Inside the ICE House

Fresh off the successful combination of Utz Snacks with Collier Creek Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, Chinh Chu steps Inside the ICE House to discuss why 2020 is the year of SPACs and that they’re here to stay. The Founder and Senior Managing Director of CC Capital -- and former Blackstone Managing Director -- has used his extensive private equity experience to spearhead...

A week before the 2020 U.S. Election, Axios Founders Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen step Inside the ICE House to help make us smarter about White House and Senate races and share what may come next with either a second Trump term or a Biden transition. The episode was recorded live at the 2020 New York Stock Exchange Institutional Equity Forum before an online audience laser focused on divining what...

You’ve got to be Undaunted to grow a business from a home kitchen full of water-soaked fruit into a global enterprise grossing over $150 million, and that’s the title of Kara Goldin’s new book: Undaunted: Overcoming Doubts and Doubters, just out from Harper Collins. She stepped Inside the ICE House to share lessons on learning from failure and frustration, and how to move by turning criticism into...

Stan Smith, legendary member, and now president, of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, joined the podcast to talk about his storied career, the current state of tennis and, of course, the iconic shoes that bear his name. Our conversation spanned safety on the court during the coronavirus pandemic and a preview of the candidates whose careers have earned them a spot on the 2021 ballot, which al...

In The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again, Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett explore and recast the progress of American Society through what they call the “I-We-I” curve. It’s part of their comprehensive research to show how economics, politics, society, and culture have evolved over the past 125 years tracking hundreds of data points as the nation...

In his debut book, TRANSFLUENCE: How to Lead with Transformative Influence in Today’s Climates of Change, Walt Rakowich shares lessons he’s learned about leadership over his long career. He took over as CEO of Prologis during the economic downturn as it became the third-worst performing company in the S&P 500. Walt highlights how his experience orchestrating a dramatic turnaround at a company near...

We may not see the likes of James Baker again. His influence on American politics, governance and diplomacy spans four presidents bridging two centuries. His rarified career that took him from the tennis courts of Houston to the palace courts for world capitals is captured in the best seller, “The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III,” from New York Times’ Chief White H...

One of the world’s foremost experts on oil and how it’s changed the world, Pulitzer Prize winner Daniel Yergin, is out now with his latest treatise, THE NEW MAP: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations. The book’s main character, energy, is simultaneously a Pandora’s Box and a Holy Grail that has driven nations apart as well as forged unlikely partnerships. The conversation with Yergin, the Vice...

John Kerry, the 68th U.S. Secretary of State -- and now Chairman of the Climate Finance Partners Advisory Board, has partnered with Krane Funds Advisors to launch the KFA Global Carbon ETF (NYSE Arca: KRBN). Secretary Kerry has faced many crises during his career, but his call to address global warming remains at the top of his agenda. Following his recent visit to the NYSE, Secretary Kerry laid o...

ICE Data Services President Lynn Martin invited Savita Subramanian, Head of ESG Research and US Equity & Quant Strategy at Bank of America, for a conversation to put COVID-19, investor trends, and how companies make critical decisions under the ESG microscope. Lynn and Savita discuss how Bank of America is working with Intercontinental Exchange to make “doing good” an analytically measured metric...

The 5G technology for mobile will change everything, from how we work, live, understand medicine, and even watch a football game. Tami Erwin, CEO of Verizon Business Group, connected with Inside the ICE House to share how Verizon (NYSE:VZ) has overcome obstacles of 2020 while meeting the needs of customers and deploying a 5G network that’s already paying dividends. She laid out how Verizon and its...

James Patchett, President and CEO of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, isn’t leaving the city’s future up to chance. He’s bringing together government, community, and business leaders to launch the “All in NYC” campaign to highlight the city’s resilience, strength, and commitment to a better, fairer, New York. James visited the ICE House after ringing the NYSE’s Opening Bell to e...

There is no silver bullet to move the world onto renewable clean energy, according to ICE Futures Europe’s Managing Director of Utility Markets Gordon Bennett. Successful, efficient energy transition will be enabled by the kind of price transparency and liquidity that well-run energy and financial markets provide. Gordon stepped Inside the ICE House to break down the many drivers of the energy sec...

Despite a population and economy smaller than Texas, Australia has a Stetson-sized impact on U.S. business and culture. As his post as Consul-General of Australia to New York winds down, Alastair Walton sat down for his exit interview. On the agenda: diplomacy amid a pandemic and the special relationship between Australia and America. A banker whose journey took him from Down Under to the Big Appl...

Kevin Hartz, Co-Founder and CEO of one (NYSE: AONE.U) is a familiar face in Silicon Valley. The co-founder and Chairman of Eventbrite (NYSE:LMT) is back with a new SPAC, and he isn’t shy about why his new vehicle might offer a great fit to help a privately-held disruptor bridge to being a publicly traded company. Kevin stepped inside the ICE House to lay out how SPACs like his “one” are evolving t...

Stacey Cunningham, President of the New York Stock Exchange, sat down, virtually, with Helima Croft, Managing Director and Global Head of Commodity Strategy at RBC Capital Markets to discuss this unprecedented time in energy. The conversation, part of an ICE interactive webinar brought industry experts and investors together and covered the latest OPEC+ headlines, supply and demand dynamics, and t...

The mortgage ecosystem is ripe for disruption in the move from analog to digital, but what happens when you go digital with physical properties? Ivan Kaufman, Chairman and CEO of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ABR), has had a front row seat as technology, combined with economics, urban flight, and commoditization has upended the real estate market. Ivan stopped by our house, the ICE House, to offe...

Twenty-five years ago, Maria Bartiromo braved  thousands of traders engaged in the open outcry market  and became the first journalist to report live from the New York Stock Exchange Trading Floor. The moment ushered in a new era of market access, by placing every television set in America at the center of the trading action. To celebrate her career milestone, Maria joined the podcast to talk abou...

Rick Ambrose, Executive Vice President of Lockheed Martin Space (NYSE:LMT), leads the legendary aerospace firm’s mission to return to the moon with manned flights in its Orion space capsule. The technological leaps going on now at Lockheed will open interplanetary travel and revolutionize life on Earth as well. Rick orbited the ICE House to unveil the projects that will allow humans to explore spa...

Kathryn Wylde, President and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, shares the sobering facts and hopeful conclusions of her team’s new report, “A Call for Action and Collaboration.” The roadmap calls for an alliance of Federal engagement, business investment, and community development at an unprecedented scale to ensure the reopening and recovery of the world’s greatest city from COVID-19.  It...

Jimmy Doolittle’s daring 1942 raid on Tokyo has always been hailed for its flying heroics. But now, thanks to LAST MISSION TO TOKYO, by Michel Paradis, it’s also an epic legal saga that played in a Shanghai courtroom after the war. Some of Doolittle’s Raiders were taken prisoner and tortured, begetting the question: revenge or justice, what is the American way? Paradis, a leading international hum...

Will Hershey, CEO and Co-Founder of Roundhill Investments, has launched two ETFs on the NYSE for investors to gain exposure in the world of online gaming, esports, and sports betting. The new names are Roundhill BITKRAFT Esports & Digital Entertainment ETF (NYSEArca: NERD) and Roundhill Sports Betting & iGaming ETF (NYSEArca: BETZ). Will explains how he identifies the thematic sectors that disting...

Butch Cassidy, a.k.a. Robert Leroy Parker, lived during a transitional period for America as westward expansion, industrialization, and corporate interests converged. At the twilight of the Old West sits Cassidy -- the subject of Charles Leerhsen’s new book -- whose perennial target, the Overland Limited operated by the Union Pacific Railroad, made for an ultimately fleeting assault on the march o...

What will happen as parts of the country slowly reopen while others shut? It is impossible to know. What is clear to Jon Maier, Global X’s Chief Investment Officer, is the economy has been permanently transformed, with innovative business models and sectors distilling years of growth into months. Jon joined the podcast to kick off the second half of an unprecedented market year, breaking down the...

NYSE Executive Floor Governor and IMC Designated Market Maker Jay Woods brings his three decades of experience and technical analysis to the podcast this week. We cover the state of the market and how trading has evolved from open outcry to embracing the technology that beckoned no-fee trading and platforms like Robinhood. Jay brings us in the NYSE building for the recent closing and reopening of...