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Looking back on 2025, how did your expectations for global capital markets at the start of the year compare to how things actually played out by year-end? Sara-Louise Porter is a Director and the Head of Business Development at Aquis Stock Exchange: a UK-based primary and secondary market for equity and debt securities: We expected…

What’s your outlook for oil in 2026 given the risk and uncertainty surrounding recent events in Venezuela? Robert Bose, CEO of Sintana Energy (TSXV: SEI) (OTC: SEUSF) (LON:SEI): “While I expect the oil markets to continue to be weak on the back of oversupply, we are very excited about the opportunities we see to use…

Founder, Chief Economic Analyst, The Hamrick Brief on Substack, Mark Hamrick was the former Washington Bureau Chief for Bankrate. Interest Rate cuts: When the cuts happen next week, what happens next? The Federal Reserve is widely expected to begin walking down the path of interest rate easing with a reduction in its benchmark federal funds…

Jonathan Dickson is Head of EMEA at OTC Markets Group.  There’s been a notable uptick in fund flows into European equities. In your view, is this a short term rotation or are we seeing the early stages of a more sustained structural shift? Yes, in our market alone there has been a 71.3% increase YoY…

How do you handle a situation where the narrative in the market is already wrong but spreading fast? In a crisis, facts are often incomplete and it’s easy for misinformation to spread. When that begins to harm your reputation, it’s important to take control of the narrative and act decisively. The best way to do…

Fatima Dickey is the founder and portfolio manager at Lagoda Investment Management, a New York-based firm specializing in global fundamental equity investing. She is also a Business Advisor to Two Centuries Investments. Studies often suggest women portfolio managers take a more disciplined approach to risk. In your experience, is that difference real  or does it…

Diana Richey is an investor, tax attorney and a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), with over two decades in the financial world. She advises individuals, private funds, and multinational corporations and writes a Substack about investing.  Studies often suggest women portfolio managers take a more disciplined approach to risk. In your experience, is that difference real …

Dan Risdale is the head of Edison’s technology and telecoms team, with over 25 years of experience analysing and advising technology and telecoms companies. Prior to Edison, he worked in a variety of equity research and corporate finance roles at firms including Singer Capital Markets, Teathers, Bridgewell, RW Baird, and Nomura.  How has AI changed…

Ashley Stevenson is the CTO at Corero Network Security, was previously CEO of Reva Systems (acquired by Odin) and Xedia Corporation. You’ve been in tech since the 1980s, witnessing cycles from mainframes to dotcom to cloud. Today’s AI boom feels eerily similar to the dot-com frenzy. Is there anything different this time? Well the level…