T+1 Expert Masterclass

In our final episode of Season 5, we explore the outlook for the next financial year, drawing insights from the international community at the recent IMF gathering in Washington. We discuss blended finance, new currents in climate finance and the changing flow of international capital from established markets and developing economies. Join our regular hosts Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler with Jean-Marie Masse, visiting scholar at the IMF, and Jan Willems, Head of Global Markets, Clearstream.

In this episode, we take an in-depth look into the world of corporate treasury with the legendary fashion brand Hermès and fintech innovator TreasurySpring. With Thomas Bourbon (Hermès) and Henry Adams (TreasurySpring), we discuss the evolving role of repo and securities lending in corporate treasury operations, joined by Matthieu Topkimoff (Clearstream) and our regular hosts Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler.

On this show, Eva-Maria Keller and Thomas Daniels (Clearstream) join Jason Brown (Google Cloud) for a conversation with hosts Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler.Together, they explore post-trade platform initiatives, AI tools, and blockchain-based collateral management. As the ECB begins accepting digital collateral issued in CSDs, Clearstream, together with its partners, is positioned to shape market infrastructure, securities issuance, lending, and post-trade services well into the future.

Join us for a special, extended episode featuring interviews with keynote speakers, experts and leaders from this year's 30th anniversary GFF Summit and the Central Bank and Sovereign Wealth Fund Forum. We review recent updates from the ECB regarding DLT collateral, examining their impact on the markets, tokenization, stablecoins, and digital payment systems. Additionally, we discuss the EU's economic achievements and the increasing significance of the euro as a global reserve currency. Listeners will gain expert perspectives on current trends in finance and technology, including regulatory updates and market innovations. Featuring insights from leaders at ESM, Atlantic Council, Deutsche Börse, Clearstream, Coinbase, Circle, Eurex, ICMA, and Vermeg—including Kalin Anev Janse, James Fok, and Coralie Billman—this episode brings together top voices in the industry to provide valuable analysis and commentary.

In our Christmas special, we are joined by Charles Lichfield, Deputy Director of the Geoeconomics Center at the Atlantic Council, to discuss the major economic events and geopolitical shifts of 2025, and what we should expect next year. Charles will be the opening keynote speaker at our 2026 GFF Summit  and will also co-host the Central Bank and Sovereign Wealth Summit alongside our podcast hosts Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler. We are talking about reserve currencies, China, U.S.-EU relations and the major news stories of 2025. Don't miss it!

Join our expert T+1 guests, Kathie Waldie and Roy Zimmerhansl, for a feature-length exploration of the T+1 transition. We review the current progress across EU, UK, and Swiss workstreams, discuss implications for settlement discipline and operational changes, and consider the impact on securities lending, repo, and collateral management beyond the 2027 deadline. Join Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler for this lively chat about T+1 and the market impact for global funding and financing.

In this special episode, we chat with Kalin Anev Janse, CFO of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). We discuss the evolving role of the ESM, the Savings and Investments Union, ESG holdings and the role of the Euro as a global reserve currency. Join Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler for a lively chat about the future of EU finances and the role of the EU in the global economy of the future

This month, we take an in-depth look at the rapidly evolving world of cash management and FX with Carlo Kölzer, founding partner of 360T, and Lars Janssen, Head of Liquidity Solutions Product Development at Clearstream. We discuss the needs of market participants and central banks as they manage multi-currency accounts in times of extreme market volatility following trade tariffs, reduced settlement cycles, and intraday repo, joined by our regular hosts Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler

We are celebrating the 20th anniversary of GC Pooling®, Deutsche Börse Group’s segment tailored to meet the needs of short-term collateralized money market trading and financing, as well as efficient collateral management. This episode brings together some of the people who made it happen, as well as the leaders driving today’s innovations that ensure GC Pooling remains a high-tech channel at the heart of European money markets. Join Gerd Hartung, Marcel Naas, Dirk Rothenbach, Marton Szigeti, Carsten Hiller, Frank Gast, Jean-Robert Wilkin and our regular hosts Andrew Keith Walker and Christian Rossler for the story of how Clearstream and Eurex created this innovative CCP-cleared solution, and the largest regulated general collateral (GC) funding mechanism in Europe.

Join us for Season 5 of the GFF podcast with a deep dive into geoeconomics in 2025. We'll explore trade, tariffs, politics, markets, and economic trendsin the EU, UK, U.S., and beyond, featuring insights from Charles Lichfield, Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council's GeoEconomics Center.With nearly half of the world voting in recent national elections, what are the current geoeconomic trends? We will examine formal trading blocs, such as the EU, amid threats of trade wars and potential fragmentation. We will discuss U.S.-EU tariff relations as well as President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," and its impact on global capital flows and currencies. Additionally, we will look into the energy needs of developing countries, highlighting funding challenges and recent statements by World Bank President Ajay Banga on nuclear project funding.