GFF Podcast

In our series four finale, we have a feature-length show with senior Ukrainian finance leaders Yuriy Butsa (Commissioner for Public Debt Management) and Yuriy Heletiy (Deputy Governor, National Bank of Ukraine). We discuss Ukraine's extraordinary financial system resilience in the face of a military invasion, its economic performance and strong monetary controls, and consider the costs and opportunities of postwar reconstruction. Join our regular hosts, Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler, for 45 minutes of lively chat and insight into one of the most remarkable economic success stories of the century.

Join us for this special live show recorded at the GFF Summit 2025. Dive into the insights and analysis from our keynote speakers: Charles Lichfield, Deputy Director of Geoeconomics at the Atlantic Council and James Pomeroy, Global Economist at HSBC, plus a special interview with Harri Vikstedt, Senior Director for Financial Markets at the Bank of Canada.

With this year’s key theme “Navigating Uncertainty: Geopolitics and Market Dynamics” - get our expert perspectives on the global economy in 2025.

Happy New Year! We are back with a special preview of the 2025 Global Funding and Financing (GFF) Summit – on “Navigating uncertainty: Geopolitics and market dynamics”. The summit will take place in Luxembourg on 29-30 January.

In this episode, we discuss about the big themes and keynote speakers that will make up the event’s agenda, focusing on collateral optimisation, regulatory changes and the importance of collaboration in adapting to evolving market conditions.

Join Marton Szigeti (Clearstream), Elodie Putz (Clearstream), Johnathan Lombardo (Eurex) and Frank Gast (Eurex Repo) for a preview of the main GFF Summit, plus regular co-hosts Christian Rossler and Andrew Keith Walker to talk about the Central Bank and Sovereign Wealth Fund Forum.

In this special feature episode, we're joined by Olivier d'Assier (Lead Principal, Investment Decision Research, SimCorp) to discuss the reaction of global markets to Donald Trump's re-election, Labour's historic UK budget, and the rapidly changing political landscape in the EU. With co-hosts Andrew Keith Walker, Christian Rossler and James Cherry, we analyse the impact of these changes on inflation, fixed income, money markets, regulation and central bank policy from Asia to the EU and the Fed.

This is a reminder that our November episode will arrive the week after the US Election. We'll be joined by Oliver D'assier the Lead Principal, Investment Decision Research at Simcorp, and James Cherry the head of Business Development for Clearstream's Collateral, Liquidity and Lending Solutions team. Together, we'll predict the impact of the US Election, Labour's first UK Budget and European changes, all of which will affect securities lending, repo and economic policy within the EU and beyond. We'll see you after the US election...

This month we take a deep dive into treasury operations and the advantages of Clearstream’s unique marriage broking service within triparty repo. We discuss how Clearstream matches sell-side and buy-side market participants with new market opportunities, plus bilateral and triparty repo, foreign exchange (FX) swaps, cleared and uncleared services to manage cash across multiple jurisdictions. Join our hosts, Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler, with Defi Kimenga, Head of Trading at Clearstream Treasury (Luxembourg) and Marc Poinsignon (Business Development, Marriage Broking) to discuss services that enable market participants to scale rapidly, reduce costs and be more agile in the money markets.

This month, we're joined by the SFT European Repo Team of 2024 - Eurex - to discuss the new balance sheet netting and collateral optimisation products developed in partnership with Clearstream. Join Jean-Robert Wilkin (Senior Adviser, Clearstream), Frank Gast (MD, Board Member and Global Head of Sales, - Eurex Repo) and Frank Odendall (Head of SF products and Business Development, Eurex Repo) for an in-depth tour of the new combined Eurex clearing services., These services enable cross-product margining and significant cost reductions for exchange-traded derivatives (ETDs), Repo and OTC interest rate swaps (IRS). Additionally, we discuss approaches for balance sheet netting, collateral optimisation and greater buy-side capital efficiency through new ISA Direct models, - as well as the market infrastructure that enables these advancements.

For our new season premiere, we're presenting a show with industry leaders from ISLA, BNY, Clearstream and HQLAx. Featuring insights and analysis from Ina Budh-Raja & Andrew Dyson (ISLA), Marton Szigeti, James Cherry, Banu Apers, Alexandre Roques, Marc Poinsignon & Jean-Robert Wilkin (Clearstream) and Elisa Poutanen & Charlie Amesbury (HQLAx). Listen for insights into collateral optimisation, liquidity management, balance sheet netting, regulatory compliance, blockchain settlement, tokenisation and more. Hosted by our regular team of central bank expert, Christian Rossler (Clearstream) and our resident podcast journalist Andrew Keith Walker.