min
June 10, 2022 What to do About The Energy Crisis
Prices are high; supply is insecure; basically it's a nightmare. But which levers do you pull to make things better, and which do you leave well alone? We talk to former Number 10 adviser and consultant Josh Buckland about how to fix the UK's energy woes.

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With Josh Buckland.
Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
Sponsored by Briefcase.News
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
25 min
June 03, 2022 The Stuart Kirk Affair
It's now the world's most watched PowerPoint presentation: the pitch by HSBC's head of responsible investing to a conference on green finance in which he suggested the climate crisis was overstated and we should get on building more sea walls instead. We talk to Roger Pielke Jr, the US academic and political scientist about what Kirk was trying to say (or should have said) and his own experience with climate controversies.

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With Roger Pielke Jr.
Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
Sponsored by Briefcase.News
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
25 min
May 27, 2022 The Barber Boom and Bust
Gripped by sluggish growth and low investment, the UK decides to solve its problems by embarking on a "dash for growth" - spending big and cutting taxes. We talk to economic historian Duncan Weldon about the Heath government's disastrous 1972 "Barber Boom" (named for the chancellor Tony Barber) and what lessons it holds for Boris Johnson's wayward administration.

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With Duncan Weldon.
Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
Sponsored by Briefcase.News
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
24 min
May 20, 2022 Cryptocalypse Now!
Cryptocurrencies are collapsing across the etherspace. Neil and Jonathan talk to Izabella Kaminska, founder of the Blind Spot and keen cryptowatcher, about Terra, Luna and Tether, the death spiral of the stablecoins, and whether anyone in the real world should care..

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With Izabella Kaminska.
Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
Sponsored by Briefcase.News
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
26 min
May 13, 2022 Bank of England Independence 25 Years On (Part 2)
In the second of our two-part series looking at Gordon Brown's 1997 decision to give the Bank of England control of setting interest rates, we talk to our guest Paul Tucker, a former deputy governor of the Bank, about the financial crisis, Quantitative Easing and the future of central bank independence.

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With Sir Paul Tucker.
Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
Sponsored by Briefcase.News
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
22 min
May 06, 2022 Bank of England Independence 25 Years On (Part 1)
On 6 May 1997, Gordon Brown raised interest rates as chancellor for the last time and then handed the keys to monetary policy to the Bank of England. In the first of a two part series, we reflect on that decision with Paul Tucker, a former deputy governor of the Bank, discussing how it was taken, the institutional upheavals and the fruits of independence.

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With Sir Paul Tucker.
Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
Sponsored by Briefcase.News
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
27 min

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The long view of finance, markets and money as seen by two veteran City editors, Neil Collins and Jonathan Ford, presented in partnership with The Library of Mistakes.

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