Episodes

Episode 07: Working on the Buy-Side and the Sell-Side - with Harry Billen 19.05.2025 58:23

To say today’s guest has had a diverse life is an understatement... 👇🏼 Welcome to the SEVENTH episode of The Smart Money Show! We're joined by Harry Billen who started with a maths degree, became a musician featured on national radio, to now working in Investment Banking at Stifel Financial Corp. What’s more, he’s also the co-founder of Mirum, an events business, and is a Chartered Accountan...

Episode 06: Lessons on Securing and Converting Internships - with Rebecca Knowles 12.05.2025 1:06:24

Here is the SIXTH episode of The Smart Money Show! 🤩 After last week’s Q1 recap, we’re back to our regular episodes, featuring another accomplished student - Rebecca Knowles. Studying Economics at the University of Nottingham, Rebecca has achieved the dream pathway of a spring week, to a summer internship to landing a grad role at Deloitte. Following her internship last summer, she will be starti...

Episode 05: Continuing Trump Fallout and a Q1 Recap - with Dylan Ilett and Jeremy Okornoe 05.05.2025 1:02:29

It's time for a recap of the last few crazy months... 📊 Welcome to the FIFTH episode of The Smart Money Show! In this episode, our Head of Equities, Dylan Ilett, and Head of Crypto, Jeremy Okornoe, recap the latest market trends. Expect thorough research and explanations, focusing on crypto and equity markets. From Trump's unpredictable moves to Bitcoin's growing role as a strategic a...

Episode 04: Breaking Into Finance and Running a Student Organisation - with Riyadh Rehman and Sahil Shahzad 28.04.2025 1:06:27

The number of students just DOUBLED! 🤩 Welcome to the FOURTH episode of The Smart Money Show! What a coincidence - we’ve got four students on the show this week: Young Asians in Finance’s founder, Riyadh Rehman, and COO, Sahil Shahzad! Along with your two favourite hosts, Ali and Noman! 🙌 Riyadh is a Politics student at Queen Mary’s, fresh off a spring week in Investment Banking at Morgan Stanle...

Episode 03: Managing and Achieving Constant Career Progression - with Chris Yiannakou 21.04.2025 1:17:00

Did someone say our BIGGEST episode yet?! Welcome to the THIRD episode of The Smart Money Show! 🫡 This week we’re joined by Chris Yiannakou, Head of Loomis Sayles Investments Limited! Chris reflects on an illustrious career spanning over two decades across the EMEA region. From senior positions at UBS and Pioneer Investments to now leading strategic growth and relationship building at Loomis Sayl...

Episode 02: Introducing the Founding Team - with Dylan Ilett and Jeremy Okornoe 14.04.2025 54:44

Back with consistent and quality episodes... Welcome to the SECOND episode of The Smart Money Show! 🫡 As we just relaunched the show last week, it's time to reintroduce the founding team! It's been a while but we're joined by our Head of Equities, Dylan Ilett and our Head of Crypto, Jeremy Okornoe. We’ll be diving into their journey, from growing up and early interest in finance to th...

Episode 01: Exploring and Comparing Elite Finance Divisions - with Harry Billen, Samantha Zhou, Ivelin Stankov and Nicole Cunliffe 07.04.2025 1:12:22

To our audience old and new... Welcome to the VERY first episode of The Smart Money Show! 🫡 To kick off this new era of the show, we thought we should either go big or go home! That's why we're so privileged to be joined by FOUR seasoned finance professionals from differing divisions, as part of our very first Industry Roundtable episode. On our panel is: - Harry Billen: an Investment Ban...

We're Back! 💚 03.04.2025 2:05

It's been a month of no episodes, content or insights from The Smart Money Show... 😞 But, as promised, we're back! We've spent the past month talking to accomplished students and senior professionals, as well as hosting industry roundtables and hiring student interns! 🚀 All under the banner of learning with our audience while trying to break into elite financial services! 🤝 Listen a...