The LIBF Podcast

This is the first in a series of events on sustainable finance organised with the CSFI. It focuses on attempts to control the biggest contributor to the "greenhouse gas" effect - carbon dioxide. To help us understand both the carbon markets and the climate change issue they are designed to address, we have brought together a distinguished panel, including: Louis Redshaw, CEO and Founder of Redshaw...

In this podcast, Georgina Silvester, Chief Operating Officer UK for Handelsbanken, talks about the bank transferring its UK banking business from a branch of Svenska Handelsbanken AB publ into a wholly owned subsidiary - 'Handelsbanken plc'. This transfer was the largest, undertaking by the Group in recent times. The bank steered the implementation towards its own goals and objectives through clos...

How banks are holding an increasing amount of our data and what this means for the roles banking will play in the future

For our latest podcast, we revisit our lively fireside from last November with Simon Jack, Business editor of the BBC. Introduced by Peter Hahn, Dean and Henry Grunfeld Professor of The London Institute of Banking & Finance, they discuss various topics including open Banking, RBS, and economic climate. Follow us on Twitter @StudyLIBF.

Osy Plummer, Visiting Professor of Finance at the EU Business School in Geneva and Montreux, talks to Alex Fraser about how rational actions and emotional impulses affect investment decisions.

Professor Peter Hahn, our university Dean interviews Paul Lewis, presenter of BBC’s Money Box. They cover all things consumer finance; do consumers have too much choice? How has consumer finance changed, and can we change it for the better? Paul also discusses the possibility of a cashless society. Is that our future? Follow us on Twitter @StudyLIBF

This panel discussion, held in conjunction with the CSFI, focuses on capital markets.  The panel consists of Vivek Agarwal (Wipro), Octavio Marenzi (Opimas), Monica Summerville (TABB Group), Philip Taliaferro (Broadridge) and Kirston Winters (IHS Markit). Follow us on Twitter @StudyLIBF

Shelley Doorey-Williams and Samantha Zhou discuss gender equality in the banking and financial services sectors, women in finance and the Women in Finance Society newly created by students of The London Institute of Banking & Finance. Shelley Doorey-Williams will be speaking at WCBI 2019, taking part in the ‘Gender equality in banking and finance’ panel on 16 September. The conference’s theme is ‘...

Dr Paul Fisher and Chris McHugh discuss sustainable finance, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and social investing. Dr Paul Fisher will be speaking at WCBI 2019 about the intersection of banking regulation and sustainable finance. The conference’s theme is ‘Growth and sustainability in an age of disruption’. It will be a landmark event for the international banking and finance comm...

The Financial Innovation Awards, which are presented by The London Institute of Banking & Finance, are now in our 22nd year. We recognise best practice, product innovation and projects that have a positive impact on the finance sector, consumers and communities across the globe. Join Nadim Choudhury and Dr Pete Hahn, one of our judges for the awards as they discuss why you should enter the awards,...

Rt Hon John Redwood MP was the speaker at our first ever trustees lecture, introduced by Alex Fraser, Chief Executive of The London Institute of Banking & Finance, and Steven Haberman, Chair of the Board of Governors. John discusses economic history, how post war policy errors are damaging the UK economy, and the financial crisis.

Stuart Lanigan talks to our Dean and Henry Grunfeld Professor of Banking, Peter Hahn, about the changes in local government pension funds. They look at how global pension funds operate and the potential for UK local government pension funds to invest in private equity as well as more traditional investments. Follow us on Twitter @StudyLIBF

On 11th March 2019, we celebrated our 140th anniversary and we’ve been taking a look back at a vast and interesting history of banking and finance. In this podcast, we hear an address by F. E. Steele who became Director of Studies at the Institute of Bankers in 1923. Thanks to his efforts, the Institute’s network of local centres expanded rapidly in the 1920s. An abridged version of his 1924 BBC r...

Finance 2025: A CSFI/The London Institute of Banking & Finance Savings discussion series on the future of the financial services sector, with particular focus on Savings and Investments. This event was held back in December 2018, With Adam French (Scalable Capital), Romina Savova (PensionBee) Jane Fuller (CSFI) and hosted by Andrew Hilton (CSFI). Follow us on Twitter @StudyLIBF

Do you want to know more about trading? Listen to our latest podcast with Caspar Mann, Capital Management Analyst for Handelsbanken to find out about how traders quantify interest rate risk and manage it. How is regulation developing since the last global financial crisis and what's the impact on the markets? Follow us on Twitter @StudyLIBF

How will the UK trade after Brexit? Following the publication of his recent white paper on the subject, in this podcast Faculty member Simon Ling-Locke talks to Relationship Director Mike Backhouse about the history of free trade and how easy or difficult it will be for a post-Brexit UK to create new trade agreements, remove tariffs and to trade on the World Trade Organization's 'most favoured nat...

In this podcast, Vishal covers: managing Financial Crime Risk effectively and efficiently, the consequences of money laundering, the power of building context and building networks with transaction data.

Speakers: Tom Blomfield (Monzo), John Hitchins (Aldermore), Jason Maude (Starling Bank), Bridget Rosewell CBE (Atom Bank) and Mike Trippitt (Michael Joseph Consulting). Hosted by Andrew Hilton (CSFI) Other topics discussed: Open Banking, Current Accounts, Challenger Banks

Anders Bouvin, President & Group CEO, Svenska Handelsbanken was our speaker at this year’s Henry Grunfeld Lecture on 6 February 2019. Anders, who was voted International Banker (magazine) 'Banking CEO of the Year' for 2018, shared his views on the timeless importance of trust and adaptability in banking.

Pete Hahn, our Dean and Henry Grunfeld Professor of Banking, introduces Sir David Scholey. David Scholey recalls Henry Grunfeld and his impact on the City of London and the Banking & Finance industry.

We’re all living longer, which is good news, but are we financially ready for a longer retirement? Our Dean and Professor of Banking, Peter Hahn, and our Managing Director, Corporate and Professional Qualifications, Brian Wilkinson, talk about the challenges for the over 50s and how financial advice could help.

Today we will be continuing the Trade Finance series with our Relationship Directors, Mike Backhouse and David Morrish. The continue their journey abroad, recently visiting Kiev and Tbilisi to attend meetings of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and also the ICC Banking Commission.

Today we will be continuing the Trade Finance series with our Relationship Directors, Mike Backhouse and David Morrish. They have both been aboard at trade conferences earlier this year meeting people from different parts of the world and getting perspectives on the current issues of the day, such as Supply Chain Finance. David in Indonesia (Jakarta) at an ICC Indonesia Supply Chain Finance worksh...

Philip Augar discusses his recently-published book on Barclays. Based on unparalleled access to those involved, and told with compelling pace and drama, The Bank that Lived a Little describes three decades of boardroom intrigue at one of Britain's biggest financial institutions. Listen now to hear Philip read extracts from the book, and answer questions from our audience of students, members and o...

Bill Liao discusses the growing role of technology in society, especially on finance and blockchain, and how these technologies democratise access. Bill discusses his experiences in telecommunications, and how his company moved the telephone lines to digitised telecommunications and compares it to what is happening with finance today.