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Hey folks, Alex here from Weights & Biases, with your weekly AI update (and a first live show of this year!) For the first time, we had a co-host of the show also be a guest on the show, Ryan Carson (from Amp) went supernova viral this week with an X article (1.5M views) about Ralph Wiggum (yeah, from Simpsons) and he broke down that agentic coding technique at the end of the show. LDJ and Nisten helped cover NVIDIA's incredible announcements during CES with their Vera Rubin upcoming platform (4-5X improvements) and we all got excited about AI medicine with ChatGPT going into Health officially! Plus, a bunch of Open Source news, let's get into this: ThursdAI - Recaps of the most high signal AI weekly spaces is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Open Source: The “Small” Models Are WinningWe often talk about the massive frontier models, but this week, Open Source came largely from unexpected places and focused on efficiency, agents, and specific domains.Solar Open 100B: A Data MasterclassUpstage released Solar Open 100B, and it's a beast. It's a 102B parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model, but thanks to MoE magic, it only uses about 12B active parameters during inference. This means it punches incredibly high but runs fast.What I really appreciated here wasn't just the weights, but the transparency. They released a technical report detailing their “Data Factory” approach. They trained on nearly 20 trillion tokens, with a huge chunk being synthetic. They also used a dynamic curriculum that adjusted the difficulty and the ratio of synthetic data as training progressed. This transparency is what pushes the whole open source community forward.Technically, it hits 88.2 on MMLU and competes with top-tier models, especially in Korean language tasks. You can grab it on Hugging Face.MiroThinker 1.5: The DeepSeek Moment for Agents?We also saw MiroThinker 1.5, a 30B parameter model that is challenging the notion that you need massive scale to be smart. It uses something they call “Interactive Scaling.”Wolfram broke this down for us: this agent forms hypotheses, searches for evidence, and then iteratively revises its answers in a time-sensitive sandbox. It effectively “thinks” before answering. The result? It beats trillion-parameter models on search benchmarks like BrowseComp. It's significantly cheaper to run, too. This feels like the year where smaller models + clever harnesses (harnesses are the software wrapping the model) will outperform raw scale.Liquid AI LFM 2.5: Running on Toasters (Almost)We love Liquid AI and they are great friends of the show. They announced LFM 2.5 at CES with AMD, and these are tiny ~1B parameter models designed to run on-device. We're talking about running capable AI on your laptop, your phone, or edge devices (or the Reachy Mini bot that I showed off during the show! I gotta try and run LFM on him!)Probably the coolest part is the audio model. Usually, talking to an AI involves a pipeline: Speech-to-Text (ASR) -> LLM -> Text-to-Speech (TTS). Liquid's model is end-to-end. It hears audio and speaks audio directly. We watched a demo from Maxime Labonne where the model was doing real-time interaction, interleaving text and audio. It's incredibly fast and efficient. While it might not write a symphony for you, for on-device tasks like summarization or quick interactions, this is the future.NousCoder-14B and Zhipu AI IPOA quick shoutout to our friends at Nous Research who released NousCoder-14B, an open-source competitive programming model that achieved a 7% jump on LiveCodeBench accuracy in just four days of RL training on 48 NVIDIA B200 GPUs. The model was trained on 24,000 verifiable problems, and the lead researcher Joe Li noted it achieved in 4 days what took him 2 years as a teenager competing in programming contests. The full RL stack is open-sourced on GitHub and Nous published a great WandB results page as well! And in historic news, Zhipu AI (Z.ai)—the folks behind the GLM series—became the world's first major LLM company to IPO, raising $558 million on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Their GLM-4.7 currently ranks #1 among open-source and domestic models on both Artificial Analysis and LM Arena. Congrats to them!Big Companies & APIsNVIDIA CES: Vera Rubin Changes EverythingLDJ brought the heat on this one covering Jensen's CES keynote that unveiled the Vera Rubin platform, and the numbers are almost hard to believe. We're talking about a complete redesign of six chips: the Rubin GPU delivering 50 petaFLOPS of AI inference (5x Blackwell), the Vera CPU with 88 custom Olympus ARM cores, NVLink 6, ConnectX-9 SuperNIC, BlueField-4 DPU, and Spectrum-6 Ethernet.Let me put this in perspective using LDJ's breakdown: if you look at FP8 performance, the jump from Hopper to Blackwell was about 5x. The jump from Blackwell to Vera Rubin is over 3x again—but here's the kicker—while only adding about 200 watts of power draw. That's insane efficiency improvement.The real-world implications Jensen shared: training a 10 trillion parameter mixture-of-experts model now requires 75% fewer GPUs compared to Blackwell. Inference token costs drop roughly 10x—a 1MW cluster goes from 1 million to 10 million tokens per second at the same power. HBM4 memory delivers 22 TB/s bandwidth with 288GB capacity, exceeding NVIDIA's own 2024 projections by nearly 70%.As Ryan noted, when people say there's an AI bubble, this is why it's hilarious. Jensen keeps saying the need for inference is unbelievable and only going up exponentially. We all see this. I can't get enough inference—I want to spin up 10 Ralphs running concurrently! The NVL72 rack-scale system achieves 3.6 exaFLOPS inference with 20.7TB total HBM, and it's already shipping. Runway 4.5 is already running on the new platform, having ported their model from Hopper to Vera Rubin NVL72 in a single day.NVIDIA also recently acqui-hidred Groq (with a Q) in a ~$20 billion deal, bringing the inference chip expertise from the guy who created Google's TPUs in-house.Nemotron Speech ASR & The Speed of Voice (X, HF, Blog)NVIDIA also dropped Nemotron Speech ASR. This is a 600M parameter model that offers streaming transcription with 24ms latency.We showed a demo from our friend Kwindla Kramer at Daily. He was talking to an AI, and the response was virtually instant. The pipeline is: Nemotron (hearing) -> Llama/Nemotron Nano (thinking) -> Magpie TTS (speaking). The total latency is under 500ms. It feels like magic. Instant voice agents are going to be everywhere this year.XAI Raises $20B While Grok Causes Problems (Again)So here's the thing about covering anything Elon-related: it's impossible to separate signal from noise because there's an army of fans who hype everything and an army of critics who hate everything. But let me try to be objective here.XAI raised another massive Round E of $20 billion! at a $230 billion valuation, with NVIDIA and Cisco as strategic investors. The speed of their infrastructure buildout is genuinely incredible. Grok's voice mode is impressive. I use Grok for research and it's really good, notable for it's unprecedented access to X !But. This raise happened in the middle of a controversy where Grok's image model was being used to “put bikinis” on anyone in reply threads, including—and this is where I draw a hard line—minors. As Nisten pointed out on the show, it's not even hard to implement guardrails. You just put a 2B VL model in front and ask “is there a minor in this picture?” But people tested it, asked Grok not to use the feature, and it did it anyway. And yeah, putting Bikini on Claude is funny, but basic moderation is lacking! The response of “we'll prosecute illegal users” is stupid when there's no moderation built into the product. There's an enormous difference between Photoshop technically being able to do something after hours of work, and a feature that generates edited images in one second as the first comment to a celebrity, then gets amplified by the platform's algorithm to millions of people. One is a tool. The other is a product with amplification mechanics. Products need guardrails. I don't often link to CNN (in fact this is the first time) but they have a great writeup about the whole incident here which apparently includes the quitting of a few trust and safety folks and Elon's pushback on guardrails. CrazyThat said, Grok 5 is in training and XAI continues to ship impressive technology. I just wish they'd put the same engineering effort into safety as they do into capabilities!OpenAI Launches GPT HealthThis one's exciting. OpenAI CEO Fidji Simo announced ChatGPT Health, a privacy-first space for personalized health conversations that can connect to electronic health records, Apple Health, Function Health, Peloton, and MyFitnessPal.Here's why this matters: health already represents about 5% of all ChatGPT messages globally and touches 25% of weekly active users—often outside clinic hours or in underserved areas. People are already using these models for health advice constantly.Nisten, who has worked on AI doctors since the GPT-3 days and even published papers on on-device medical AI, gave us some perspective: the models have been fantastic for health stuff for two years now. The key insight is that medical data seems like a lot, but there are really only about 2,000 prescription drugs and 2,000 diseases (10,000 if you count rare ones). That's nothing for an LLM. The models excel at pattern recognition across this relatively contained dataset.The integration with Function Health is particularly interesting to me. Function does 160+ lab tests, but many doctors won't interpret them because they didn't order them. ChatGPT could help bridge that gap, telling you “hey, this biomarker looks off, you should discuss this with your doctor.” The bad news is, this is just a waitlist and you can add yourself to the waitlist here, we'll keep monitoring the situation and let you know when it opens upDoctronic: AI Prescribing Without Physician OversightSpeaking of healthcare, Doctronic launched a pilot in Utah where AI can autonomously renew prescriptions for chronic conditions without any physician in the loop. The system covers about 190 routine medications (excluding controlled substances) at just $4 per renewal. Trial data showed 99.2% concordance with physician treatment plans, and they've secured pioneering malpractice insurance that treats the AI like a clinician.Nisten made the case that it's ethically wrong to delay this kind of automation when ER wait times keep increasing and doctors are overworked. The open source models are already excellent at medical tasks. Governments should be buying GPUs rather than creating administrative roadblocks. Strong strong agree here! Google Brings Gmail into the Gemini Era (X)Breaking news from the day of our show: Google announced Gmail's biggest AI transformation since its 2004 launch, powered by Gemini 3. This brings AI Overviews that summarize email threads, natural language queries (”Who gave me a plumber quote last year?”), Help Me Write, contextual Suggested Replies matching your writing style, and the upcoming AI Inbox that filters noise to surface VIPs and urgent items.For 3 billion Gmail users, this is huge. I'm very excited to test it—though not live on the show because I don't want you reading my emails.This weeks buzz - covering Weights & Biases updatesNot covered on the show, but a great update on stuff from WandB, Chris Van Pelt (@vanpelt), one of the 3 co-founders released a great project I wanted to tell you about! For coders, this is an app that allows you to run multiple Claude Codes on free Github sandboxes, so you can code (or Ralph) and control everything away from home! GitHub gives personal users 120 free Codespaces hours/month, and Catnip automatically shuts down inactive instances so you can code for quite a while with Catnip! It's fully open source on Github and you can download the app hereInterview: Ryan Carson - What the hell is Ralph Wiggum?Okay, let's talk about the character everyone is seeing on their timeline: Ralph Wiggum. My co-host Ryan Carson went viral this week with an article about this technique, and I had to have him break it down.Ralph isn't a new model; it's a technique for running agents in a loop to perform autonomous coding. The core idea is deceptively simple: Ralph is a bash script that loops an AI coding agent. In a loop, until it a certain condition is met. But why is it blowing up? Normally when you use a coding agent like Cursor, Claude Code, or AMP, you need to be in the loop. You approve changes, look at code, fix things when the agent hits walls or runs out of context. Ralph solves this by letting the agent run autonomously while you sleep.Here's how it works: First, you write a Product Requirements Doc (PRD) by talking to your agent for a few minutes about what you want to build. Then you convert that PRD into a JSON file containing atomic user stories with clear acceptance criteria. Each user story is small enough for the agent to complete in one focused thread.The Ralph script then loops: it picks the first incomplete user story, the agent writes code to implement it, tests against the acceptance criteria, commits the changes, marks the story as complete, writes what it learned to a shared “agents.md” file, and loops to the next story. That compound learning step is crucial—without it, the agent would keep making the same mistakes.What makes this work is the pre-work. As Ryan put it, “no real work is done one-shot.” This is how software engineering has always worked—you break big problems into smaller problems into user stories and solve them incrementally. The innovation is letting AI agents work through that queue autonomously while you sleep! Ryan's excellent (and viral) X article is here! Vision & VideoLTX-2 Goes Fully Open Source (HF, Paper)Lightricks finally open-sourced LTX-2, marking a major milestone as the first fully open audio-video generation model. This isn't just “we released the weights” open—it's complete model weights (13B and 2B variants), distilled versions, controllable LoRAs, a full multimodal trainer, benchmarks, and evaluation scripts. For a video model that is aiming to be the open source SORA, supports audio and lipsyncThe model generates synchronized audio and video in a single DiT-based architecture—motion, dialogue, ambience, and music flow simultaneously. Native 4K at up to 50 FPS with audio up to 10 seconds. And there's also a distilled version (Thanks Pruna AI!) hosted on ReplicateComfyUI provided day-0 native support, and community testing shows an A6000 generating 1280x720 at 120 frames in 50 seconds. This is near Sora-level quality that you can fine-tune on your own data for custom styles and voices in about an hour.What a way to start 2026. From chips that are 5x faster to AI doctors prescribing meds in Utah, the pace is only accelerating. If anyone tells you we're in an AI bubble, just show them what we covered today. Even if the models stopped improving tomorrow, the techniques like “Ralph” prove we have years of work ahead of us just figuring out how to use the intelligence we already have.Thank you for being a ThursdAI subscriber. See you next week!As always, here's the show notes and TL;DR links: * Hosts & Guests* Alex Volkov - AI Evangelist & Weights & Biases (@altryne)* Co-Hosts - @WolframRvnwlf, @nisten, @ldjconfirmed* Special Guest - Ryan Carson (@ryancarson) breaking down the Ralph Wiggum technique.* Open Source LLMs* Solar Open 100B - Upstage's 102B MoE model. Trained on 19.7T tokens with a heavy focus on “data factory” synthetic data and high-performance Korean reasoning (X, HF, Tech Report).* MiroThinker 1.5 - A 30B parameter search agent that uses “Interactive Scaling” to beat trillion-parameter models on search benchmarks like BrowseComp (X, HF, GitHub).* Liquid AI LFM 2.5 - A family of 1B models designed for edge devices. Features a revolutionary end-to-end audio model that skips the ASR-LLM-TTS pipeline (X, HF).* NousCoder-14B - competitive coding model from Nous Research that saw a 7% LiveCodeBench accuracy jump in just 4 days of RL (X, WandB Dashboard).* Zhipu AI IPO - The makers of GLM became the first major LLM firm to go public on the HKEX, raising $558M (Announcement).* Big Co LLMs & APIs* NVIDIA Vera Rubin - Jensen Huang's CES reveal of the next-gen platform. Delivers 5x Blackwell inference performance and 75% fewer GPUs needed for MoE training (Blog).* OpenAI ChatGPT Health - A privacy-first vertical for EHR and fitness data integration (Waitlist).* Google Gmail Era - Gemini 3 integration into Gmail for 3 billion users, featuring AI Overviews and natural language inbox search (Blog).* XAI $20B Raise - Elon's XAI raises Series E at a $230B valuation, even as Grok faces heat over bikini-gate and safety guardrails (CNN Report).* Doctronic - The first US pilot in Utah for autonomous AI prescription renewals without a physician in the loop (Web).* Alexa+ Web - Amazon brings the “Smart Alexa” experience to browser-based chat (Announcement).* Autonomous Coding & Tools* Ralph Wiggum - The agentic loop technique for autonomous coding using small, atomic user stories. Ryan Carson's breakdown of why this is the death of “vibe coding” (Viral X Article).* Catnip by W&B - Chris Van Pelt's open-source iOS app to run Claude Code anywhere via GitHub Codespaces (App Store, GitHub).* Vision & Video* LTX-2 - Lightricks open-sources the first truly open audio-video generation model with synchronized output and full training code (GitHub, Replicate Demo).* Avatar Forcing - KAIST's framework for real-time interactive talking heads with ~500ms latency (Arxiv).* Qwen Edit 2512 - Optimized by PrunaAI to generate high-res realistic images in under 7 seconds (Replicate).* Voice & Audio* Nemotron Speech ASR - NVIDIA's 600M parameter streaming model with sub-100ms stable latency for massive-scale voice agents (HF). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sub.thursdai.news/subscribe

Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends   Anjney Midha is a General Partner of a16z (Andreessen Horowitz), leading AI and infrastructure transactions. Bonnie Chan is the CEO at Hong Kong Exchanges or HKEX. Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures _ Connect with Peter: X Instagram Connect with Dave: X LinkedIn Connect with Anjney X Linkedin Connect with Bonnie Linkedin Listen to MOONSHOTS: Apple YouTube – *Recorded on October, 2025 *The views expressed by me and all guests are personal opinions and do not constitute Financial, Medical, or Legal advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hong Kong's pivotal role as a super connector between global investors and mainland China, the importance of tailored regulation in fostering market innovation, and the growing relevance of stablecoins and digital assets in shaping the future of finance.In this special video episode of the Innovators' Exchange recorded in London, Bonnie Y Chan, CEO of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), is interviewed by podcast host Hiten Patel. In the interview Bonnie emphasizes the importance of collaboration within Asian markets to bolster growth and views regulation as an enabler rather than an obstacle. She also addresses the rising interest in stablecoins and digital assets, noting ongoing regulatory developments in Hong Kong.Key talking points:Bonnie's background: She reflects on her fascinating career path, from early regulatory roles to her current position as CEO of HKEX. Bonnie credits her legal training in capital markets for sharpening problem-solving skills essential to managing a stock exchange, and underscores the importance of continuous learning about secondary markets.Views on regulation: She argues that regulation can serve as an enabler rather than a hurdle. By understanding market stakeholders, regulators can design tailored frameworks that facilitate market development.Hong Kong's global financial role: Bonnie describes Hong Kong as a "super connector" between global investors and mainland China, especially as geopolitical dynamics shift. She highlights a resurgence of foreign investment in recent IPOs and HKEX's recent return to the top of global IPO rankings.Innovation pipeline: More than 300 companies are waiting to be listed on HKEX, many in cutting-edge sectors such as biotechnology and technology. She notes the growing international nature of these companies, with many generating significant revenue from outside China.Stablecoins and digital assets: Stablecoins are gaining traction in Hong Kong, with regulations being established for their issuance. Bonnie sees stablecoins primarily as a medium of exchange, highlighting their potential for settling stock transactions.This episode is part of Innovators' Exchange, a series that explores the financial infrastructure and technology landscape. Tune in to hear more insights from industry leaders on the evolution of the global financial ecosystem.Subscribe for more on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Youtube | PodscribeThis episode was recorded in October 2025.

Big earnings shocks and tariff twists keep markets on edge. DBS and UOB headline today as Q3 earnings diverge, with UOB hit by a 72% plunge while DBS holds up better than expected. In the U.S., tariff-linked stocks like Lululemon, Macy’s, and Mattel rallied as the Supreme Court heard challenges to Trump-era import duties. We also play Up/Down with McDonald’s, Pinterest, Snap, Apple, Google, HKEX, PropNex, and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding. Yangzijiang sinks after a major BlackRock selldown, while Singtel finds a bid. Hosted by Michelle Martin with Ryan Huang.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Asian markets looked set for a cautious open Thursday, as US stocks pulled back and bond prices climbed ahead of a key Fed gathering in Jackson Hole. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 slipped, while Treasuries rallied on tempered inflation concerns. Meanwhile, Chinese shares listed in the US bucked the trend with gains. All eyes now turn to Fed Chair Jerome Powell's upcoming remarks for clues on the September rate path. For more on the markets, we check in with Tim Pagliara, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer at CapWealth.Plus - Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing CEO Bonnie Chan is upbeat that the return of international investors will help sustain momentum amid a boom in listings and trading. Hong Kong's stock market has boomed this year, with its benchmark index surging and share sales posting a strong recovery as Chinese firms flock to raise capital. That in turn has boosted trading volumes, one of the main drivers of earnings for the exchange. We bring you part of Chan's conversation with Bloomberg's Yvonne Man.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EV Battery maker CATL lists on the Hong Kong stock exchange, sending shares soaring. It's the world's largest IPO this year. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer re-sets relations with the EU, promising to boost Britain's global trade standing but the move provokes anger domestically. JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says markets and central banks are ‘complacent' about risk amid a ballooning U.S. deficit, tariffs and rising global tensions.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Graham and Angus interview Bonnie Chan, the 55 year old CEO of Hong Kong Exchange, where she shares how weight training supports her leadership and well-being. Recently ranked the 6th most powerful woman in Asia by Forbes, Bonnie leads HKEX — the world's fifth largest stock market, which also owns the London Metal Exchange. She explains how lifting helps her stay mentally sharp and physically strong for the demands of her global role, which involves frequent travel. The discipline of training, she says, builds resilience, supports her longevity, and enhances the clarity she brings to high-stakes decision-making. She's also embedded fitness into the culture of the organisation, believing that strong bodies support strong minds — and that shared movement creates a positive, fun working environment that energizes the whole team.

At FIA Boca50, Walt Lukken sat down with Bonnie Chan, CEO of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited. They discussed her career, some of her impressive early wins at HKEX, the stock connect program, the US/China relationship, her management style and a movie that recently inspired her.

HKEX CEO Bonnie Chan discusses the HKEX Connect Summit and the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's cross-border stock link. She speaks with Bloomberg's Stephen Engle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In dieser Folge wenden wir uns nach Fernost und betrachten den Vertreter eines der profitabelsten Geschäftsmodelle überhaupt an, das zudem in den kommenden Jahren und Jahrzehnten über ausgezeichnete Wachstumsperspektiven verfügt. Gemeinsam mit Alan Galecki werfe ich einen Blick auf die Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), deren Vorläufer als zweitälteste Börse Asiens bereits 1891 gegründet wurde. Nach zahlreichen Übernahmen und Fusionen erfolgte im Jahr 2000 der Börsengang auf der eigenen Plattform. Heute ist die HKEX die siebtgrößte Börse weltweit und hinter Tokio und Shanghai die drittgrößte in Asien. Der Sponsor dieser Podcastfolge ist Freedom24. Der kostengünstige Broker bietet sowohl per Onlineplattform als auch per App Zugang zu den 15 größten Wertpapierbörsen in Amerika, Europa und Asien inklusive attraktiv verzinster Multiwährungskonten. Ich bin selbst Kunde von Freedom24 führe dort ein Echtgeld-Portfolio. Alle Neukunden, die ein Depot über folgende Seite eröffnen, erhalten von mir ein Buchgeschenk als Dreingabe.

+200 базисных пунктов! Именно настолько в пятницу ЦБ повысил ставку. Теперь рисков в экономике больше, но и активы будут стоить дешевле. Время закупать длинные ОФЗ? А что с рынком акций? В новом выпуске «Итогов недели» разбираемся, зачем ЦБ так с нами и как работает трансмиссионный механизм российской экономики, обсудим новые платежные инструменты БРИКС и результаты ДКП. Какие акции уже на дне цикла, а для каких этот цикл может стать последним? О бессрочных облигациях Газпрома, вине китайцев и пустыни для «Самолета» расскажет Тимур Нигматуллин, а Ярослав Кабаков поддержит, поспорит, выскажет свое мнение и приободрит.Видеоверсия выпуска здесь ▶https://youtu.be/n3l5J5IqaL4Rutube▶https://rutube.ru/video/513a6c34242bcc92b8182b94138811e8/  ======ПОЛЕЗНЫЕ ССЫЛКИ======

На волне девальвации понадобятся инструменты с фиксированной доходностью. Что лучше выбрать, ОФЗ или фонды ликвидности? В новом выпуске "Итогов недели" вместе с Ярославом Кабаковым и Тимуром Нигматуллиным обсудим статистику по инфляции, данные по безработице и новые проинфляционные факторы на российском рынке. Оценим сезон отчетностей в США и поймем, почему американские инвесторы страдают? И будет ли страдать рынок недвижимости в Китае, ведь волна стагнации, кажется, на подходе. Видеоверсия выпуска здесь ▶ https://youtu.be/dxeHiuT9nCsRutube▶ https://rutube.ru/video/4d6b2e1b62c8f8a664d9ce044922a549/  ======ПОЛЕЗНЫЕ ССЫЛКИ======

Плавающая ставка по ипотеке спасает банки и результаты Сбера становятся не так плохи, как обычные результаты ВТБ. Но последний умеет находить резервы, о чем свидетельствует разрешение на выкуп акций у недружественных стран. Что происходит в банковской сфере и как инфляция и высокая ставка влияют на ключевые секторы российской экономики, разбираемся в новом выпуске «Итогов недели». На этот раз с Ярославом Кабаковым и Тимуром Нигматуллиным.Видеоверсия выпуска здесь ▶https://youtu.be/vQuQXc1jidIRutube▶https://rutube.ru/video/a48ffff4de65f50503cc47d2893a6820/  ======ПОЛЕЗНЫЕ ССЫЛКИ======

Блумберг ошибся: на оборону по новому бюджету заложено больше денег, чем ожидалось. И это первый проинфляционный риск. Рост тарифов ЖКХ в следующем году и утильсбор – второй и третий. А что дальше: ждем повышения ставки? Лучше адаптируем инвестиционный портфель под реалии российского рынка. В этом нам поможет инвестконсультант Марат Райхель и шеф-редактор «Финама» Дарья Терновская. В новом выпуске «Итогов недели» разбираем с экспертами главные экономические новости и их влияние на рынок акций и облигаций. Видеоверсия выпуска здесь ▶ https://youtu.be/AcM4JFaTVOsRutube▶ https://rutube.ru/video/0f3ea324adb50d85d959c241bea8d827/ ======ПОЛЕЗНЫЕ ССЫЛКИ======

Investing, stocks, commodities, crypto and everything in between. This biweekly podcast with a focus on exchange-traded funds will guide you through the financial markets in Asia and beyond. Sponsored by HKEX.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Investing, stocks, commodities, crypto and everything in between. This biweekly podcast with a focus on exchange-traded funds will guide you through the financial markets in Asia and beyond. Sponsored by HKEX.

Investing, stocks, commodities, crypto and everything in between. This biweekly podcast with a focus on exchange-traded funds will guide you through the financial markets in Asia and beyond. Sponsored by HKEX.

Investing, stocks, commodities, crypto and everything in between. This biweekly podcast with a focus on exchange-traded funds will guide you through the financial markets in Asia and beyond. Sponsored by HKEX.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Investing, stocks, commodities, crypto and everything in between. This biweekly podcast with a focus on exchange-traded funds will guide you through the financial markets in Asia and beyond. Sponsored by HKEX.

Investing, stocks, commodities, crypto and everything in between. This biweekly podcast with a focus on exchange-traded funds will guide you through the financial markets in Asia and beyond. Sponsored by HKEX.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Innovent Biologics, Inc. (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company, and IASO Biotechnology, a biopharmaceutical company, jointly announced the agreement on a series of cooperation, including IASO Bio's purchase from Innovent regarding its relevant right of FUCASO® (Equecabtagene Autoleucel), as well as Innovent's equity investment in IASO Bio. MAX Power Mining Corp. ( CSE: MAXX; OTC: MAXXF ; FRANKFURT: 89N ) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Strategic Alliance with Larin Engineering HHC of Prague, Czech Republic, a pioneering international engineering firm specializing in Natural Hydrogen, to target the first accumulations of Natural Hydrogen gas in the United States. For more information, please visit StockDayMedia.com

Innovent Biologics, Inc. (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company announced that clinical data of IBI363 (first-in-class PD-1/IL-2 α-bias bispecific antibody fusion protein) in advanced solid tumors are presented at the 2024 ESMO Virtual Plenary. Fifty 1 Labs, Inc. (OTCPK: CAFI), a holding company that operates in the sports supplement, fitness equipment, and health and wellness industries is pleased to provide an update to its shareholders regarding recent strategic initiatives and significant developments within the company. Over the past several months, Fifty 1 Labs has been diligently working behind the scenes to position itself for sustained long-term success and robust growth. For more information, please visit StockDayMedia.com

Positron Corporation (OTC: POSC), a leading molecular imaging medical device company offering Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET and PET-CT) imaging systems and clinical services, is pleased to announce its membership in the national alliance Cardiac PET Industry Coalition, an organization at the forefront of quality of patient care, advocacy and innovation to advance the field of cardiovascular PET imaging. Forbes has published 2024 Forbes The Global 2000 ranking. Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China , Ltd. (HKEX: 2318 / 82318; SSE: 601318) ranked 29th among global enterprises. It is number 2 among global insurance companies, number 6 among Chinese companies and number 1 among China's insurance companies. For more information, please visit StockDayMedia.com

Насколько устойчив бизнес Новатэк и как повлияют новые санкции на компанию? Есть ли перспективы у Газпрома или инвесторам не стоит теплить надежду? Об акциях нефтегазового сектора, падении бумаг и санкциях, влияющих на компании отрасли, говорили в новом выпуске "Итогов недели" вместе с Ярославом Кабаковым и аналитиком Сергеем Кауфманом. 

Trend Micro Incorporated ( TYO: 4704 ; TSE: 4704 ), a global cybersecurity leader, announced plans to demo a new data center solution, using NVIDIA technology, for security-conscious business and government customers harnessing the power of AI. This is just one of multiple AI security solutions being shown for the first time at COMPUTEX 2024. Innovent Biologics, Inc. (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company announced that results from the pivotal Phase 2 TRUST-I study conducted in China evaluating taletrectinib, next-generation ROS1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) and will be highlighted in an oral presentation at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. For more information, please visit StockDayMedia.com

Florian Söllner, leitender Redakteur bei DER AKTIONÄR, blickt jede Woche auf die spannendsten Entwicklungen im Tech-Sektor.

In this episode, Judy Lee, Vincent Chan, and Kelly Tang discuss the expanded paperless listing regime proposed by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) and highlight the legal requirements in the relevant offshore jurisdictions. They also explore the HKEX's recent consultation paper and share insights on what these amendments mean for listed companies.About ApplebyAppleby is one of the world's leading international law firms. Our global teams of legal specialists advise public and private companies, financial institutions and private individuals. We are a full service law firm providing comprehensive, expert advice and services across corporate, dispute resolution, property, regulatory, and private client and trusts practice areas. We have offices in ten highly regarded, well-regulated global locations, operating in nine and practising the laws of eight jurisdictions. Our office locations include the key international jurisdictions of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Mauritius, and the Seychelles, as well as the international financial centres of Hong Kong and Shanghai....

Welcome to the Courtside Financial podcast! In this episode, we have a special guest: Marty, a NIO enthusiast and CEO of a technology integrations company. Marty joins us to discuss the latest news surrounding NIO's Technology License Agreement with Forseven Limited. Back in February 2024, NIO Inc. (NYSE: NIO; HKEX: 9866; SGX: NIO) made waves by announcing its subsidiary, NIO Technology (Anhui) Co., Ltd., had entered into a technology license agreement with Forseven Limited, a subsidiary of CYVN Holdings L.L.C. Under this agreement, NIO granted Forseven a non-exclusive, non-transferrable worldwide license to utilize its existing and future technical information, solutions, software, and intellectual property rights related to smart electric vehicle platforms. Forseven will leverage these technologies for the development, manufacturing, sales, and after-sales services of Forseven-branded vehicles. Marty, being a NIO enthusiast and CEO of a technology integrations company, provides valuable insights into the implications of this agreement for NIO and the broader electric vehicle market. Tune in as Marty shares his thoughts on NIO's strategic move, the potential impact on Forseven's market position, and the implications for the electric vehicle industry as a whole. Join the Courtside Financial community on Discord at: https://discord.gg/GSbp4wR Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Don't miss this insightful discussion! Subscribe to the Courtside Financial podcast for more expert analyses on finance, investing, and market trends. Keywords: NIO, Forseven Limited, Technology License Agreement, electric vehicles, Marty, technology integrations, finance, investing, market analysis, Courtside Financial podcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtsidefinancial/support

Struck by the slow progress on gender equality in her industry, Nasrine co-founded the Hong Kong Board Directors Investor's Initiative in 2018 with the goal of influencing the investor/investee sphere to act on the important topic of board diversity. She is passionate about driving change at the top levels in Hong Kong when it comes to board diversity, using both her day job to highlight the corporate governance aspects of board diversity, as well as the Investor's Initiative to drive the conversation at the wider level. Listen or watch our CEO Janet Ledger interview Nasrine about:

Welcome to another episode of the Impulso Podcast. This week was surely eventful and in this episode, we are going to cover in detail Flash Coffee closing, J&T's upcoming IPO, and finally Foodpanda appointing new CEO.   Singapore-headquartered Flash Coffee exits Singapore to focus more on promising markets. Note that this closure is following exits in Taiwan and Japan that took place last year. Why did this happen and why now? What are some of the things coffee companies need to consider before coming to or expanding to Singapore? How do some companies have a flawed approach when it comes to differentiating themselves?   Indonesian courier J&T Global is planning an IPO on the 27th of October on Hong Kong Exchange, they are aiming to raise half a billion US$, which would be the second largest IPO on HKEX.  Now, we did cover J&T extensively in our report “Who is J&T”,  which you can find below, as well as a complimentary report: J&T Express: highlights of draft IPO prospectus, so we will not go too much into company background. Our expert will delve into the most interesting parts of the prospectus and as well as discuss the state of logistics in South East Asia.   Foodpanda has removed its chief executive officer after he allegedly leaked confidential information about the platform's potential sale to Grab. John Fang, who held the position of chief international officer, will succeed Angele as the company's new CEO and continue to lead and oversee Foodpanda's business. How has Foodpanda's performance changed since last year? Does it justify the price of the deal that was disclosed by the media? How can Grab ultimately benefit from the deal? Stay tuned and find more in this episode!   Featured this week:   Who is J&T report -> Who is J&T? | Momentum Works J&T Express: Highlights Of Draft IPO Prospectus -> J&T Express: Highlights of draft IPO prospectus | Momentum Works

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news  Bitcoin is up slightly at $27,746 Eth is down slightly at $1,637 BNB is up slightly at $212 Jury selection complete, opening statements made in SBF trial. HKEX introduces HKEX Synapse FriendTech introduces email 2FA to combat SIM swapping attacks. a16z leads $26M round for Blackbird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is there so much enthusiasm around VinFast? How are the SGX and HKEX making their money? Could there be more rate hikes in the US? How is Sembcorp Marine dealing with a corruption scandal? Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang unravel these questions and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hong Kong's stock exchange missed profit estimates in the second quarter due to sluggish trading and a slow pace of IPOs. HKEX CEO Nicolas Aguzin discusses the long term outlook of China's economy and the challenges it faces. He speaks with hosts Jonathan Ferro and Lisa Abramowicz.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is one of the largest in the world and also in Asia. But it is seeing the lowest number of IPOs in 20 years in the first half of 2023. Nicolas Aguzin, Chief Executive Officer of HKEX shares with us their look north policy, and strategies for growth in a rising competition landscape.

Singapore shares opened muted today after stock markets in the United States and Europe closed mostly higher with the earnings season now in full swing.  In early trade, the Straits Times Index edged up 0.07 point to 3,265.21 points after 81.3 million securities changed hands in the broader market.  In terms of companies to watch for today, we have Keppel DC Reit. Its distribution per unit for the first half of the financial year ended Jun 30 inched up 0.04 per cent from the same period a year ago. Elsewhere from China's top leaders vowing more support for the struggling economy to Hong Kong's Exchanges and Clearing being on the charm offensive to attract companies to list in the city, and to Europe's economic outlook, more international headlines are in focus.  On Market View, the Drive Time team dived into the details with David Poh, Head of Investment and ESG Strategies, South Asia, Amundi.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greetings & welcome back to the rose bros podcast.This episode we are joined by the Honorable Rick Orman - CEO of Surmont Energy & Former Alberta MLA/Cabinet Minister.Mr. Orman has more than 50 years of business experience serving as Chairman, CEO and Corporate and Lead Director of a number of publicly traded companies listed on the TSE, TSX, NASDAQ and HKEX, including  NovAtel Inc., Daylight Energy Ltd and Sinopec Daylight Ltd. He is a director of Persta Resources Inc., WesCan Energy Corp., CannaPharmaRx, and Spoke Resources Ltd., and, since 2020, Surmont Energy Ltd.From 1986-1993 he was twice elected to the Alberta Legislature and served in three portfolios – Minister of Employment, Minister of Labour, Minister of Energy. Mr. Orman graduated from Eastern Washington University (Honors) in 1971.Among other things we sat down and discussed energy entrepreneurship, working alongside numerous Alberta Premiers, recruiting Ralph Klein & the Alberta Advantage.Enjoy.This podcast episode is sponsored by Connate Water Solutions.Do you need cost effective water sourcing options to supply your next drilling or completions program?Connate Water Solutions is a specialized hydrogeology company focused on water well drilling, testing and water management services in Western Canada and Texas.Contact info@connatewater.com or www.connatewater.com for more details.This podcast is sponsored by Headracingcanada.comLooking for high performance ski gear this winter? In partnership with 4x-Olympian Manny-Osborne Paradis, Headracingcanada.com is offering the lowest prices possible through its online storefront, by passing brick and mortar savings to customers. Check out  Headracingcanada.com for more info on high performance gear for the upcoming ski season.      Support the show

Новые стратегии аналитиков «Финама»

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing launches dual counter scheme, Heart Aerospace appoints John Slattery as non-executive chairman, Singapore to regulate electricity markets, Rolls-Royce walks away from single-aisle aircraft market, Hearst Communications among final bidders for WGSN, Walmart opens 2.2 million-square-foot fulfillment center, and Kainos CEO Brendan Mooney to step down after 22 years.

Если рубль дешевеет, значит это кому-нибудь нужно? Главные вопросы и споры о новостной финансовой повестке за неделю, ключевые событиях и их интерпретациях – в новом выпуске наших «Итогов » вместе с ведущими Ярославом Кабаковым, Тимуром Нигматуллиным и гостем программы, Алексеем Бачеровым.  Видеоверсия выпуска https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gk2CaITCug&t=425sСпецтариф и бонусы в "Финаме" https://clck.ru/347Usg

Аналитика по банкам https://clck.ru/34grtQ Запасаемся попкорном и снова наблюдаем за противостоянием «Сбера» и ВТБ! Прозрачные отчеты, мощные дивиденды и растущая цена акций у одного... И ничего похожего у другого. Зато как будто супердешево и может мощно отрасти. И что же выбрать инвестору? В новых «Итогах недели» прицельно смотрим на банковский сектор в России, Китае и США, в этом поможет аналитик «Финама» по финсектору Игорь Додонов. А еще поговорим о курсе рубля, инфляции и совсем чуть-чуть о дефолте. Приятного просмотра! Аналитика по банкам https://clck.ru/34grtQ Предыдущие «ИТОГИ» здесь https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py380eeKjH4&t=6s

Аналитики «Финама» представили стратегию на II КВ 2023 года

В "Итогах недели" говорим о самом важном на финансовых рынках. Сегодня обсуждаем, когда закроется дивидендный гэп Сбера, как осуществлять транзакции после ухода Райффайзенбанка и что происходит с рынком недвижимости в США и в России?  И как всегда делимся самыми интересными инвестидеями. Видеоверсия выпуска

James Fok is a veteran financial and strategic advisor to corporations and governments. He served as a senior executive at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) from 2012 until 2021. While there, he played a major role in a number of landmark financial markets initiatives, including the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme (2014), Bond Connect (2017) and the Hong Kong market's Listing Reforms (2018). Prior to HKEX, Fok worked as an investment banker in both Europe and Asia, specialising in the financial services sector. James is the author of the recently published book: Financial Cold War: A View of Sino-US Relations from the Financial Markets (2021). In this podcast we discuss: 1) The impact of the global financial crisis on the US and China. 2) How US-China relations have shifted since the Second World War. 3) China's demographic challenge. 4) China dynastic history and what it tells us about China. 5) The need for China capital market reforms. 6) Reliance of China on the US dollar financial system. 7) The impact of Russia sanctions. 8) Costs to the US of dollar dominance. 9) Why Cold War analogies are incorrect. 10) How China's reliance on food and energy imports affects its view on US containment policies. 11) Potential reforms to reduce US-China tensions. 12) The role of HK as a bridge between East and West. 13) Books that influenced James: The Quiet American (Greene) and Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China (Vogel).

In this episode of Market View, Abhilash Narayan Senior Investment Strategist, Standard Chartered Private Bank joins Michelle Martin as they take a deep dive into what the Singapore market is best known for among institutional investors today, China's latest attack at the US's plan to expand American chipmaking and the possibility of Indonesia imposing nickel export tax this year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On todays episode of the WTFinance podcast I welcomed back James Fok, a veteran financial and strategic advisor to corporations and governments and author of the recently released book "Financial Cold War: A View of Sino-US Relations from the Financial Markets". Buy the book here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Financial-Cold-War-Sino-US-Relations-ebook/dp/B09NTB7P3Z/On the podcast we talked about how Ukraine-Russia conflict has changed US-Sino relations, the challenge with sanctions, whether things could escalate between US and China and how international markets overreact to Chinese policies. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction0:29 - How has Ukraine-Russia conflict changed US-Sino relations?6:10 - Would international investment need to evolve from state-backed to private investment?8:19 - Will China need to float currency for further international investment?13:10 - How would the changes occur within China?19:15 - Were you surprised by the sanctions that were put on Russia?23:55 - What changes are needed to be made for Hong Kong to gain trust back?30:14 - Could things escalate between US and China?34:25 - Japanification of China into the future?39:00 - Overreacting to Chinese policies?42:15 - Will Covid-Zero have an impact on Chinese economy?48:04 - China invading Taiwan in the coming years?50:30 - What should listeners take away from our interview?51:40 - Misunderstandings between the West and China?James Fok is a veteran financial and strategic advisor to corporations and governments. He served as a senior executive at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) from 2012 until 2021, during a period of rapid internationalisation in China's capital markets. While there, he played a major role in a number of landmark financial markets initiatives, including the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme (2014), Bond Connect (2017) and the Hong Kong market's Listing Reforms (2018). Prior to HKEX, Fok worked as an investment banker in both Europe and Asia, specialising in the financial services sector.Fok has written and spoken extensively about market structure issues and the intersection between geopolitics and international finance. He serves or has served on a number of financial industry bodies, including Ireland for Finance's Industry Advisory Committee (2021-), the Executive Board of the International Securities Services Association (2018-21), and the Financial Services Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council (2014-21). He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Hex Trust (2021-).Fok holds a BA (Hons) from the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. He lives in Hong Kong with his wife and two sons.James Fok -Website - https://jamesafok.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-fok-24082237/WTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

On this episode Leo interviews Steven Yung. He brings extensive management insights from leading multinational and local companies in Asia and the U.S.A. With a proven track record throughout the value chain via leadership roles in Consumer, Brand Innovation, Media & Entertainment, Property, Manufacturing, Retail, FinTech industries, his experiences range from CEO of HKEx-listed Imagi International and took China's #1 iconic IP to new heights via partnership with top global / Disney & local / Hauyi Brothers Movie & Licensing ventures ... led the successful IPO as Chairman of Clear Media / JV with NYSE-listed Clear Channel Worldwide ... General Manager / Office of the Chairman of HKEx-listed Sino Land Group ... President of NYSE-listed Nielsen Media International responsible for all operations outside of the U.S... Managing Director of Nielsen Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China ... Director of Jardine /DFI responsible for buying / merchandising / marketing of various retail brands 7-Eleven & Wellcome, etc.Based in the HQ of The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Steven was the first Asian to lead Global Marketing services in partnership with internal leaders in 200 countries worldwide and external partners such as Olympics, NBA, Disney, NFL, McDonald's, and more.As Director of Marketing Operations, Steven led a transformative integrated marketing deal with the All-Business Airline of Donald Trump via “Minute Maid ~ Official Juice of Trump Shuttle” in New York, Boston & Washington DC. This success led to & inspired a nationwide multi-year cause-marketing campaign to raise money to support USA Olympic Hopefuls. This impactful pitch was launched via unprecedented roadblock simulcast in over 200 terrestrial, cable & satellite channels preceded with a public service announcement by President Bush to rally community support of Olympic Hopefuls! His significant accomplishments were recognized with a citation as “agent of change”Born in Shanghai, Steven grew up in the multicultural Hong Kong ~ Asia's World City! To pay for his own college education with dual majors in Communication & Sociology, Steven started his career as a popular DJ / producer of Youth & Music Programs in the broadcasting industry. Highlight was his Producer role in Hong Kong's ‘Woodstock Live' Concert at the famous Rugby 7 Stadium. Leveraging his insightful knowledge in Youth & Music, Steven joined McCann Erickson International responsible for advertising & promotion of Coca- Cola and the successful launches of Sprite, Diet Coke, Hi-C, Bonaqua, and more throughout Asia. He was invited to join The Coca-Cola Company as Head of New Products onward to be the Chief Marketing Officer for the region ... before his promotion to Houston / Minute Maid HQ ... and upward to join / lead the Global Marketing of The Coca-Cola Company based in Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.As a firm believer to continuously give back to the community, Steven's diverse philanthropic roles included Board Director of Heifer International, Little Rock, Arkansas, Chairman of Investment Committee of Youth Global Network & Tao Fong Shan Foundation, Chairman of Youth Foundation, Board Director of Alpha Asia Foundation, Breakthrough, Child Development Matching Fund, Quality Mentoring Network, etc.Connect with Steven on LinkedIn Self-learning is of paramount importance in the business world, listen to your international peers and step up your game.Connect with the host Leonardo Marra on LinkedIn Follow the page on LinkedIn 

The offshore market is a special part of China's capital market. Due to limited convertibility of Chinese currency, domestic securities denominated and priced in foreign jurisdictions using fully convertible foreign currencies have long been the most recognizable Chinese assets in global capital markets. Amid China's dramatic economic growth over the past few decades, both supply and demand of Chinese assets surged. The offshore market allows Chinese companies to raise equity and debt capital overseas and enables international investors to easily gain exposure to China's exceptional growth potential. China's offshore market exhibits both greater volatility and attractive returns. Investing in China does bring different risks and greater unpredictability, as illustrated by authorities' crackdowns on offshore-traded tech enterprises and the wave of defaults of offshore-issued property bonds. In the sixth and last episode of “China Finance With a Cup of Tea,” Caixin invited Ms. Christina Bao, the Co-Head of Sales & Marketing at HKEX, and Mr. Kinger Lau, Chief China Equity Strategist at Goldman Sachs, to share their insights on what international investors should know about and how to navigate China's offshore market.

On todays podcast we are happy to be hosting James A Fok, author of the book " Financial Cold War: A View of Sino-US Relations from the Financial Markets". On the podcast we talk about the book, what is the Financial Cold War, why the conflict is different to the Cold War between the US and USSR and what solutions could resolve the tensions between the two countries. You can buy the book here - Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Financial-Cold-War-Sino-US-Relations-ebook/dp/B09NTB7P3Z/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1WZ88SHXSZ2EY&keywords=The+Financial+Cold+War&qid=James Fok is a veteran financial and strategic advisor to corporations and governments. He served as a senior executive at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) from 2012 until 2021, during a period of rapid internationalisation in China's capital markets. While there, he played a major role in a number of landmark financial markets initiatives, including the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme (2014), Bond Connect (2017) and the Hong Kong market's Listing Reforms (2018). Prior to HKEX, Fok worked as an investment banker in both Europe and Asia, specialising in the financial services sector.Fok has written and spoken extensively about market structure issues and the intersection between geopolitics and international finance. He serves or has served on a number of financial industry bodies, including Ireland for Finance's Industry Advisory Committee (2021-), the Executive Board of the International Securities Services Association (2018-21), and the Financial Services Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council (2014-21). He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Hex Trust (2021-).Fok holds a BA (Hons) from the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. He lives in Hong Kong with his wife and two sons.James Fok:Website - https://jamesafok.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-fok-24082237/WTFinance:Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Charles Li, former Chief Executive of HKEX, discusses the importance of SMEs to China's economy, how to enhance their access to financing, and the nation's evolving regulatory environment in the context of his new venture, Micro Connect.