The Monocle Banking Podcast
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The Monocle Banking Podcast, in partnership with esteemed financial journalist, Michael Avery, will explore the world of banking - beyond the vaults and virtual wallets. This weekly series will play host to some of the top minds in the banking industry from around the world.
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Ep 7: The Problems of Trust, Bad Actors and Cryptocurrency
Banking holds a crucial role within the success of an economy, and for the banking ecosystem to succeed, trust is paramount.
David Buckham, Monocle’s CEO, engages in conversation with Michael Avery to delve into the intricacies of trust within the banking sector. David explores how banks should address bad actors, the necessary corrective measures for industry scandals, and how cryptocurrency, in his view, has proven to be little more than a distraction from the continual improvement of a system refined over decades.
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Nov 30, 2023
Ep 6: African Bank: From Setbacks to Success
The vastly experienced Anbann Chetti, Group CFO of African Bank, joins Michael Avery in this week’s Monocle Banking Podcast.
After explaining his fascinating career in banking, Anbann shares the strategic growth and diversification focus for African Bank, how their recent and future-planned acquisitions play into that strategy and the impact he believes African Bank can have on South Africa.
Don't miss out on finding out more about one of South Africa’s great turnaround stories.
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Nov 23, 2023
Ep 5: Is financial services complicit with driving inequality?
Inequality remains an enduring reality, especially in South Africa, prompting a crucial question within our industry: do financial services contribute to improving or exacerbating the situation? To address this, Michael Avery is joined by Anne Cabot-Alletzhauser, Adjunct Faculty and Practice Director of the Responsible Finance Initiative at GIBS and former Head of the Alexander Forbes Research Institute.
Together, they explore whether the financial services industry extracts more value than it provides. Additionally, they delve into the role financial services should play in fostering social mobility and whether the industry's overregulation takes into account broader societal effects.
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Nov 16, 2023
Ep 4: Balancing Banking Profits, Regulations & Trust
On his return to the Monocle Banking Podcast, Professor Brian Kantor examines the challenges faced by modern-day banks. In conversation with Michael Avery, they assess whether regulations have gone too far, what causes banks to fail and the importance for the industry to rebuild trust.
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Nov 9, 2023
Ep 3: Have We Won the War Against Inflation
In this episode of the Monocle Banking Podcast, Michael Avery sits down with investment and economics legend, Prof Brian Kantor.
The Professor gets to the crux of why we have seen global rising inflation, whether the Fed has finally beaten it, and how the SARB should react to the current macro-environment.
Prof Brian Kantor was the Chief Investment Strategist of Investec Wealth & Investment, as well as Professor Emeritus at the University of Cape Town.
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Nov 2, 2023
Ep 2: A Bank Failure Post-mortem
In the second episode of the Monocle Banking Podcast, Michael Avery sits down with Monocle’s CEO, David Buckham, to conduct a comprehensive post-mortem of what actually transpired in the failure of SVB, and other banks, earlier this year. David cuts into the heart of the financial levers that led to SVB’s demise, how the FED is, in fact, complicit, and the ultimate erosion of trust these failures have on the banking sector.
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Oct 26, 2023
Ep 1: The Fragility of Banking
It is with much excitement that we launch the inaugural episode of The Monocle Banking Podcast. In partnership with esteemed financial journalist, Michael Avery, we will be exploring the world of banking – beyond the vaults and virtual wallets.
This weekly series will play host to some of the top minds in the banking industry from around the world, kicking off with Monocle’s very own CEO, David Buckham. David shares his insights into both the importance and fragility of the global banking system.
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