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SmarterMarkets™Summer Playlist 2025 Episode 1 | Michelle Finneran Dennedy, Chief Data Strategy Officer, Abaxx TechnologiesWe kick off our Summer Playlist 2025 this week with Michelle Finneran Dennedy, Chief Data Strategy Officer at Abaxx Technologies. David Greely sits down with Michelle to discuss why CEOs and organizational leaders are shifting how they view data from seeing it as a risky liability to potentially seeing it as their greatest asset – and what that means for the ways we measure and manage our businesses.
2025-06-2853 minSmarterMarkets™Gold for the 21st Century Episode 12 | Dan McElduff, Siddiq Farid, David Gornall, and Steve Lowe from Abaxx Exchange and Abaxx SpotWe close out Gold for the 21st Century this week with a special roundtable episode with Dan McElduff (President, Abaxx Exchange), Siddiq Farid (Managing Director, Abaxx Spot), and David Gornall and Steve Lowe (Strategic Advisors for Precious Metals, Abaxx).
David Greely sits down with them to discuss their experience and insights at the 2025 Asia Pacific Precious Metals Conference in Singapore this past week, following the introduction of Abaxx’s integrated gold infrastructure – including physically-deliverable Gold Kilobar Singapore Futures on Abaxx Exchange and the launch of a new provider of spot market services, Abaxx Spot, enabling secure trans...2025-06-2136 min
Mining Stock DailyJosh Crumb on Abaxx Technologies: Launching the Gold Exchange Amidst Commodity Market VolatilityIn this long-form episode of the Mining Stock Daily podcast, host Trevor Hall interviews Josh Crumb, founder of Abaxx Technologies, a commodity exchange based in Singapore. They discuss Abaxx's recent launch of a gold exchange and its focus on physical delivery in contrast to the heavily financialized derivatives market. Crumb, a mining engineer and former Goldman Sachs associate, explains that Abaxx aims to bridge the gap between financial and physical commodity markets by building new, physically-settled futures platforms, drawing parallels to traditional exchanges like NYMEX. The conversation also touches upon the ongoing digitization of commodities, the role of blockchain technology, th...2025-06-2044 minSmarterMarkets™Gold for the 21st Century Episode 11 | Thomas McMahon, Co-Founder, Abaxx TechnologiesWe continue Gold for the 21st Century this week with Thomas McMahon, Co-Founder of Abaxx Technologies. David Greely sits down with Thomas to discuss how the role that gold may play in our financial system in the near future is not that different from the one gold and silver played in the not-so-distant past. They also explore precious metals' market evolution in the latter half of the 20th century and its implications for the role of gold in the 21st century.
2025-06-1440 minSmarterMarkets™Special Episode | A SmarterMarkets Remix: Ideas Worth RepeatingIt’s a holiday weekend in the United States, and we thought it would be a good time to revisit some of the big ideas that our guests shared with us over the past year.
Meeting the new commercial realities created by the globalization of the natural gas market, the energy transition to a lower carbon economy, and the rise of artificial intelligence requires new and smarter markets in which participants are empowered with new financial technology.
And building those smarter markets will require big ideas. We hope you enjoy revisiting thes...2025-05-241h 00SmarterMarkets™Gold for the 21st Century Episode 6 | Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx TechnologiesWe continue Gold for the 21st Century this week with Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO of Abaxx Technologies. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Josh to discuss how gold has shaped Josh’s vision and mission to build smarter markets throughout his career. They also talk about how the gold market is where the many dimensions of Abaxx come together as it launches a physically deliverable kilobar gold futures contract in Singapore through Abaxx Exchange, a gold pool through Abaxx Spot, and deploys the new financial technology that will pave the way to full digital title.
2025-05-0342 minSmarterMarkets™Special Episode | Scenes from the FT Commodities Global Summit 2025We present a Special Episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from the FT Commodities Global Summit 2025.
SmarterMarkets™ returned to the annual Financial Times Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland this March, where commodity traders get together to talk about the markets and how they’re navigating them. In retrospect, this year was the calm before the storm of the wide-ranging U.S. tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
We partnered with the FT to once again interview commodities markets participants to ask them about the big developments being discussed at the conference this year. We als...2025-04-1235 min
SmarterMarkets™ PresentsFT Commodities Global Summit 2025 | Sacha Lifschitz, Head of Battery Materials, Abaxx ExchangeSmarterMarkets™ Presents | Scenes from the FT Commodities Global Summit 2025
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2025-04-1208 minSmarterMarkets™Special Episode | Scenes from FIA Boca 2025We present a special mid-week episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from FIA’s BOCA50 – the International Futures Industry Conference.
SmarterMarkets™ returned to FIA Boca to be a part of BOCA50, the 50th anniversary of the International Futures Industry Conference. We partnered with the FIA to interview a wide-range of futures industry participants.
We asked them how long they’ve been coming to Boca, how the conference has evolved, and what keeps them coming back. We also asked them to share with us the big topics and issues they were at Boca this year to discuss...2025-03-2642 minSmarterMarkets™ PresentsFIA Boca 2025 | Joe Raia, Chief Commercial Officer, Abaxx Exchange & ClearinghouseSmarterMarkets™ Presents | Scenes from FIA Boca 2025
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2025-03-2608 minSmarterMarkets™Gold for the 21st Century Episode 1 | David Gornall, Strategic Advisor for Precious Metals, Abaxx Exchange & Former Chairman, LBMAThis week, we kick off our new series Gold for the 21st Century with David Gornall. Gornall is Strategic Advisor for Precious Metals at Abaxx Exchange, Former Global Head of Precious Metals Trading at Natixis, and Former Chairman of the LBMA.
SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Gornall to discuss where gold market infrastructure is not keeping pace with the evolving use of gold, what it means for regional price discovery and trading, and what market infrastructure and regulatory changes are needed to allow gold to take its seat at the financial table and meet the de...2025-03-2230 minSmarterMarkets™Carbon Frontiers 2025 Episode 2 | Alasdair Were, Head of Environmental Markets, Abaxx ExchangeOn our second installment of Carbon Frontiers 2025, we welcome Alasdair Were, Head of Environmental Markets at Abaxx Exchange, back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Alasdair to discuss how recent dramatic policy changes and hard economic realities are influencing both corporate and government approaches to the energy transition, what it means for the carbon and environmental markets, and some of the potential paths forward.
2025-02-1529 minSmarterMarkets™The State of Play in Battery Metals Episode 1 | Dan McElduff, President, Abaxx ExchangeThis week, we kick off our new series The State of Play in Battery Metals with Dan McElduff, President at Abaxx Exchange. David Greely sits down with Dan to discuss the evolving commercial needs of the battery metals markets – and how Abaxx is applying the approach Dan learned at the NYMEX to design and launch physically deliverable futures contracts for nickel sulfate and lithium carbonate.
2025-01-1133 minSmarterMarkets™Holiday Special Part 2 | Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx Technologies + Abaxx Exchange Metals TeamWe begin the new year with part two of our two-part Holiday Special. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely is joined again this week by Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO of Abaxx Technologies, along with colleagues Sacha Lifschitz, David Gornall, and Steve Lowe from the Abaxx Exchange Metals Team.
In part two of our Holiday Special, they continue their discussion on metals markets – battery metals and gold – and how better market infrastructure and financial technology can be brought to bear to make these markets fit for purpose for the commercial needs of today and into the future.
...2025-01-0438 minSmarterMarkets™Holiday Special Part 1 | Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx Technologies + Abaxx Exchange Metals TeamWe close out the year with part one of our two-part Holiday Special. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely is joined by Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO of Abaxx Technologies, along with colleagues Sacha Lifschitz, David Gornall, and Steve Lowe from the Abaxx Exchange Metals Team.
In part one this week, they begin their discussion on metals markets – battery metals and gold – and how better market infrastructure and financial technology can be brought to bear to make these markets fit for purpose for the commercial needs of today and into the future.
2024-12-2838 minSmarterMarkets™Inside the Coffeehouse Episode 2 | Alasdair Were and Joe Raia, Abaxx ExchangeOn our new series Inside the Coffeehouse, this week we welcome two guests from Abaxx Exchange into the SmarterMarkets™ studio: Alasdair Were and Joe Raia. Alasdair is Head of Environmental Markets and Joe is Chief Commercial Officer at Abaxx Exchange.
David Greely sits down with Alasdair and Joe to discuss what the US elections and COP29 may mean for carbon markets, what innovative environmental products the markets need next, and what we should be discussing now to create the smarter markets that are necessary to navigate the uncertain times ahead.
2024-11-1632 minSmarterMarkets™Markets in Transition Episode 7 | Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx TechnologiesThis week on our Markets in Transition series, we’re celebrating our 200th podcast episode by welcoming Josh Crumb, the Founder & CEO of Abaxx Technologies, back into the studio. David Greely sits down with Josh to discuss what’s been learned and accomplished so far in turning the SmarterMarkets vision into a reality.
2024-10-1943 minSmarterMarkets™The Future of Energy Episode 5 | Joe Raia, Chief Commercial Officer, Abaxx Exchange and ClearinghouseWe continue The Future of Energy this week with Joe Raia. Joe is Chief Commercial Officer at Abaxx Exchange and Clearinghouse, which commenced trading in its new physically-deliverable LNG and carbon futures contracts yesterday. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Joe to discuss what it takes to build smarter markets for the future of energy – and where we’re going next.
2024-06-2928 minSmarterMarkets™Carbon Frontiers 2024 Episode 9 | Alasdair Were, Head of Environmental Markets, Abaxx Exchange and ClearinghouseOn this week’s installment of Carbon Frontiers 2024, we welcome Alasdair Were, Head of Environmental Markets at Abaxx Exchange and Clearinghouse, back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Alasdair to discuss the new futures contracts and technologies that the carbon markets need in order to develop faster, become more liquid, and scale.
2024-05-1133 minSmarterMarkets™ PresentsFT Commodities Global Summit 2024 | Alasdair Were, Head of Environmental Markets, Abaxx ExchangeSmarterMarkets™ Presents | Scenes from the FT Commodities Global Summit 2024
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2024-04-2409 minSmarterMarkets™Special Episode | Scenes from the FT Commodities Global Summit 2024We present a special mid-week episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from the FT Commodities Global Summit 2024.
SmarterMarkets™ was back at the annual Financial Times Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland this April, where the conversation focused on how the commodities traders and markets are navigating the new commodities world order.
We partnered with the FT to interview a wide-range of market participants to ask them how the big developments being discussed at the conference this year – including the pressures from the energy transition, technological innovations like AI, war and geopolitics, changing government regulations, and th...2024-04-2447 minSmarterMarkets™ PresentsFIA Boca 2024 | Joe Raia, Chief Commercial Officer, Abaxx Exchange and ClearinghouseSmarterMarkets™ Presents | Scenes from FIA Boca 2024
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2024-04-0208 minSmarterMarkets™Special Episode | Scenes from FIA Boca 2024We present a special mid-week episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from FIA Boca 2024.
During this March’s FIA Boca conference in Boca Raton, Florida, we partnered with the FIA to interview a wide-range of futures industry participants. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sat down with these guests to ask them how they see their role in the markets and to hear their views on the important developments and big issues being discussed at Boca this year. David also asked them about what they see as the big challenges and opportunities for the futures industry – and what we need...2024-04-0239 minSmarterMarkets™Setting Course Episode 10 | Carrie Jaquith, Global Head of Digital Product, Abaxx TechnologiesWe close out our Setting Course series this week with Carrie Jaquith, Global Head of Digital Product at Abaxx Technologies. David Greely sits down with Carrie to discuss the course we’ll likely take in integrating AI and large language models into our daily lives – and the gaps that will need to be bridged between us humans and our new technology.
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The Trevor Rose Podcast#160: Joe Raia (Abaxx Technologies) - Building a New Commodities Exchange, Futures Contracts & LNG: The Investment Case in Plain SightGreetings, and welcome back to the podcast. This episode, we are joined by Mr. Joe Raia - Chief Commercial Officer of Abaxx Commodities Futures Exchange and Clearinghouse - a new Singapore based futures Exchange that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian based Abaxx Technologies, a CBOE Canada listed technology company that aims to build tools for better commodity benchmarks for the energy transition. Joe is a Former Managing Director, Head of Global Commodity Futures at Goldman Sachs and Global Head of Energy and Metals Futures and Options and CME/NYMEX. Pri...2024-02-0844 minSmarterMarkets™Holiday Special Part 2 | Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx Technologies + Guests from the Abaxx TeamWe close out the year with part two of our two-part Holiday Special. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely continues his conversation with Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO of Abaxx Technologies, along with colleagues Dan McElduff, Joe Raia, and Ian Forester. Together, they discuss where they are now – and what’s next – on their mission to create the market infrastructure and financial technology needed to build Smarter Markets.
2023-12-3038 minSmarterMarkets™Holiday Special Part 1 | Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx Technologies + Guests from the Abaxx TeamThis week, we present part one of our two-part Holiday Special. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely is joined by Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO of Abaxx Technologies, along with colleagues Dan McElduff, Joe Raia, and Ian Forester. Together, they discuss where they are now – and what’s next – on their mission to create the market infrastructure and financial technology needed to build Smarter Markets.
2023-12-2336 minSmarterMarkets™Commodities in Asia Episode 6 | Nancy Seah, CEO, Abaxx ExchangeFor this week’s installment of Commodities in Asia, we welcome into the studio Nancy Seah, CEO of Abaxx Exchange. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Nancy to discuss the insights from her more than 25-year career in commodity risk management in Asia.
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NGI’s Hub & FlowAbaxx Exec Talks LNG Futures Contracts, Managing Risk Amid Growing VolatilityAbaxx Chief Commercial Officer Joe Raia joins NGI’s Senior LNG Editor Jamison Cocklin to discuss Abaxx’s ongoing efforts to launch a new commodity exchange that will list LNG, nickel and carbon futures initially.
Abaxx’s new regulated futures clearinghouse will be the first launched in over a decade. Its plans to list physically settled contracts for the three major LNG markets in Northwest Europe, North Asia and the Gulf Coast comes as the global gas market is searching for a better benchmark to manage increasing risk and volatility. Those contracts are coming closer to bein...2023-11-0918 minSmarterMarkets™ PresentsFT Live Commodities Global Summit 2023 | Joe Raia, Chief Commercial Officer, Abaxx ExchangeSmarterMarkets™ Presents | Scenes from the FT Live Commodities Global Summit 2023
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2023-10-1705 minSmarterMarkets™Days of Futures Past Episode 10 | Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx TechnologiesOn the final installment of our Days of Futures Past series, we welcome Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO of Abaxx Technologies, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Josh to discuss his vision for building smarter markets and why the future of smarter markets begins with launching a futures exchange and clearinghouse in Singapore.
2023-07-1539 minSmarterMarkets™Days of Futures Past Episode 6 | Dan McElduff and Joe Raia, Abaxx ExchangeWe continue our Days of Futures Past series this week with two guests from Abaxx Exchange: Dan McElduff and Joe Raia. Dan is President, Head of Strategy & Development and Joe is Chief Commercial Officer at Abaxx Exchange.
SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Dan and Joe to discuss the launch of ClearPort at the NYMEX in 2002, which brought the backing of the clearinghouse to the global OTC markets and today clears transactions from 1,800 listed contracts across multiple asset classes.
2023-06-1742 minSmarterMarkets™Special Episode | Scenes from the FT Live Commodities Global Summit 2023This week, we present a special episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from last month’s FT Live Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely attended the summit and worked with the Financial Times to record interviews from this gathering of commodity experts, practitioners, and trading houses.
The Financial Times’ Natural Resources Editor, Leslie Hook, provides an introduction to this special release, with guest appearances from Goldman Sachs' Jeff Currie, RBC Capital Markets' Helima Croft, Vitol's Michael Curran, International Emissions Trading Association's Alasdair Were and Joe Raia of Abaxx Exchange.
Throughout the inte...2023-04-2232 minSmarterMarkets™Carbon Frontiers Episode 8 | Bruce Tozer, Former Head of Environmental Markets, JP Morgan and NED, Agribusiness & Carbon-Related BoardsWe continue exploring Carbon Frontiers this week with Bruce Tozer, Former Head of Environmental Markets at JP Morgan, Carbon Advisor at Abaxx Technologies, and a Non-Executive Director on a number of agribusiness & carbon-related boards. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Bruce for a conversation about the future of our food systems and to discuss what’s happening on the carbon frontier at the intersection of agriculture, climate, the environment, and technology.
2023-04-0841 minSmarterMarkets™Holiday Special Part 2 | Robert Friedland, Founder & Executive Chairman, Ivanhoe Mines and Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx TechnologiesWe 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.
2022-12-3156 minSmarterMarkets™Holiday Special Part 1 | Robert Friedland, Founder & Executive Chairman, Ivanhoe Mines and Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx TechnologiesThis 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.
2022-12-2457 minSmarterMarkets™Summer Playlist Episode 5 | Jack & Will Lundin of the Lundin GroupWe’re continuing our search for the minerals required to execute the energy transition. This weekend, we are thrilled to welcome Jack and Will Lundin of the Lundin Group to the SmarterMarkets studio!
In the fifth episode of our Summer Playlist, we’re diving into the Lundin family’s passion for exploration — and how a rising millennial generation of entrepreneurs and adventurers are building into a new commodity cycle and preparing for the great energy and supply chain transformation.
A note from the SmarterMarkets Team:
We recorded this episode with Jack and Will last...2022-07-3039 minSmarterMarkets™Systems at Risk Episode 7 | Ryan Ingram, Chief Risk Officer, Abaxx ExchangeAfter exploring algorithms, data and models, host David Greely takes a deep dive into the human element of optimizing risk management with Chief Risk Officer at Abaxx Exchange, Ryan Ingram. Join us for an episode dialed in on chronic issues facing risk managers in today's commodities and energy markets along with an optimistic take on what’s gone right after an unprecedented two years containing a global pandemic, extreme price volatility and war.
2022-06-2540 minSmarterMarkets™Systems at Risk Episode 5 | Carrie Jaquith, Global Head of Digital Product, Abaxx TechnologiesThe role of risk managers is rapidly expanding, requiring the need for integration across organizations and deeper relationships between risk, data and digital product teams.
Pursuing net zero targets, participation in new markets such as carbon and LNG, and digital transformation all generate new opportunities for risk — despite the great opportunities they present. Today, we sat down with Global Head of Digital Product at Abaxx Technologies, Carrie Jaquith, to explore how risk teams can balance risk and reward and what role data and product teams play in the process.
2022-06-1150 minSmarterMarkets™Demystifying the Carbon Markets Episode 1 | Phil Hardwick, CEO of HCBLPhil Hardwick, CEO of HCBL, joins host David Greely to kick off our podcast series Demystifying the Carbon Markets. Phil sets the stage and shares the benefits of his more than 15 years of experience in the environmental and carbon markets, working with both carbon project developers and investors to bring investment capital to high quality projects that reduce and remove carbon emissions to fight climate change.
2022-02-0540 minSmarterMarkets™What are Smarter Markets? Episode 3 | Erik Townsend Host of MacrovoicesIn this third episode of our three-part series, host Grant Williams speaks with the original host of Smarter Markets, Erik Townsend. Erik and Grant discuss the concept of Smarter Markets, through the lens of financial systems, digital currencies, and NFT’s, and how technological advancements will champion these new currency systems.
2022-01-2953 minSmarterMarkets™What are Smarter Markets? Episode 2 | Josh Crumb, CEO and Founder of Abaxx TechnologiesIn this second episode of our three-part series, host Grant Williams dives into the heart of the matter with Josh Crumb, CEO and Founder of Abaxx Technologies. Josh and Grant discuss the SmarterMarkets vision for how technology can be leveraged to redesign and improve markets to meet society's biggest challenges, including climate change and the energy transition.
2022-01-2253 minSmarterMarkets™What are SmarterMarkets? Episode 1 | Jeff Currie, Goldman Sachs Global Head of Commodities ResearchFor the opening episode of our new series, legendary podcast host Grant Williams welcomes back Jeff Currie, Global Head of Commodities Research at Goldman Sachs, to examine the question “What are Smarter Markets?”
What are SmarterMarkets?
SmarterMarkets is our vision for using technology to redesign and improve markets to meet society's biggest challenges, including climate change and the energy transition.
SmarterMarkets is also our weekly podcast, bringing you the entrepreneurs, icons and executives of commodities, capital markets and technology to rant on the inadequacies of our systems and riff on ideas for how to i...2022-01-1547 minSmarterMarkets™Accelerating the Energy Transition Episode Episode 8 | Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Global Energy and Climate Innovation Editor at The EconomistOn the series finale of ‘An Energy Transition in Three Corresponding Acts’, host David Greely, Abaxx Chief Economist at Abaxx, welcomes to the studio Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, Global Energy and Climate Innovation Editor at The Economist.
2022-01-0847 minSmarterMarkets™Accelerating the Energy Transition Episode Episode 7 | Reid Morrison, Global Energy Advisory Leader at PwCFor the penultimate episode of ‘An Energy Transition in Three Corresponding Acts’, host David Greely, Abaxx Chief Economist at Abaxx, is joined by Reid Morrison, Global Energy Advisory Leader, NetZero and ESG, and Global Client Partner at PwC.
2022-01-0142 minSmarterMarkets™Accelerating the Energy Transition Episode Episode 6 | Ann Rosenberg, SVP Sustainability at WoodOn this week’s episode of Smarter Markets, the first hosted by Abaxx Exchange Chief Economist David Greely, we welcome back Ann Rosenberg, SVP of Sustainability at Wood, and Member of World Economic Forum’s Advisory Network on Climate.
2021-12-2642 minSmarterMarkets™Accelerating the Energy Transition Episode 5 | Ira Joseph, Head of Global Generating Fuels, S&P GlobalAs the world’s economies begin to reopen and embrace the post-pandemic era, the energy industry is at a critical juncture. Energy shortages have already gripped Europe and Asia, with LNG spot prices having been driven to record highs. Is this the first major crisis of the energy transition?
While energy shortages and higher prices would normally motivate new investment, the present-day investor is reluctant to finance new fossil fuel projects; a hesitancy driven by both activist calls to decarbonize, and the net zero targets set out by world leaders.
Will the...2021-12-1840 minSmarterMarkets™Accelerating the Energy Transition Episode 4 | Stephen Stapcyznski, Asia LNG Reporter, BloombergFor the fourth episode of ‘An Energy Transition in Three Corresponding Acts’, host Susan Sakmar joins Stephen Stapczynski, Asia LNG Reporter at Bloomberg for a conversation about LNG’s role as a bridge fuel in the energy transition to a net-zero economy.
2021-12-1150 minSmarterMarkets™Accelerating the Energy Transition Episode 3 | Oystein Kalleklev, CEO, Flex LNGJoining Susan Sakmar in the Smarter Markets studio this week is Oystein M. Kalleklev, Chief Executive Officer of Flex LNG, a publicly traded LNG shipping company with a fleet of thirteen fuel efficient, fifth generation LNG carriers.
2021-12-0445 minSmarterMarkets™Accelerating the Energy Transition Episode 2 | David Greely, Chief Economist, AbaxxFor the second episode of ‘An Energy Transition in Three Corresponding Acts’, host Susan Sakmar welcomes David Greely, Senior Economic Advisor at Abaxx and former Chief Commodities Strategist and Head of Energy Research at Goldman Sachs to Smarter Markets.
2021-11-2742 minSmarterMarkets™Accelerating the Energy Transition Episode 1 | Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author and Vice-Chair of IHS MarkitDaniel Yergin, Vice-Chair of IHS Markit and Author of ‘The New Map’ returns to the Smarter Markets studios for the premiere episode of ‘An Energy Transition in Three Corresponding Acts’; a ten-part series hosted by Susan Sakmar, former Chair of The Jane Goodall Institute.
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Hedgeye PodcastsHedgeye Investing Summit VII: Josh Crumb, Founder, Abaxx TechThis is an exclusive "Hedgeye Investing Summit" interview between Josh Crumb, Founder of Abaxx Tech, and Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough.***This content aired as a video webcast live on Wednesday, October 6, 2021***Want access to our 8 other webcast in this series? Click HERE to get free access:Register for our new Simulated Trading Tournament HedgEye On The Prize for the chance to win cash prizes and Hedgeye product subscriptions!2021-10-2847 minSmarterMarkets™Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 9 | Jules Polonetsky on Standardizing Privacy PracticesOn the season finale of ‘Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy,’ Michelle Dennedy sits down with Jules Polonetsky, the Founder and CEO of Future of Privacy, a Washington D.C.-based non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst for privacy leadership and scholarship, advancing principled data practices in support of emerging technologies.
2021-10-0956 minSmarterMarkets™Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 8 | Emma Lindley on the Good ID MovementFor the eighth episode of ‘Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy,’ host Michelle Dennedy sits down with Emma Lindley, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Women in Identity, a not-for-profit organization focused on developing talent and diversity in the digital identity industry.
2021-10-0244 minSmarterMarkets™Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 7 | Dr. Jennifer King on the Future of Privacy and IdentityDr. Jennifer King, Privacy and Data Policy Fellow at the Stanford University Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, joins Michelle Dennedy for the seventh episode of our series examining the role of digital identity in advancing a consent-based economy.
2021-09-2555 minSmarterMarkets™Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 6 | Kunal Anand on Leveraging Technology to Build Tools for TrustThe sixth episode of ‘Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy’ brings host Michelle Dennedy and Kunal Anand, Chief Technology Officer at Imperva and former Worldwide Director of Technology at BBC, together to examine how technology can be designed and applied to deliver trust, transparency and consent back into our post-surveillance economy.
2021-09-181h 09SmarterMarkets™Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 5 | Ruby Zefo on Protecting Personal DataFor the fifth episode of ‘Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy,’ host Michelle Dennedy welcomes Ruby Zefo, Uber’s first Chief Privacy Officer, to examine the future of a consent-based economy and how consumers can take back ownership and control of their personal data and digital identities.
2021-09-0442 minSmarterMarkets™Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 4 | Sarah Clark on Empowering Digital Citizens with Self Sovereign IdentitySarah Clark, Senior Vice President of Digital Identity at Mastercard joins Michelle Dennedy in the studio to examine the evolution of digital identity and how self-sovereign identity, specifically, can help bring trust and privacy back into a consent-based economy.
2021-08-2848 minSmarterMarkets™Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 3 | Tim McCreight on Managing Risk in Data Security SystemsFor the latest chapter of ‘Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy,' Michelle Dennedy chats with Tim McCreight, Managing Director of Enterprise Security at CP Rail, to discuss the role of digital identity in securing the modern enterprise.
2021-08-2141 minSmarterMarkets™Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 2 | Jim Reavis on Digital Identity Security in the CloudOur latest series ‘Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy’ continues as Michelle Dennedy welcomes Jim Reavis, Co-Founder and CEO of the Cloud Security Alliance to the podcast to examine the role of digital identity management in advancing a secure cloud-based economy.
2021-08-1446 minSmarterMarkets™Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 1 | Kaliya Young on Self Sovereign Identity as a Tool to Advance a Consent-Based EconomyFor the opening episode of ‘Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy,' Michelle Dennedy welcomes Kaliya Young, also known as The Identity Woman, to SmarterMarkets for our latest series examining the evolution of digital identity and how self-sovereign identity can advance a consent-based economy.
2021-08-0745 minSmarterMarkets™A Path to Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets: A Smarter Markets Digital RoundtableIn this special episode of Smarter Markets TM; the first installment of our ‘Digital Roundtable’ series; we rewind the film back to July 13th’s webinar discussion featuring senior executives from Abaxx, Base Carbon, The Wall Street Green Summit, AirCarbon and Evolution Markets.
2021-07-3155 minSmarterMarkets™The Energy Equation Episode 3 | Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author and Vice-Chair of IHS MarkitFor the final episode of ‘The Energy Equation: Commodities, Resources and Geopolitics,' Todd Buchholz welcomes “America’s most influential energy pundit,” Dr. Daniel Yergin, Vice-Chair of IHS Markit, to the podcast.
2021-07-2456 minSmarterMarkets™The Energy Equation Episode 2 | Susan Sakmar, Visiting Professor University of Houston Law Center
Susan Sakmar, Former Chair of the Jane Goodall Institute, and one of the world’s leading experts in Liquified Natural Gas (LNG), joins Todd Buchholz as we continue our current series ‘The Energy Equation: Commodities, Resources and Geopolitics.'
2021-07-1745 minSmarterMarkets™The Energy Equation Episode 1 | Javier Blas and Jack Farchy, Chief Energy Correspondent and Senior Reporter Energy and Commodities, Bloomberg News
Todd Buchholz welcomes Bloomberg’s Javier Blas and Jack Farchy, co-authors of The World for Sale, to SmarterMarkets for the third installment in our latest series ‘The Energy Equation: Commodities, Resources and Geopolitics.'
2021-07-1056 minSmarterMarkets™Jacob Parker: Part II | An Emerging Energy Framework for the 22nd-centuryFor the second episode of our five-part series titled ‘An Emerging Energy Framework for the 22nd-Century’, Todd Buchholz joins Jacob Parker, Senior Vice President at The US-China Business Council.2021-07-031h 01SmarterMarkets™Keith Krach: Part I | An Emerging Energy Framework for the 22nd-centuryFor the opening episode of our five-part series titled ‘An Emerging Energy Framework for the 22nd-Century’, Todd Buchholz joins Keith Krach, Former US Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment and Former President, CEO, and Chair of DocuSign.2021-06-2650 minSmarterMarkets™Digital Pathways to Net Zero Episode 5 | Beena Ammanath, Executive Director of the Deloitte AI Institute and Global Head of AI Ethics at DeloitteFor the final episode of our five-part series on the role of digital innovation in advancing the ESG economy, Michelle Dennedy joins Beena Ammanath, Executive Director of the Deloitte AI Institute and Global Head of AI Ethics at Deloitte.
2021-06-1938 minSmarterMarkets™Digital Pathways to Net Zero Episode 4 | Jacquelyn Horton, Dropbox Foundation, Dropbox for GoodOn part four of our five-part series on the role of digital innovation in advancing the ESG economy, Michelle Dennedy has an in-depth conversation with Jacquelyn Horton, Social Impact and Sustainability Manager at Dropbox.
2021-06-1234 minSmarterMarkets™Digital Pathways to Net Zero Episode 3 | Ann Rosenberg, SVP for Sustainable Development at WoodOur five-part series on the role of digital innovation in advancing the ESG economy continues as Michelle Dennedy chats with Ann Rosenberg, SVP of Sustainable Development at Wood and former SVP of UN Partnerships and twenty-year veteran at SAP.
2021-06-0529 minSmarterMarkets™Digital Pathways to Net Zero Episode 2 | Greg Lavender, CTO, at VMware + former CTO, Cloud Architecture and Technology Engineering at CitigroupMichelle Dennedy sits down with Greg Lavender, Chief Technology Officer at VMware and former CTO for Cloud Architecture and Technology Engineering at Citigroup to continue the conversation about digital innovation’s role in advancing the ESG Economy.
2021-05-2946 minSmarterMarkets™Digital Pathways to Net Zero Episode 1 | Gajen Kandiah, CEO, Hitachi VantaraMichelle Dennedy is back this week with Gajen Kandiah, CEO of Hitachi Vantara, as they kick-off the first episode in a five-part series about the role of digital innovation in advancing the digital economy.
2021-05-2248 minSmarterMarkets™Roadmap to Renewable Energy Episode 3 | Josh Crumb on Engineering the Energy TransitionJosh Crumb, Founder and CEO of Abaxx Technologies joins us on the podcast for the first time as we conclude our three-part mini-series on the energy industry’s transition to a renewable future.
2021-05-1554 minSmarterMarkets™Roadmap to Renewable Energy Episode 2 | Arjun Murti Takes a Macro Look at the Path to Renewable EnergyOn the second of a three-part series on the great energy transition, co-host Todd Buchholz, former Director of Economic Policy at the White House, sits down with renowned energy macro and equity analyst, Arjun Murti.
2021-05-081h 06SmarterMarkets™Roadmap to Renewable Energy Episode 1 | Stefan Wieler Talks Innovative Energy Solutions for Renewables
In his inaugural episode of SmarterMarkets™, Todd Buchholz, former White House Director of Economic Policy, sits down with Stefan Wieler, Head of Markets Analysis and Meteorology at Axpo Group, for the first in a three-part series about the great energy transition.
2021-05-011h 01SmarterMarkets™Architects of the Information Age Episode 5 | Todd Buchholz Helping Find Prosperity Amongst the Post-Pandemic ChaosErik Townsend returns to SmarterMarkets™ this week to introduce Michelle Dennedy’s co-host: Todd Buchholz, former Whitehouse Director of Economic Policy and Managing Director of the Acclaimed $15 Billion Tiger Hedge Fund.
2021-04-241h 00SmarterMarkets™Architects of the Information Age Episode 4 | Caroline Wong Asks — Who’s Responsible for Protecting our Digital Assets of the Future?Michelle Dennedy sits down with “Cybersecurity Strategist of the Year” Caroline Wong, Chief Strategy Officer at Cobalt, to examine the question “Who’s responsible for protecting our digital assets of the future?”
2021-04-1743 minSmarterMarkets™Architects of the Information Age Episode 3 | Jim Whitehurst Working to Define Ethical Standards for a New Digital EconomyMichelle Dennedy, former Chief Privacy Officer of Cisco and Intel, sits down for a refreshingly candid conversation with Jim Whitehurst, President of IBM and former CEO of Red Hat, on her can’t-miss premiere episode of Smarter Markets.
2021-04-1057 minSmarterMarkets™Architects of the Information Age Episode 2 | Michelle Dennedy and the Crusade to Protect Digital PrivacyErik Townsend interviews new SmarterMarkets host Michelle Dennedy on her own background as a digital privacy activist. This episode is designed to introduce the audience to Michelle herself, and then in coming weeks Michelle will introduce listeners to a side of Silicon Valley most have never seen.
2021-04-031h 10SmarterMarkets™Architects of the Information Age Episode 1 | Leemon Baird and Understanding Distributed LedgerHedera Hashgraph co-founder Dr. Leemon Baird explains the function distributed ledger technology (DLT) provides, then goes on to outline how DLT needs to evolve in order to scale up to eventually supporting a fully tokenized financial market architecture.
2021-03-271h 09SmarterMarkets™Incentivizing the Energy Transition Episode 6 | Robert Friedland’s Answers for What it Will Take to Green The Global Economy (2 of 2)Billionaire financier Robert Friedland returns as Michelle Dennedy joins the SmarterMarkets hosting team. Robert and Erik discuss what it will take to Green the Global Economy in Part 2 of this extensive 2-part interview.
2021-03-2052 min
Macro VoicesSpotlight #6 Josh Crumb & Joe Raia: Dimensions of Abaxx TechnologiesRemember when Kyle Bass appeared on MacroVoices and suggested that Erik should get Josh Crumb on the show to explain all the various dimensions of Abaxx Technologies and how the company plans to disrupt commodity trading by bringing the latest technologies to bear to create smarter commodity markets? The long-awaited interview is finally here. Abaxx founders Josh Crumb and Joe Raia lay out the whole story of what Abaxx intends to do, from a new commodity exchange in Singapore to embracing blockchain technology to redesign how futures markets work, to a new suite of self-sovereign identity tools for finance...2021-03-191h 05SmarterMarkets™Incentivizing the Energy Transition Episode 5 | Robert Friedland’s Answers for What it Will Take to Green The Global Economy (1 of 2)Billionaire financier Robert Friedland returns as Michelle Dennedy joins the Smarter Markets hosting team. Robert and Erik discuss what it will take to Green the Global Economy in Part 1 of this extensive 2-part interview.
2021-03-1353 minSmarterMarkets™Incentivizing the Energy Transition Episode 4 | Bill Pazos Outlining the Future of Carbon MarketsAirCarbon Exchange co-founder and COO Bill Pazos joins us this week to discuss the history, present challenges, and future of the carbon credit trading industry.
2021-03-0654 minSmarterMarkets™Incentivizing the Energy Transition Episode 3 | John Goldstein on How to Actually Achieve ESG Goals through Effective Impact InvestingGoldman Sachs’ global head of sustainable investing practices John Goldstein is this week’s feature interview guest. We discuss how to engage in ESG investing to make a difference by engaging directly with the industries that need reform, rather than avoiding them. John calls this Impact Investing, and we discuss this practice in detail in this episode.
2021-02-271h 05SmarterMarkets™Incentivizing the Energy Transition Episode 2 | Tom Raftery on the Coming Green RevolutionSAP’s chief innovation officer and outspoken green energy proponent Tom Raftery is this week’s feature interview guest. We discuss the coming green energy revolution and what it will mean for markets and the economy as a whole.
2021-02-201h 11SmarterMarkets™Incentivizing the Energy Transition Episode 1 | Peter Fusaro Talks Green and Sustainable InvestingIn the first episode of a series on Environmental, Socially Responsible, and Governance-focused Investing, SmarterMarkets presents Peter Fusaro, veteran sustainability investor and organizer of the Wall Street Green Investing Conference. We discuss everything relating to ESG investing.
2021-02-1352 minSmarterMarkets™Commodities Legends and Market Builders Episode 11 | Ben Hunt on Narrative Management in Finance and Society as a WholeEpsilon Theory founder Dr. Ben Hunt joins Smarter Markets to weigh in on how social media is being used to engineer the narratives which shape both financial markets and society more broadly. We discuss the influence of social media then go on to discuss how financial markets no longer serve society in the way they were intended, and what needs to be done to fix them.
2021-02-061h 00SmarterMarkets™Commodities Legends and Market Builders Episode 10 | Kirstine Stewart Weighing in on the Influence of Social Media in Markets and SocietyFormer senior Twitter executive and current head of Media, Sport & Entertainment for the World Economic Forum Kirstine Stewart weighs in on the growing influence of social media on financial markets and society as a whole, including whether and how social media should be governed to control abuse of its power of influence.
2021-01-3059 minSmarterMarkets™Commodities Legends and Market Builders Episode 9 | Mark Fisher Musing on How to Improve the Futures MarketsCommodity legend Mark Fisher shares some choice stories, including how the Hudson River can be used as a risk management tool to cure over-trading, then goes on to reflect on how the design of commodities futures markets could be improved.
2021-01-2353 minSmarterMarkets™Commodities Legends and Market Builders Episode 8 | Jos Schmitt Calling Out What’s Wrong with Conventional Equity Markets — and How to Fix ThemNEO Stock exchange founder Jos Schmitt explains why most existing stock exchanges give an unfair trading advantage to some customers over others, and explains why he launched a new exchange specifically designed to level the playing field for all investors.
2021-01-161h 00SmarterMarkets™Commodities Legends and Market Builders Episode 7 | Frank Lavin on Why Singapore Will Thrive as Asia’s New Financial Capital CityFormer U.S. Ambassador to Singapore Frank Lavin weighs in on Singapore’s suitability as the emergent Asian Financial Capital City and Singaporean regulators’ willingness to consider new and innovative approaches to designing smarter financial markets.
2021-01-0947 minSmarterMarkets™Commodities Legends and Market Builders Episode 6 | Mike Green on Market Deficiencies and Incentives for Not Fixing ThemLogica Funds’ Mike Green explains why he and most of the smartest people in finance are in the business of exploiting and profiting from deficiencies of current markets, rather than fixing them. Mike explains why incentives don’t favor fixing what’s broken, and what we need to do to change the system and enable migration to a new generation of Smarter Markets.
2021-01-021h 07SmarterMarkets™Commodities Legends and Market Builders Episode 5 | Charlie McGarraugh on Translating Tokenization Jargon to Digestible EnglishCharlie McGarraugh is Chief Strategy Officer for Blockchain.com, the largest self-custodied crypto wallet provider globally. Previously he was a Goldman Sachs Partner and former head of metals trading, so his native language is finance. In this interview, Charlie explains Tokenization in terms that Finance professionals can relate to, then goes on to explain what this change will mean both to financial markets and to the people who work in them.
2020-12-2657 minSmarterMarkets™Commodities Legends and Market Builders Episode 4 | Thom McMahon Reflecting on Friedland, Ayati, and Currie’s Visions for Building Smarter MarketsAbaxx co-founder Thom McMahon weighs in on the company’s activities to actually design and build the fully tokenized commodity trading system envisioned by Robert Friedland, Maryam Ayati and Jeffrey Currie in our first three episodes. Thom also explains why a physical delivery LNG contract is essential to the green energy revolution, and how Abaxx Exchange is designing that contract right now to establish Singapore as the global benchmark market for LNG price discovery.
2020-12-191h 16SmarterMarkets™Commodities Legends and Market Builders Episode 3 | Jeff Currie on New Technologies and Finding a Price for CarbonGoldman Sachs commodities chief Jeff Currie weighs in on the next commodity cycle, the return of inflation, and why it’s essential for the marketplace to figure out how to put a price on carbon in order to enable the realization of ESG objectives. Jeff goes on to describe tokenization of commodity futures warehouse receipts as the best use case he’s heard for distributed ledger (aka “Blockchain Technology”).
2020-12-121h 02SmarterMarkets™Commodities Legends and Market Builders Episode 2 | Maryam Ayati’s Vision for Tokenizing the Entire Supply ChainEnergy industry veteran and NEO co-founder and CEO Maryam Ayati reacts to Robert Friedland's vision of grading and trading commodities based on ESG aspects of how they're produced, and expands on Robert's ideas to explain how the entire commodity supply chain could be tokenized using distributed ledger technology, and how commodities could literally be traced to their source using new "watermark" technology that applies molecular-level digital fingerprints to almost any commodity.
2020-12-051h 02SmarterMarkets™Commodities Legends and Market Builders Episode 1 | Robert Friedland on Grading, Trading, and Responsibly Producing CommoditiesBillionaire Canadian financier Robert Friedland headlines the inaugural episode, and shares a vision of commodities being graded based on how responsibly they were produced with regard to ESG priorities, thus allowing free market price discovery to determine a market premium to reward responsible producers of metals and other commodities which have historically had an adverse environmental impact. Robert goes on to share his vision for how a distributed ledger (blockchain) could be used to hold commodity producers to account and assure buyers of commodities that they've received the full and true details of how those commodities were produced.
2020-11-281h 13Macro VoicesErik's Interview on Market Huddle re: Abaxx Technologies InvestmentErik lays out the reasons he invested in Abaxx Technologies, what the company is about, and how investors can get involved when ABXX stock starts trading publicly on December 15th.2020-11-2748 minSmarterMarkets™Coming Nov. 28th: SmarterMarkets – a new podcast from MacroVoices and Abaxx TechnologiesIn this new podcast series, I'll be talking to leaders in both business and in finance. We'll discuss the shortcomings of financial markets as they're currently designed and talk about what could be done to make markets smarter than they are today.
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