Archives: Podcasts
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The VC fintech environment in 2024: Pragmatism and the art of playing the long game
Fintech has always been an exciting space for venture capital investors, but it’s no secret that today’s environment remains a challenging one for the venture capital industry. During the previous era of low interest rates, investors were competing to back startups at increasingly high valuations, but now future ROI remains uncertain for many. Many funds…
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Converge Market Update: Watershed moment for China as US equities reach record highs
January has been all about the broad pushback of policy makers and the economic data against the trend of lower bond yields that started in November. Central bankers have won the first round against investors that had hoped to see the first rate cuts from the Fed, ECB and BoE already in March.
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Converge – Can fintech replace the CFO? How AI & automation can revolutionize spend management
In the past, finance teams didn’t always benefit from innovation in software like sales and marketing teams did. Now, a group of fintechs are bringing new technologies to market for CFOs and their teams – leveraging the disruptive power of AI. As we see more and more tools solve for the less glamorous work that…
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Monetary policy, geopolitics and slow growth kick off 2024
It’s been a year already! Join Convera Macro Analyst Boris Kovacevic for the first episode of the year as we re-cap 2023 and deep-dive into potential market and macro risks for the year ahead, covering geopolitics, inflation, central banking, Germany, China and global FX outlooks.
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Converge – The ESG imperative: How policy & fintech can help heal the climate crisis with Nameer Khan
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and the concept of Environmental, Social & Governance investing (or ESG) is at the heart of corporate efforts to reduce it. But why do many businesses find ESG implementation to be such a challenge, and how can they not only get started with…
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Converge Market Update: Macro data in focus with central bank meetings around the corner
This week, in a window of ~60 hours, policy will be set for 60% of the global economy. Gear up for the last important week of the year when the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of England set policy on Wednesday and Thursday. Convera global macro strategist, Boris Kovacevic, breaks down the possibilities ahead,…