Bright Ideas

Mike Williams, Founder and President of The Williams Group, sits down with SFA CEO Michael Bright to examine some of the barriers preventing Capitol Hill staffers from looking more like the country they represent. Hear how intentionality is integral to any successful diversity and inclusion recruitment and retention strategy and how diverse teams empower individual thought and authentic allyship.

During this episode of Bright Ideas, SFA CEO Michael Bright sits down with Latesha Byrd, CEO, and Founder of Byrd Consulting to discuss allyship, what it means, and how to practice it.

The Structured Finance Association (SFA) released a new episode of its podcast series, Bright Ideas. In the episode, host and SFA CEO Michael Bright sits down with Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, for a wide-ranging conversation on the economics of debt, the likelihood of global inflation, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected home and gas prices in the context of wage growth.

On this episode of Bright ideas, Michael Bright sits down with Dr. Malva Reid, Assistant Chief Academic Officer for Graduate and Online education and Academic Partnership, for the University of the District of Columbia (UDC).

Michael Bright is joined by SFA President Kristi Leo and dv01’s Perry Rahbar and Charlie Oshman.

They discuss what Environmental, Social, and Governance Investing (ESG) is, why it’s taking the finance market by storm, and what data is needed for ESG.

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Michael Bright is joined by infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist Dr. Peter Leone.

Politico reporter Katy O’Donnell discusses how COVID-19 has shined a light on the long-existing racial disparity in housing.

Michael Bright sits down with Isaac Boltansky from Compass Point. They discuss their expectations for the new Biden administration.

Michael Bright sits down with Politico reporter Victoria Guida to analyze the dynamics of the Fed, Treasury, and OCC and the implications of their policy positions.

Michael Bright is joined by the only Ph.D. physicist serving in Congress, Rep. Bill Foster (D, IL-11). Together, they discuss scientific discovery and its uses in financial services.