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A Smarter Way Episode 1 | Craig Pirrong, Professor of Finance, University of Houston

This week, we kick off our new series, A Smarter Way, exploring better paths forward to solve our concurrent crises of commodities and climate.

Our first guest in the series is Craig Pirrong, Professor of Finance at the University of Houston. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Craig to examine both the implications of and alternatives to Europe's recent decision to move forward with energy price caps.

Energy Investing in 2023 | Arjun Murti, Former Head of Energy Equity Research at Goldman Sachs and Publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack

We kick off the new year with Arjun Murti, the Former Head of Energy Equity Research at Goldman Sachs and the Publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Arjun to discuss some of the big issues facing energy investors in 2023.

Holiday Special Part 2 | Robert Friedland, Founder & Executive Chairman, Ivanhoe Mines and Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx Technologies

We close out the year with Part 2 of our Holiday Special with Robert Friedland, Founder & Executive Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines, and Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO of Abaxx Technologies. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Robert and Josh to continue looking back at how the SmarterMarkets™ vision has developed over the past two years and discuss where it’s going next.

Holiday Special Part 1 | Robert Friedland, Founder & Executive Chairman, Ivanhoe Mines and Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx Technologies

This week, we present Part 1 of our end-of-year Holiday Special. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Robert Friedland, Founder & Executive Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines, and Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO of Abaxx Technologies, to look back at how the SmarterMarkets™ vision has developed over the last two years and discuss where it’s going next.

Financing the Energy Transition Episode 7 | Mark Frayman, Managing Partner, Orion Industrial Ventures

We close out our Financing the Energy Transition series this week with Mark Frayman, Managing Partner at Orion Industrial Ventures. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Mark to discuss the role of venture capital in decarbonizing mining and heavy industry.

Financing the Energy Transition Episode 6 | Leah Wieczorek, Vice President, Global Carbon, Macquarie Group

We continue our Financing the Energy Transition series this week by welcoming Leah Wieczorek into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Leah is Vice President of Global Carbon at the Macquarie Group. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Leah to discuss the role that banks like Macquarie play in scaling the carbon markets and in financing the energy transition.

Financing the Energy Transition Episode 5 | Adam Bornstein, Lead, Innovative Finance & System Change, Danish Red Cross

This week, we welcome Adam Bornstein into the SmarterMarkets™ studio as we continue our Financing the Energy Transition series. Adam is the Lead of Innovative Finance & System Change at the Danish Red Cross. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Adam to discuss how ESG, impact investing, and carbon finance can be put to work to fund humanitarian relief and resilience to a changing climate.

Financing the Energy Transition Episode 4 | John Goldstein, Head of the Sustainable Finance Group, Goldman Sachs

We continue our Financing the Energy Transition series by welcoming John Goldstein back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. John is Head of the Sustainable Finance Group at Goldman Sachs. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with John to discuss how ESG and impact investing has evolved over the past two years and where we need to be doing the hard work right now to finance the energy transition.

Financing the Energy Transition Episode 3 | Don Casturo, Founding Partner & CIO and Matt Schwab, Head of Investor Solutions at Quantix Commodities

This week, we welcome Don Casturo and Matt Schwab of Quantix Commodities into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Don is Founding Partner & CIO and Matt is Head of Investor Solutions at Quantix. Don and Matt sit down with SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely to discuss the role of commodity futures indices in financing the energy transition.

Financing the Energy Transition Episode 2 | Nikita Singhal, Managing Director and Co-Head of Sustainable Investment & ESG, Lazard Asset Management

We continue our Financing the Energy Transition series with Nikita Singhal, Managing Director and Co-Head of Sustainable Investment & ESG at Lazard Asset Management. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Nikita to discuss her approach to ESG investing and building investment strategies in public equities.