Podcast Episodes

Speakers' Corner: What to make of the 2026 energy price shock?

The latest escalation in the Middle East has reignited concerns over higher energy prices, inflation and the outlook for UK growth. But is this shock…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bondcast Speakers' Corner: AI, productivity and market risk

In this edition of Bondcast: Speakers’ Corner, Imogen Bachra is joined by NatWest Director of Innovation, David Greenwald, to explore one of the defi…

2 months ago

The Week Ahead: 20 – 24 July

In this new series of Bondcast Week Ahead, Imogen Bachra shares her thoughts on what's moving markets in the coming five days. 

2 months ago

Higher oil prices again, but what next for rates?

In this week’s episode, Imogen Bachra is joined by Stuart Sparks and Giovanni Zanni to discuss what recent events mean for rates markets.

Fresh tensio…

2 months ago

Bondcast Speakers' Corner: Geopolitics and markets in summer '26

In this special edition of Bondcast Speakers' Corner, Imogen Bachra is joined by NatWest Group International Advisor Scott Livingstone to examine the…

2 months, 1 week ago

The Week Ahead: 13 – 17 July

Imogen Bachra looks ahead to a week shaped by renewed Middle East risk, key US inflation data, Chair Warsh’s testimony, UK political uncertainty, and…

2 months, 1 week ago

Are markets too quick to price more rate hikes?

Oil prices are back in focus, markets are repricing central bank risk, and politics is adding another layer of uncertainty across Europe and the UK. …

2 months, 1 week ago

Speakers' Corner: Are markets too optimistic on oil and global shipping?

Oil prices have retraced to pre-conflict levels following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and the reopening of the Strait. But doe…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Week Ahead: 6 July – 10 July 2026

Imogen Bachra shares her quick take on the big themes and events likely to move markets over the coming week. It’s a lighter but still market-moving …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

A deceptively important week for rates markets

This week on Bondcast, Imogen Bachra, Ian Vanderhorn, and Oriane Parmentier unpack a deceptively important week for rates markets: a mixed US labour …

2 months, 2 weeks ago