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SmarterMarkets™ brings you the entrepreneurs, icons, and executives of commodities, capital markets, and technology to rant on the inadequacies of our systems and riff on ideas for how to improve them. Our weekly episodes explore how technology can be leveraged to redesign and improve markets to meet society’s biggest challenges, including climate change and the energy transition.

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This week on our Commodities in Asia series, we welcome Ken Newcombe, Chairman & CEO at C-Quest Capital, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Ken to discuss the energy transition as lifestyle transformation, as well as ...

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12.09.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 9 \| Ken Newcombe, Chairman & CEO, C-Quest Capital This week on our Commodities in Asia series, we welcome Ken Newcombe, Chairman & CEO at C-Quest Capital, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Ken to discuss the energy transition as lifestyle transformation, as well as ...
12.02.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 8 \| Clara Ferreira Marques, Managing Editor, Commodities and Energy in Asia, Bloomberg News We continue our Commodities in Asia series this week with Clara Ferreira Marques. Clara is Managing Editor for Commodities and Energy in Asia at Bloomberg News in Singapore. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Clara to discuss how China ...
11.25.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 7 \| Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW Singapore Our Commodities in Asia series rolls on this week with Peter Zaman. Peter is a Partner at HFW in Singapore and has been practicing law in climate finance and the environmental markets since 2004. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down ...
11.18.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 6 \| Nancy Seah, CEO, Abaxx Exchange For this week’s installment of Commodities in Asia, we welcome into the studio Nancy Seah, CEO of Abaxx Exchange. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Nancy to discuss the insights from her more than 25-year career in commodity risk ...
11.11.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 5 \| He Yiyong, Founder & CEO, LNG Easy We continue exploring Commodities in Asia this week with He Yiyong, Founder & CEO of LNG Easy. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely welcomes He Yiyong into the studio to discuss the growing retail LNG markets of Asia – and how they ...
11.04.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 4 \| Lee Howell, Executive Director, Villars Institute This week on our Commodities in Asia series, we welcome Lee Howell, Executive Director at the Villars Institute, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Lee to discuss the shifting tides in international affairs and the new ...
10.28.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 3 \| Sunil Kashyap, Director, FinMet Pte Ltd. We continue our Commodities in Asia series this week with Sunil Kashyap, Director at FinMet Pte Ltd. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Sunil to discuss gold, nickel, and managing risk in a world where physical commodities markets are ...
10.21.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 2 \| Septian Hario Seto, Deputy Minister of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs of Indonesia For our second installment of Commodities in Asia, we welcome Septian Hario Seto into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Seto is Deputy Minister of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs of Indonesia. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Seto ...
10.18.2023 Special Episode \| Scenes from the IETA North America Climate Summit 2023 We present a special mid-week episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from the IETA North America Climate Summit. At this September’s Climate Week in New York City, we partnered with IETA to interview a wide-range of carbon market participants. ...
10.14.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 1 \| Amreeta Eng, Executive Director, Enterprise Singapore This week, we kick off our new series, Commodities in Asia. In this series, we’ll be exploring the current state and the future ambitions of the commodities markets in Asia. Across energy, metals, agriculture, and carbon, we’ll be talking with ...
10.07.2023 The September Sessions Episode 5 \| Evy Hambro, Managing Director and Global Head of Thematic and Sector Based Investing, Fundamental Equity at BlackRock For the final episode of our September Sessions, we welcome Evy Hambro into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Evy is Managing Director and Global Head of Thematic and Sector Based Investing, Fundamental Equity at BlackRock. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with ...
09.30.2023 The September Sessions Episode 4 \| Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman of S&P Global and Author of “The New Map” This week, we welcome Pulitzer Prize winning author Daniel Yergin back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Daniel is Vice Chairman of S&P Global and author of The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations, as well as the Pulitzer ...
09.23.2023 The September Sessions Episode 3 \| Erik Townsend, Host of Macro Voices and the Documentary Series, Energy Transition Crisis Our September Sessions roll on this week with Erik Townsend, Host of Macro Voices. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Erik to discuss his new eight-part documentary series Energy Transition Crisis.
09.16.2023 The September Sessions Episode 2 \| Dirk Forrister, President & CEO, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) This week on The September Sessions, we welcome Dirk Forrister into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Dirk is the President and CEO of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA). SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Dirk to discuss how IETA and ...
09.09.2023 The September Sessions Episode 1 \| Robert Friedland, Founder and Executive Chairman, Ivanhoe Mines This week, we kick off our new series, The September Sessions, where we’ll focus on the work required to make the energy transition a reality. Our first guest is Robert Friedland, Founder and Executive Co-Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines. SmarterMarkets™ host ...
09.02.2023 Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 7 \| Frances Haugen, Advocate for Accountability and Transparency in Social Media & Author of “The Power of One” On the final installment of our Summer Playlist, we welcome Frances Haugen into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Frances is an advocate for accountability and transparency in social media and the author of the memoir, The Power of One: How I Found ...
08.26.2023 Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 6 \| Ted Merz, Founder, Principals Media & Former Global Head of News Product, Bloomberg Our Summer Playlist continues this week with Ted Merz, Founder of Principals Media and the Former Global Head of News Product at Bloomberg. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Ted to discuss the changing nature of information in our ...
08.19.2023 Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 5 \| Helima Croft, Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets On this week’s installment of our Summer Playlist, we welcome Helima Croft back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Helima is Managing Director and Global Head of Commodity Strategy at RBC Capital Markets. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Helima to ...
08.12.2023 Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 4 \| Samantha Dart, Head of Natural Gas Research, Goldman Sachs This week on our Summer Playlist, we welcome Samantha Dart back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Samantha is Head of Natural Gas Research at Goldman Sachs. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Samantha to talk about the state of natural ...
08.05.2023 Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 3 \| Susan Sakmar, Visiting Professor at the University of Houston and Author of “Energy for the 21st Century” We continue our Summer Playlist this week with Susan Sakmar, Visiting Professor at the University of Houston Law Center and the author of Energy for the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely ...
07.29.2023 Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 2 \| Arjun Murti, Former Head of Equity Research on Energy Sector at Goldman Sachs, Partner at Veriten, & Publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack Our Summer Playlist rolls on this week with Arjun Murti. Arjun is the Former Head of Equity Research on the Energy Sector at Goldman Sachs, a Partner at Veriten, and the publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely ...
07.22.2023 Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 1 \| Guy Turner, Founder & CEO, Trove Research We kick off our Summer Playlist with Guy Turner, Founder & CEO of Trove Research. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Guy to discuss what’s happening in the voluntary carbon markets and the research that Guy and his team ...
07.15.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 10 \| Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx Technologies On the final installment of our Days of Futures Past series, we welcome Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO of Abaxx Technologies, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Josh to discuss his vision for building smarter markets ...
07.08.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 9 \| Parag Khanna, Founder & CEO, Climate Alpha and Founder & Managing Partner, FutureMap This week on our Days of Futures Past series, we welcome Parag Khanna into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Parag is Founder & CEO of Climate Alpha and Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap. He is the author of seven books including ...
07.01.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 8 \| Andy Home, Senior Metals Columnist, Thomson Reuters We continue our Days of Futures Past series this week with Andy Home, Senior Metals Columnist at Thomson Reuters. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Andy to explore the history, the crises, and the scandals of the metals markets ...
06.24.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 7 \| Adi Imsirovic, Director at Surrey Clean Energy and Former Global Head of Oil Trading at Gazprom Marketing & Trading This week on our Days of Futures Past series, we welcome Adi Imsirovic into the studio. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Adi to discuss the history of the Brent crude oil market and speculate on its future. Adi ...
06.17.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 6 \| Dan McElduff and Joe Raia, Abaxx Exchange We continue our Days of Futures Past series this week with two guests from Abaxx Exchange: Dan McElduff and Joe Raia. Dan is President, Head of Strategy & Development and Joe is Chief Commercial Officer at Abaxx Exchange. SmarterMarkets™ host ...
06.10.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 5 \| Walt Lukken, President & CEO, Futures Industry Association and Former Acting Chairman & Commissioner, CFTC On this week’s installment of our Days of Futures Past series, we welcome Walt Lukken back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Walt is the President & CEO of the Futures Industry Association (FIA) and Former Acting Chairman & Commissioner of the ...
06.03.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 4 \| Michel Marks, Former Chairman, NYMEX We continue our Days of Futures Past series with Michel Marks, the former chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Michel to discuss the creation of the modern energy futures markets.
05.27.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 3 \| Dave Howson and Jos Schmitt, Cboe This week on our Days of Futures Past series, we welcome Dave Howson and Jos Schmitt into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Dave Howson is EVP & Global President at Cboe Global Markets and Jos Schmitt is President & CEO of Cboe ...
05.20.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 2 \| John Lothian, Founder & Publisher of John Lothian News In the second installment of our Days of Futures Past series, we welcome John Lothian into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. John is Executive Chairman at John J. Lothian & Company and Founder & Publisher of John Lothian News. SmarterMarkets™ host David ...
05.13.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 1 \| Scott Irwin, Professor, University of Illinois and Author of “Back to the Futures” This week, we kick off our new series, Days of Futures Past, where we will be talking with the people who built these markets and those who know them best as we explore the lessons we need to make our ...
05.06.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 11 \| David Antonioli, CEO, Verra In the final episode of our Carbon Frontiers series, we welcome David Antonioli, CEO of Verra, back into the studio. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Antonioli to discuss how the VCM can grow and develop into mature markets ...
04.29.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 10 \| John Dowd, CEO, GoGreen Investments We continue our Carbon Frontiers series this week with John Dowd. John is the CEO of GoGreen Investments, a Special Purpose Acquisition Company helping private companies working on solutions to climate change raise funds on Wall Street. Before joining GoGreen, ...
04.22.2023 Special Episode \| Scenes from the FT Live Commodities Global Summit 2023 This week, we present a special episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from last month’s FT Live Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely attended the summit and worked with the Financial Times to record interviews ...
04.15.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 9 \| Rachel Walsh, Carbon Innovation Analyst, BMO Capital Markets This week on our Carbon Frontiers series, we welcome Rachel Walsh into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Rachel is Carbon Innovation Analyst within Equity Research at BMO Capital Markets. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Rachel to discuss how recent press ...
04.08.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 8 \| Bruce Tozer, Former Head of Environmental Markets, JP Morgan and NED, Agribusiness & Carbon-Related Boards We continue exploring Carbon Frontiers this week with Bruce Tozer, Former Head of Environmental Markets at JP Morgan, Carbon Advisor at Abaxx Technologies, and a Non-Executive Director on a number of agribusiness & carbon-related boards. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits ...
04.01.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 7 \| Yao Huang, Investor and Board Director at Carbon Optimum This week on Carbon Frontiers, we dive in with Yao Huang, Investor and Board Director at Carbon Optimum. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Yao to discuss her perspective on the different financing needs of carbon removal tech versus ...
03.25.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 6 \| Leslie Biddle, Senior Advisor to the Undersecretary for Infrastructure at the US Department of Energy We continue our Carbon Frontiers series this week with Leslie Biddle, Senior Advisor to the Undersecretary for Infrastructure at the US Department of Energy and former partner at Serengeti Asset Management. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Leslie to ...
03.18.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 5 \| Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW Singapore This week on our Carbon Frontiers series, we welcome Peter Zaman back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Peter is a Partner at HFW in Singapore and has been practicing law in climate finance and the environmental markets since 2004. One year ...
03.11.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 4 \| Svenja Telle, Director of Origination, Base Carbon We continue our Carbon Frontiers series with Svenja Telle, Director of Origination at Base Carbon. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Svenja to discuss the vital role of carbon removal in achieving our global emissions reduction targets. Together, they ...
03.04.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 3 \| Nat Bullard, Venture Partner, Voyager Ventures and Senior Contributor, BloombergNEF For our third installment of Carbon Frontiers, we welcome Nat Bullard into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Nat is Venture Partner at Voyager Ventures and Senior Contributor at BloombergNEF. He recently collected his thoughts on decarbonization in a 140-page presentation deck, capturing ...
02.25.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 2 \| Peter Fusaro, Founder, Wall Street Green Summit and Founder & Chairman, Global Change Associates We continue our Carbon Frontiers series with Peter Fusaro, the founder of the Wall Street Green Summit, which brings together the leading practitioners in sustainability with the goal of building a more sustainable finance system for responsible investing and the ...
02.18.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 1 \| David Shukman, Journalist & Former Science Editor, BBC We kick off our new Carbon Frontiers series with David Shukman, a distinguished journalist and the former science editor of the BBC, where he reported from the climate frontlines for over 20 years. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with ...
02.11.2023 A Smarter Way Episode 5 \| Ben Hunt, Author of Epsilon Theory & Co-Founder/CIO, Second Foundation Partners We conclude our A Smarter Way series with Ben Hunt, author of Epsilon Theory & Co-Founder/CIO of Second Foundation Partners. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Ben to discuss how the narratives and stories we tell ourselves shape our ...
02.04.2023 A Smarter Way Episode 4 \| Rob Dannenberg, Former Chief of Central Eurasia Division, CIA We welcome Rob Dannenberg into the SmarterMarkets™ studio as we continue our A Smarter Way series. Rob is the former Chief of the Central Eurasia Division at the CIA. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Rob to discuss how ...
01.28.2023 A Smarter Way Episode 3 \| Liz Hoffman, Business & Finance Editor, Semafor We’re joined this week by Liz Hoffman, Business & Finance Editor at Semafor and the author of the forthcoming book Crash Landing: The Inside Story of How the World's Biggest Companies Survived an Economy on the Brink. SmarterMarkets™ host David ...
01.21.2023 A Smarter Way Episode 2 \| Keith McCullough, Founder & CEO, Hedgeye We continue our series A Smarter Way with Keith McCullough, the Founder & CEO of Hedgeye. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Keith to discuss the lessons of FTX and the state of financial advice on traditional and social ...
01.14.2023 A Smarter Way Episode 1 \| Craig Pirrong, Professor of Finance, University of Houston This week, we kick off our new series, A Smarter Way, exploring better paths forward to solve our concurrent crises of commodities and climate. Our first guest in the series is Craig Pirrong, Professor of Finance at the University of ...
01.07.2023 Energy Investing in 2023 \| Arjun Murti, Former Head of Energy Equity Research at Goldman Sachs and Publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack We kick off the new year with Arjun Murti, the Former Head of Energy Equity Research at Goldman Sachs and the Publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Arjun to discuss some of the big ...

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12.09.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 9 \| Ken Newcombe, Chairman & CEO, C-Quest Capital This week on our Commodities in Asia series, we welcome Ken Newcombe, Chairman & CEO at C-Quest Capital, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Ken to discuss the energy transition as lifestyle transformation, as well as ...
12.02.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 8 \| Clara Ferreira Marques, Managing Editor, Commodities and Energy in Asia, Bloomberg News We continue our Commodities in Asia series this week with Clara Ferreira Marques. Clara is Managing Editor for Commodities and Energy in Asia at Bloomberg News in Singapore. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Clara to discuss how China ...
11.25.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 7 \| Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW Singapore Our Commodities in Asia series rolls on this week with Peter Zaman. Peter is a Partner at HFW in Singapore and has been practicing law in climate finance and the environmental markets since 2004. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down ...
11.18.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 6 \| Nancy Seah, CEO, Abaxx Exchange For this week’s installment of Commodities in Asia, we welcome into the studio Nancy Seah, CEO of Abaxx Exchange. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Nancy to discuss the insights from her more than 25-year career in commodity risk ...
11.11.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 5 \| He Yiyong, Founder & CEO, LNG Easy We continue exploring Commodities in Asia this week with He Yiyong, Founder & CEO of LNG Easy. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely welcomes He Yiyong into the studio to discuss the growing retail LNG markets of Asia – and how they ...
11.04.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 4 \| Lee Howell, Executive Director, Villars Institute This week on our Commodities in Asia series, we welcome Lee Howell, Executive Director at the Villars Institute, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Lee to discuss the shifting tides in international affairs and the new ...
10.28.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 3 \| Sunil Kashyap, Director, FinMet Pte Ltd. We continue our Commodities in Asia series this week with Sunil Kashyap, Director at FinMet Pte Ltd. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Sunil to discuss gold, nickel, and managing risk in a world where physical commodities markets are ...
10.21.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 2 \| Septian Hario Seto, Deputy Minister of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs of Indonesia For our second installment of Commodities in Asia, we welcome Septian Hario Seto into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Seto is Deputy Minister of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs of Indonesia. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Seto ...
10.18.2023 Special Episode \| Scenes from the IETA North America Climate Summit 2023 We present a special mid-week episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from the IETA North America Climate Summit. At this September’s Climate Week in New York City, we partnered with IETA to interview a wide-range of carbon market participants. ...
10.14.2023 Commodities in Asia Episode 1 \| Amreeta Eng, Executive Director, Enterprise Singapore This week, we kick off our new series, Commodities in Asia. In this series, we’ll be exploring the current state and the future ambitions of the commodities markets in Asia. Across energy, metals, agriculture, and carbon, we’ll be talking with ...
10.07.2023 The September Sessions Episode 5 \| Evy Hambro, Managing Director and Global Head of Thematic and Sector Based Investing, Fundamental Equity at BlackRock For the final episode of our September Sessions, we welcome Evy Hambro into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Evy is Managing Director and Global Head of Thematic and Sector Based Investing, Fundamental Equity at BlackRock. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with ...
09.30.2023 The September Sessions Episode 4 \| Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman of S&P Global and Author of “The New Map” This week, we welcome Pulitzer Prize winning author Daniel Yergin back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Daniel is Vice Chairman of S&P Global and author of The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations, as well as the Pulitzer ...
09.23.2023 The September Sessions Episode 3 \| Erik Townsend, Host of Macro Voices and the Documentary Series, Energy Transition Crisis Our September Sessions roll on this week with Erik Townsend, Host of Macro Voices. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Erik to discuss his new eight-part documentary series Energy Transition Crisis.
09.16.2023 The September Sessions Episode 2 \| Dirk Forrister, President & CEO, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) This week on The September Sessions, we welcome Dirk Forrister into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Dirk is the President and CEO of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA). SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Dirk to discuss how IETA and ...
09.09.2023 The September Sessions Episode 1 \| Robert Friedland, Founder and Executive Chairman, Ivanhoe Mines This week, we kick off our new series, The September Sessions, where we’ll focus on the work required to make the energy transition a reality. Our first guest is Robert Friedland, Founder and Executive Co-Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines. SmarterMarkets™ host ...
09.02.2023 Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 7 \| Frances Haugen, Advocate for Accountability and Transparency in Social Media & Author of “The Power of One” On the final installment of our Summer Playlist, we welcome Frances Haugen into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Frances is an advocate for accountability and transparency in social media and the author of the memoir, The Power of One: How I Found ...
08.26.2023 Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 6 \| Ted Merz, Founder, Principals Media & Former Global Head of News Product, Bloomberg Our Summer Playlist continues this week with Ted Merz, Founder of Principals Media and the Former Global Head of News Product at Bloomberg. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Ted to discuss the changing nature of information in our ...
08.19.2023 Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 5 \| Helima Croft, Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets On this week’s installment of our Summer Playlist, we welcome Helima Croft back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Helima is Managing Director and Global Head of Commodity Strategy at RBC Capital Markets. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Helima to ...
08.12.2023 Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 4 \| Samantha Dart, Head of Natural Gas Research, Goldman Sachs This week on our Summer Playlist, we welcome Samantha Dart back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Samantha is Head of Natural Gas Research at Goldman Sachs. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Samantha to talk about the state of natural ...
08.05.2023 Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 3 \| Susan Sakmar, Visiting Professor at the University of Houston and Author of “Energy for the 21st Century” We continue our Summer Playlist this week with Susan Sakmar, Visiting Professor at the University of Houston Law Center and the author of Energy for the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely ...
07.29.2023 Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 2 \| Arjun Murti, Former Head of Equity Research on Energy Sector at Goldman Sachs, Partner at Veriten, & Publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack Our Summer Playlist rolls on this week with Arjun Murti. Arjun is the Former Head of Equity Research on the Energy Sector at Goldman Sachs, a Partner at Veriten, and the publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely ...
07.22.2023 Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 1 \| Guy Turner, Founder & CEO, Trove Research We kick off our Summer Playlist with Guy Turner, Founder & CEO of Trove Research. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Guy to discuss what’s happening in the voluntary carbon markets and the research that Guy and his team ...
07.15.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 10 \| Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx Technologies On the final installment of our Days of Futures Past series, we welcome Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO of Abaxx Technologies, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Josh to discuss his vision for building smarter markets ...
07.08.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 9 \| Parag Khanna, Founder & CEO, Climate Alpha and Founder & Managing Partner, FutureMap This week on our Days of Futures Past series, we welcome Parag Khanna into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Parag is Founder & CEO of Climate Alpha and Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap. He is the author of seven books including ...
07.01.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 8 \| Andy Home, Senior Metals Columnist, Thomson Reuters We continue our Days of Futures Past series this week with Andy Home, Senior Metals Columnist at Thomson Reuters. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Andy to explore the history, the crises, and the scandals of the metals markets ...
06.24.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 7 \| Adi Imsirovic, Director at Surrey Clean Energy and Former Global Head of Oil Trading at Gazprom Marketing & Trading This week on our Days of Futures Past series, we welcome Adi Imsirovic into the studio. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Adi to discuss the history of the Brent crude oil market and speculate on its future. Adi ...
06.17.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 6 \| Dan McElduff and Joe Raia, Abaxx Exchange We continue our Days of Futures Past series this week with two guests from Abaxx Exchange: Dan McElduff and Joe Raia. Dan is President, Head of Strategy & Development and Joe is Chief Commercial Officer at Abaxx Exchange. SmarterMarkets™ host ...
06.10.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 5 \| Walt Lukken, President & CEO, Futures Industry Association and Former Acting Chairman & Commissioner, CFTC On this week’s installment of our Days of Futures Past series, we welcome Walt Lukken back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Walt is the President & CEO of the Futures Industry Association (FIA) and Former Acting Chairman & Commissioner of the ...
06.03.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 4 \| Michel Marks, Former Chairman, NYMEX We continue our Days of Futures Past series with Michel Marks, the former chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Michel to discuss the creation of the modern energy futures markets.
05.27.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 3 \| Dave Howson and Jos Schmitt, Cboe This week on our Days of Futures Past series, we welcome Dave Howson and Jos Schmitt into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Dave Howson is EVP & Global President at Cboe Global Markets and Jos Schmitt is President & CEO of Cboe ...
05.20.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 2 \| John Lothian, Founder & Publisher of John Lothian News In the second installment of our Days of Futures Past series, we welcome John Lothian into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. John is Executive Chairman at John J. Lothian & Company and Founder & Publisher of John Lothian News. SmarterMarkets™ host David ...
05.13.2023 Days of Futures Past Episode 1 \| Scott Irwin, Professor, University of Illinois and Author of “Back to the Futures” This week, we kick off our new series, Days of Futures Past, where we will be talking with the people who built these markets and those who know them best as we explore the lessons we need to make our ...
05.06.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 11 \| David Antonioli, CEO, Verra In the final episode of our Carbon Frontiers series, we welcome David Antonioli, CEO of Verra, back into the studio. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Antonioli to discuss how the VCM can grow and develop into mature markets ...
04.29.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 10 \| John Dowd, CEO, GoGreen Investments We continue our Carbon Frontiers series this week with John Dowd. John is the CEO of GoGreen Investments, a Special Purpose Acquisition Company helping private companies working on solutions to climate change raise funds on Wall Street. Before joining GoGreen, ...
04.22.2023 Special Episode \| Scenes from the FT Live Commodities Global Summit 2023 This week, we present a special episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from last month’s FT Live Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely attended the summit and worked with the Financial Times to record interviews ...
04.15.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 9 \| Rachel Walsh, Carbon Innovation Analyst, BMO Capital Markets This week on our Carbon Frontiers series, we welcome Rachel Walsh into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Rachel is Carbon Innovation Analyst within Equity Research at BMO Capital Markets. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Rachel to discuss how recent press ...
04.08.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 8 \| Bruce Tozer, Former Head of Environmental Markets, JP Morgan and NED, Agribusiness & Carbon-Related Boards We continue exploring Carbon Frontiers this week with Bruce Tozer, Former Head of Environmental Markets at JP Morgan, Carbon Advisor at Abaxx Technologies, and a Non-Executive Director on a number of agribusiness & carbon-related boards. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits ...
04.01.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 7 \| Yao Huang, Investor and Board Director at Carbon Optimum This week on Carbon Frontiers, we dive in with Yao Huang, Investor and Board Director at Carbon Optimum. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Yao to discuss her perspective on the different financing needs of carbon removal tech versus ...
03.25.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 6 \| Leslie Biddle, Senior Advisor to the Undersecretary for Infrastructure at the US Department of Energy We continue our Carbon Frontiers series this week with Leslie Biddle, Senior Advisor to the Undersecretary for Infrastructure at the US Department of Energy and former partner at Serengeti Asset Management. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Leslie to ...
03.18.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 5 \| Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW Singapore This week on our Carbon Frontiers series, we welcome Peter Zaman back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Peter is a Partner at HFW in Singapore and has been practicing law in climate finance and the environmental markets since 2004. One year ...
03.11.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 4 \| Svenja Telle, Director of Origination, Base Carbon We continue our Carbon Frontiers series with Svenja Telle, Director of Origination at Base Carbon. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Svenja to discuss the vital role of carbon removal in achieving our global emissions reduction targets. Together, they ...
03.04.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 3 \| Nat Bullard, Venture Partner, Voyager Ventures and Senior Contributor, BloombergNEF For our third installment of Carbon Frontiers, we welcome Nat Bullard into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Nat is Venture Partner at Voyager Ventures and Senior Contributor at BloombergNEF. He recently collected his thoughts on decarbonization in a 140-page presentation deck, capturing ...
02.25.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 2 \| Peter Fusaro, Founder, Wall Street Green Summit and Founder & Chairman, Global Change Associates We continue our Carbon Frontiers series with Peter Fusaro, the founder of the Wall Street Green Summit, which brings together the leading practitioners in sustainability with the goal of building a more sustainable finance system for responsible investing and the ...
02.18.2023 Carbon Frontiers Episode 1 \| David Shukman, Journalist & Former Science Editor, BBC We kick off our new Carbon Frontiers series with David Shukman, a distinguished journalist and the former science editor of the BBC, where he reported from the climate frontlines for over 20 years. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with ...
02.11.2023 A Smarter Way Episode 5 \| Ben Hunt, Author of Epsilon Theory & Co-Founder/CIO, Second Foundation Partners We conclude our A Smarter Way series with Ben Hunt, author of Epsilon Theory & Co-Founder/CIO of Second Foundation Partners. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Ben to discuss how the narratives and stories we tell ourselves shape our ...
02.04.2023 A Smarter Way Episode 4 \| Rob Dannenberg, Former Chief of Central Eurasia Division, CIA We welcome Rob Dannenberg into the SmarterMarkets™ studio as we continue our A Smarter Way series. Rob is the former Chief of the Central Eurasia Division at the CIA. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Rob to discuss how ...
01.28.2023 A Smarter Way Episode 3 \| Liz Hoffman, Business & Finance Editor, Semafor We’re joined this week by Liz Hoffman, Business & Finance Editor at Semafor and the author of the forthcoming book Crash Landing: The Inside Story of How the World's Biggest Companies Survived an Economy on the Brink. SmarterMarkets™ host David ...
01.21.2023 A Smarter Way Episode 2 \| Keith McCullough, Founder & CEO, Hedgeye We continue our series A Smarter Way with Keith McCullough, the Founder & CEO of Hedgeye. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Keith to discuss the lessons of FTX and the state of financial advice on traditional and social ...
01.14.2023 A Smarter Way Episode 1 \| Craig Pirrong, Professor of Finance, University of Houston This week, we kick off our new series, A Smarter Way, exploring better paths forward to solve our concurrent crises of commodities and climate. Our first guest in the series is Craig Pirrong, Professor of Finance at the University of ...
01.07.2023 Energy Investing in 2023 \| Arjun Murti, Former Head of Energy Equity Research at Goldman Sachs and Publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack We kick off the new year with Arjun Murti, the Former Head of Energy Equity Research at Goldman Sachs and the Publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Arjun to discuss some of the big ...

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Commodities in Asia Episode 9 | Ken Newcombe, Chairman & CEO, C-Quest Capital

Commodities in Asia Episode 8 | Clara Ferreira Marques, Managing Editor, Commodities and Energy in Asia, Bloomberg News

Commodities in Asia Episode 7 | Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW Singapore

Commodities in Asia Episode 6 | Nancy Seah, CEO, Abaxx Exchange

Commodities in Asia Episode 5 | He Yiyong, Founder & CEO, LNG Easy

Commodities in Asia Episode 4 | Lee Howell, Executive Director, Villars Institute

Commodities in Asia Episode 3 | Sunil Kashyap, Director, FinMet Pte Ltd.

Commodities in Asia Episode 2 | Septian Hario Seto, Deputy Minister of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs of Indonesia

Special Episode | Scenes from the IETA North America Climate Summit 2023

Commodities in Asia Episode 1 | Amreeta Eng, Executive Director, Enterprise Singapore

The September Sessions Episode 5 | Evy Hambro, Managing Director and Global Head of Thematic and Sector Based Investing, Fundamental Equity at BlackRock

The September Sessions Episode 4 | Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman of S&P Global and Author of “The New Map”

The September Sessions Episode 3 | Erik Townsend, Host of Macro Voices and the Documentary Series, Energy Transition Crisis

The September Sessions Episode 2 | Dirk Forrister, President & CEO, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)

The September Sessions Episode 1 | Robert Friedland, Founder and Executive Chairman, Ivanhoe Mines

Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 7 | Frances Haugen, Advocate for Accountability and Transparency in Social Media & Author of “The Power of One”

Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 6 | Ted Merz, Founder, Principals Media & Former Global Head of News Product, Bloomberg

Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 5 | Helima Croft, Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets

Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 4 | Samantha Dart, Head of Natural Gas Research, Goldman Sachs

Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 3 | Susan Sakmar, Visiting Professor at the University of Houston and Author of “Energy for the 21st Century”

Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 2 | Arjun Murti, Former Head of Equity Research on Energy Sector at Goldman Sachs, Partner at Veriten, & Publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack

Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 1 | Guy Turner, Founder & CEO, Trove Research

Days of Futures Past Episode 10 | Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx Technologies

Days of Futures Past Episode 9 | Parag Khanna, Founder & CEO, Climate Alpha and Founder & Managing Partner, FutureMap

Days of Futures Past Episode 8 | Andy Home, Senior Metals Columnist, Thomson Reuters

Days of Futures Past Episode 7 | Adi Imsirovic, Director at Surrey Clean Energy and Former Global Head of Oil Trading at Gazprom Marketing & Trading

Days of Futures Past Episode 6 | Dan McElduff and Joe Raia, Abaxx Exchange

Days of Futures Past Episode 5 | Walt Lukken, President & CEO, Futures Industry Association and Former Acting Chairman & Commissioner, CFTC

Days of Futures Past Episode 4 | Michel Marks, Former Chairman, NYMEX

Days of Futures Past Episode 3 | Dave Howson and Jos Schmitt, Cboe

Days of Futures Past Episode 2 | John Lothian, Founder & Publisher of John Lothian News

Days of Futures Past Episode 1 | Scott Irwin, Professor, University of Illinois and Author of “Back to the Futures”

Carbon Frontiers Episode 11 | David Antonioli, CEO, Verra

Carbon Frontiers Episode 10 | John Dowd, CEO, GoGreen Investments

Special Episode | Scenes from the FT Live Commodities Global Summit 2023

Carbon Frontiers Episode 9 | Rachel Walsh, Carbon Innovation Analyst, BMO Capital Markets

Carbon Frontiers Episode 8 | Bruce Tozer, Former Head of Environmental Markets, JP Morgan and NED, Agribusiness & Carbon-Related Boards

Carbon Frontiers Episode 7 | Yao Huang, Investor and Board Director at Carbon Optimum

Carbon Frontiers Episode 6 | Leslie Biddle, Senior Advisor to the Undersecretary for Infrastructure at the US Department of Energy

Carbon Frontiers Episode 5 | Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW Singapore

Carbon Frontiers Episode 4 | Svenja Telle, Director of Origination, Base Carbon

Carbon Frontiers Episode 3 | Nat Bullard, Venture Partner, Voyager Ventures and Senior Contributor, BloombergNEF

Carbon Frontiers Episode 2 | Peter Fusaro, Founder, Wall Street Green Summit and Founder & Chairman, Global Change Associates

Carbon Frontiers Episode 1 | David Shukman, Journalist & Former Science Editor, BBC

A Smarter Way Episode 5 | Ben Hunt, Author of Epsilon Theory & Co-Founder/CIO, Second Foundation Partners

A Smarter Way Episode 4 | Rob Dannenberg, Former Chief of Central Eurasia Division, CIA

A Smarter Way Episode 3 | Liz Hoffman, Business & Finance Editor, Semafor

A Smarter Way Episode 2 | Keith McCullough, Founder & CEO, Hedgeye

A Smarter Way Episode 1 | Craig Pirrong, Professor of Finance, University of Houston

Energy Investing in 2023 | Arjun Murti, Former Head of Energy Equity Research at Goldman Sachs and Publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack