Episode 9 - Deborah Taylor: ESG Investing and Equity Research

03/09/20 • 15 min

ACT Hosts Reeva Rathod and Lewis Patterson speak with Deborah Taylor, who was previously a Director at Barclays Investment Bank, focusing on Sustainable and Thematic Research. Deborah discusses the impact Environmental, Social and Governance factors are having on both the investment community and the Equity Research divisions of investment banks. She also gives her advice on students wishing to become involved with ESG Equity Research and Investing.

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Episode 8 - Dennis Sugrue: Credit Ratings Agencies and ESG Factors

Lewis Patterson chats with Dennis Sugrue, a Senior Director at Credit Rating Agency S&P Global Ratings. Dennis discusses the important role Credit Rating Agencies play in the market today, as well as covering the recent rise in Environmental, Social and Governance Factors (“ESG”) and their impact on credit analysis. Dennis also provides his advice on careers for finance students, highlighting the benefits of credit ratings as a platform for a career in finance.

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Episode 10 - Danyal and Lewis: Implications of COVID & Brexit on recruitment

Hosted by a fresh new team of vibrant Accounting students, the third season of the podcast is back in all its glory. In the first episode, our host Ronojit Dagupta interviews the hosts of the previous two seasons: Danyal Adnan, who is currently an investment banker at Qinvest and Lewis Patterson, who recently concluded his internship at Nomura. The guests walk down memory lane and discuss the story and people behind the inception of this podcast. The key theme of this podcast is centered around ‘Careers’. Danyal and Lewis having graduated during Brexit and Covid-19 job markets respectively, share their personal experiences navigating through tough job markets. They talk about being open-minded and diversifying applications, making the best use of networking events and why it is important to go a step beyond regular online applications, especially for international students.