Ever wondered how banking can embrace the triple bottom line of people, profit and planet? Can technology really help with complex regulations? What does the industry keep forgetting to do?In the Let's Talk podcast, brought to you by FundApps - the compliance monitoring and reporting specialists, we chat with a range of experts, friends and industry characters as they share their insights into the strategies at the forefront of the financial services industry, conjuring up some interesting ideas along the way.Get the inside track on how buy and sell side institutions are futureproofing their operations with the use of tech, how financial services can become a force for good, and what to expect from the regulators this year.And we get to know our guests a little better, to uncover the warmer, human side of a perhaps rather traditional and opaque sector. Look out for stereotype-defying stories and some unique analogies about the world of banking and financial services.If you've got any thoughts on who or what you'd like to hear on our show, or just to let us know how we're doing, get in touch at letstalk@fundapps.co
In Episode 3, we hang out with Ronald Taylor - US Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Natixis Investment Managers.Expect to learn why DE&I is under threat in the US, how Ronald continues to fight for equality despite challenging new legal boundaries, and the best bit of advice he’s ever been given.Website | YouTube | X | LinkedIn
11/30/23 • 30:11
In Episode 2 we catch up with our favourite Irishman, FundApps Founder & CEO, Andrew Patrick White.Expect to learn how Regulators are moving towards more ethical-based practices, how technology can be a force for good in Financial Services, and what on earth the word ‘banjaxed’ means.Website | YouTube | X | LinkedIn
11/23/23 • 26:28
In Episode 1, we speak to Doris Honold - an accomplished strategic leader with over 25 years of Board-level experience in Finance, Risk and Change Management.Doris now uses her wealth of Financial Services experience as a force for good in the battle against Climate Change and accelerating the Energy Transition.In this episode, expect to learn the similarities between ESG policies and gym memberships, why a more holistic view must be taken ahead of investment decisions, and some staggering statistics around pay inequality.Website | YouTube | X | LinkedIn
11/16/23 • 25:06
Let's Talk is back for its much-anticipated second season!In Season 2, a hand-picked selection of industry big-hitters will delve into the world of Ethics within Financial Services.Covering issues from Culture, Climate, and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, join the discussion as we explore whether Ethics is making positive or negative impact on people, profit and planet.Website | YouTube | X | LinkedIn
11/1/23 • 01:30
In episode 5 of the Let’s Talk podcast, host Sally Yates speaks to Sarah Eng - FundApps Regulatory Expert, equal rights advocate and ex-compliance officer.Learn how diversity can influence investment decisions, why it’s important for decision makers to feel staff pain points, and which area of investment management Sarah thinks is a ‘squishy space’.And of course, find out what she’d banish to Room 101.Website | YouTube | X | LinkedIn
6/8/23 • 21:57
In episode 4 of our podcast, host Sally Yates catches up with Anders Kirkeby - Head of Open Innovation at SimCorp.Discover Anders’ thoughts on innovation within Banking, tech adoption across buy and sell side institutions, and, of course, what he’d put into Room 101.Website | YouTube | X | LinkedIn
5/25/23 • 22:56
In episode 3 of Let's Talk, host Sally Yates catches up with Bernardo Castel-Branco - Director & Head of Risk and Compliance at @ Alpha FMC.Discover how the role of compliance is changing within Financial Services, where and why the regulators’ patience is wearing thin, and the importance of data to the regulatory landscape.Website | YouTube | X | LinkedIn
5/12/23 • 24:46
In our second episode of the Let's Talk podcast, host Sally Yates is chatting to Lynne Carreiro, Managing Director at IQEQ - a compliance veteran versed in all things SEC and FCA, with a passion for responsible investing and animal welfare.Listen to Sally and Lynne debate whether regulators are fair about expectations, whether wilful misrepresentation of ESG requirements is bogging down efforts and what Lynne would banish to Room 101.Let's Talk!Website | YouTube | X | LinkedIn
4/27/23 • 36:14
In our first podcast episode of Let’s Talk, our host Sally Yates is chatting to the Global Head of Markets Compliance at Société Générale, Paul Clulow-Phillips.Hear Paul’s opinion on the areas in which Banking needs to up its game, how and why governance has been switched up at SocGen, and how the regulators are embracing AI.And, as is customary on Let’s Talk, we get to know Paul a little better: hear his pitch for what he'd banish to Room 101, given half the chance.Let’s Talk!Website | YouTube | X | LinkedIn
4/13/23 • 37:14
In our new podcast, Let’s Talk, we're taking a bigger view of what it means to future-proof financial services through a triple bottom line lens - people, business and planet. Now more than ever, the industry is having to challenge itself to do better and to be better.In this podcast we’ll be talking to a range of experts, friends and industry characters as they share insights into the strategies at the forefront of the financial services industry, what tactics are in play and what we can expect to see on the horizon.Website | YouTube | X | LinkedIn
3/29/23 • 01:48
