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Jean-Paul Melaga is a recovering finance professional who's had a successful career in top-tier international banking. Jean-Paul worked for the likes of Standard Chartered Bank and Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi before becoming co-founding the mobile market research startup, Smart Phorce. In his last banking gig before pursuing a more personal entrepreneurial agenda, Jean-Paul served as Head of Africa at the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, where he was tasked with turning powerful people within that organisation on to Africa's investment potential-- basically, turning sceptics into believers. In this chat with Andile Masuku, Jean-Paul reflects candidly on his corporate experience and reveals how his banking background set him up for his second career in tech.
As you may or may not know, the Dakota Access Pipeline, known as DAPL, is funded by investment banks such as, Bank of America, HSBC, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Citibank, BNP Paribas, Sun Trust, Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Mizuho Bank, TD Bank, ABN Amro Capital, DNB First […]
Tom Keene and Michael McKee bring you the best in economics, finance, investment and international relations. Today in Surveillance, they discuss the Fed stress test with Brad Hintz, professor of finance at NYU; the labor market with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi's Chris Rupkey; and Brexit with Doug Kass, founder of Seabreeze Partners. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Two central banks held firm this week. But while the Bank of Japan's grip on its currency slipped, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen stayed very much in control of the dollar, as Derek Halpenny of Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi explains to Roger Blitz. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi's Chris Rupkey explains why there is a disconnect between strong economic data, and weak consumer sentiment. He joins Tom Keene and Michael McKee on Bloomberg Surveillance. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Loomis Sayles' David Sowerby speaks about the growth rate of the S&P 500. Loews' Jonathan Tisch talks about the health of the hotel industry. And Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi's Chris Rupkey reacts to initial jobless claims. All this and more on Bloomberg Surveillance with Tom Keene and Michael McKee. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Neil Dennis is joined by Lee Hardman, strategist at Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi to discuss central bank strategies as Sweden's Riksbank becomes the latest to lower its key interest rate in a bid to drive down its currency. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
With Fed officials underlining concerns over the exchange rate, Delphine Strauss, currencies correspondent, asks Derek Halpenny, strategist at Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, whether the dollar’s three month surge can continue; how the yen is affected by changing investment patterns in Japan and why politics is pressuring the pound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
With the US government shutdown weighing on the dollar, FT currencies correspondent Delphine Strauss is joined by Derek Halpenny, European head of global market research at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi. Can forex markets remain this calm if the debt talks drag on into next week? How much higher can the euro go? And with the yen's weakness apparently set to continue, what changes in behaviour might we see from Japanese institutional and retail investors? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
With several central bank meetings in the week ahead, FT currencies correspondent Alice Ross is joined by Derek Halpenny, head of European forex research at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi. What impact would there be on the euro if the ECB cut headline interest rates on Thursday? What does it mean for the dollar if the Fed provides guidance on how much longer QE will be needed? And why is the Swiss National Bank unlikely to raise the floor at which it buys euros to weaken the franc? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The announcement that Mark Carney will take over as the governor of the Bank of England next year came as a surprise to many. But what does the market think of his appointment and will he change his executive team? Also discussed are the latest developments in the libor scandal as Deutsche Bank provisions for a potential settlement, and concerns from the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi’s chief executive over the state of Japanese government bond investments See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The announcement that Mark Carney will take over as the governor of the Bank of England next year came as a surprise to many. But what does the market think of his appointment and will he change his executive team? Also discussed are the latest developments in the libor scandal as Deutsche Bank provisions for a potential settlement, and concerns from the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi’s chief executive over the state of Japanese government bond investments See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Derek Halpenny, European head of global currency research at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, talks to Alice Ross, FT currencies correspondent about why intervention from the Bank of Japan into the yen is unlikely despite the currency’s strength and why whilst the ECB’s bond buying programme is likely to restart, QE3 from the Fed is unlikely in August. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.