Summer Playlist 2025 Episode 5 | Theresa Kammel (Originator) & Pierre Buisson (Senior Structurer), Weather & Agro Zurich, Munich Re
Our Summer Playlist rolls on this week with Theresa Kammel and Pierre Buisson, Originator and Senior Structurer of Weather & Agro Zurich at Munich Re. David Greely sits down with them to discuss the role of weather derivatives in managing weather-related risks — and how the market for these derivatives is growing and becoming more sophisticated with the energy transition to renewables like wind and solar.
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Summer Playlist 2025 Episode 4 | Albert Cheng, CEO, Singapore Bullion Market Association (SBMA)
We continue our Summer Playlist this week with Albert Cheng, CEO of the Singapore Bullion Market Association (SBMA). SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Albert to discuss the SBMA's vision for Singapore to become a leading global center for the trading of gold and other precious metals – and the SBMA's roadmap to making that vision a reality.
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Summer Playlist 2025 Episode 3 | Jeff Currie, Chief Strategy Officer of Energy Pathways, Carlyle
On our third installment of Summer Playlist 2025, we welcome Jeff Currie back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Jeff is Chief Strategy Officer of Energy Pathways at Carlyle. David Greely sits down with Jeff to discuss the implications of the breakdown of the world order that has defined the post-World War II era – implications Jeff lays out in his new paper, The New Martial Plan, the sequel to The New Joule Order. Together, they discuss how the quest for security is becoming the paramount force reshaping geopolitics, energy, and investment.
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Summer Playlist 2025 Episode 2 | Michael Greenstone, Director, Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC)
This week on Summer Playlist 2025, we welcome Michael Greenstone into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Michael is Director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC), Founding Director of the University’s Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, and Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics.
David Greely sits down with Michael to discuss how EPIC is translating the insights of cutting edge energy and environmental research into real world impact, including building cap-and-trade particulate emissions markets in India.
We 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.
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