In the wake of Biden’s US election victory, Brian Pellegrini of Intertemporal Economics joins the IRF Podcast to discuss the implications of the result politically and economically as we move into 2021.

----more----Brian Pellegrini founded Intertemporal Economics in January 2018 and serves as Chief Economist. He previously spent time working as a Senior Analyst for Connolly Insight and as a Structured Products Analyst for Morgan Stanley. Brian also holds an M.B.A. in Business Administration from Columbia Business School. 

The IRF Podcast is joined by Michael Howell of CrossBorder Capital to discuss The Big Liquidity Story.

----more----CrossBorder Capital brings a different perspective to understanding capital markets and economies by focussing on international capital and domestic liquidity movements. Michael Howell, CEO, developed the quantitative liquidity research methodology while he was Research Director at Salomon Bros. from 1986. He was subsequently appointed Head of Research at Baring Securities in 1992 and was top ranked “Emerging Market Strategist” by institutional investors for the three years prior to setting up CrossBorder Capital. 

The IRF Podcast is joined by Charles Hess of Inferential Focus to discuss the reasons behind China's path of aggressive development across a range of industries and the potential outcomes.

----more----Charles Hess is the Managing Director, President and Owner of Inferential Focus and was a key figure in the founding of Inferential Focus in 1980. Charles also possesses a Ba in Political Science from the University of Rochester.

The IRF Podcast is joined by François Boutin-Dufresne of Sustainable Market Strategies to discuss his views on how ESG investing can result in a logical and dependable increase in alpha generation.

----more----François founded Sustainable Market Strategies in May 2018 and worked previously as a Global Macro Research Strategist for Pavilion Global Markets and as an Economist for the International Monetary Fund amongst other roles. 

The IRF Podcast is joined by Brunello Rosa of Rosa & Roubini Associates to discuss his long-term view that the European Union is facing serious internal problems and that the EU's internal issues could easily morph into a Populist controlled European Parliament.

----more----Brunello Rosa is CEO of Rosa & Roubini Associates as well as a member of the Chief Economists Advisory Board of the European Investment Bank and the Advisory Board of the Ambassador of Italy to the UK.

Peter Warburton joins the IRF podcast to discuss his theory on what regime change can mean for inflation and his thoughts on what effects the pacing of fiscal normalisation.

----more----Peter Warburton has worked as an applied economist since 1975 and has spent time in roles at Robert Fleming, Lehman Brothers and as a member of the IEA's Shadow Monetary Policy Committee. 

David Ranson, President of HCWE joins the IRF Podcast today to discuss the concerns that he has for the US economy in the near future due to what he sees as a lack of effective policy in both the monetary and fiscal fields.

----more----Prior to his role at HCWE, David Ranson taught economics at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and sits as a Fellow of the Institute for Applied Economics.

Global Forecaster's David Murrin joins the IRF Podcast to discuss his model for the growth and decline of civilisations - The Five Phase Life Cycle of Empires.

----more----David's career has spanned over 30 years and included roles in the oil exploration business as well as on the trading floors of JP Morgan.

CEO and Head of Research at PRC Macro, William Hess joins the IRF Podcast to discuss the global implications of policy inside China.

----more----William has previously acted as President of China Monitor and as Director of Sovereign and International Public Finance ratings with Standard & Poor's in Hong Kong. 

The latest IRF Podcast features James Lucier, Managing Director at Capital Alpha Partners. James uses his extensive knowledge of D.C. trends and U.S. policy to give an insight into Washington's view of the election and what the consequences of a Biden win or Trump win would be respectively.