In part two of  episode two, energy and infrastructure associate Deepika Sriram continues her conversation with Swati Mandava, senior vice president of legal and regulatory at Brookfield Asset Management Inc. Swati encourages women to put themselves first and advocates for limited gendered language to achieve an inclusive workplace.

The FCA’s interpretation of e-money safeguarding rules has been dismissed by the courts. Harry Eddis, Frances Hodgkins and Simon Treacy consider what the ipagoo decision means for payments firms.

In part one of the second episode, energy and infrastructure associate Deepika Sriram speaks to Swati Mandava, senior vice president of legal and regulatory at Brookfield Asset Management Inc. Swati shares her experience of working in different jurisdictions, as well as reflects on how specific character traits of women are perceived differently to men and a collective responsibility to question when we spot biases.

Speakers: Leanne Banfield, Ruhi Patil, Olivier Renault

In the third episode of Tranche Up, we welcome Olivier Renault from Pemberton Asset Management to the podcast. Join us to hear about Olivier’s new role, his take on the development of the SRT market and a snapshot of what features make up a good synthetic securitisation.

To listen to the full series, visit our Tranche Up webpage.

In this podcast episode we highlight our top five financial services enforcement trends for 2022.  

This episode features counsel Sara Cody and managing associate Duncan Campbell of Linklaters' London Financial Regulation team.

For more details, see our full publication on financial services enforcement trends for 2022, and visit our dedicated webpage with all our resources on the FCA's proposed Consumer Duty.

In this introductory episode, energy and infrastructure associate, Deepika Sriram speaks with Sameera Kimatrai. Sameera shares her career journey into the world of FinTech and corporate life, whilst juggling her duties as a mother to three young girls. She is a Linklaters alumna and senior legal counsel and global head of licensing for a licensed and trusted crypto asset exchange start-up in the Middle East called Rain.

In our third podcast Christoph Barth, partner at our Antitrust and Foreign Investment Group in Dusseldorf, welcomes Florentine Kessler-Grobe, Head of Unit for Foreign Investment Screening of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (“MoE”). Together they discuss recent trends, procedural questions and top tips for investors following a record year for German foreign investment control.

Topics covered include:

• Procedural questions and organisation of the MoE’s review process, including the engagement with the EU Screening mechanism

With Bank of America

Moderator Alice Eady Ketchell (Associate General Counsel, Bank of America) talks to our own Doug Davison (Partner, Dispute Resolution), Richard Smith (Partner, Dispute Resolution) and Tina Green (Director, Bank of America) about the importance and impact of being anti-racist in the workplace. This conversation covers the difference between ‘not being racist’ and being ‘anti-racist’ and the steps we can all take to create an inclusive culture.

With Bank of America

Moderator Alice Eady Ketchell (Director, Bank of America) talks to our own Victoria Koko (Senior BD Manager, Banking) and Ayo Ajaja (Director, Bank of America) about their roles leading the race & ethnicity networks at our respective institutions. This conversation covers what it means to feel a sense of 'belonging', how employee networks can promote inclusion over divisiveness, and why it's important to have people around who look like you.

Speakers: Leanne Banfield, Ruhi Patil

In the first episode, Tranche Up hosts Leanne Banfield and Ruhi Patil introduce DSP’s first SRT podcast focused on regulatory and market developments in the synthetic securitisations space and offer a glimpse into what listeners can expect from upcoming episodes.

To listen to the full series, visit our Tranche Up webpage.