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Mike Williams, Founder and President of The Williams Group, sits down with SFA CEO Michael Bright to examine some of the barriers preventing Capitol Hill staffers from looking more like the country they represent. Hear how intentionality is integral to any successful diversity and inclusion recruitment and retention strategy and how diverse teams empower individual thought and authentic allyship.
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During this episode of Bright Ideas, SFA CEO Michael Bright sits down with Latesha Byrd, CEO, and Founder of Byrd Consulting to discuss allyship, what it means, and how to practice it. Please join us for our upcoming workshop with Latesha Byrd on June 24. We’ll discuss all things authentic allyship and how to talk about race in the workplace. Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/2TVbQRK
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The Structured Finance Association (SFA) released a new episode of its podcast series, Bright Ideas. In the episode, host and SFA CEO Michael Bright sits down with Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, for a wide-ranging conversation on the economics of debt, the likelihood of global inflation, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected home and gas prices in the context of wage growth.
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On this episode of Bright ideas, Michael Bright sits down with Dr. Malva Reid, Assistant Chief Academic Officer for Graduate and Online education and Academic Partnership, for the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). During their conversation, Michael and Dr. Reid discuss the partnership between SFA and UDC, the effect of the pandemic on UDC, social justice in DC, and – given her 27-year tenure at Amtrak - the future of rail in the U.S.
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Michael Bright is joined by SFA President Kristi Leo and dv01’s Perry Rahbar and Charlie Oshman.
They discuss what Environmental, Social, and Governance Investing (ESG) is, why it’s taking the finance market by storm, and what data is needed for ESG.
If you have a suggestion for a topic or a guest for Bright Ideas, please email [email protected].
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On this episode of Bright Ideas, SFA CEO Michael Bright is joined by infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist Dr. Peter Leone, who is a frequent speaker to policymakers both on Capitol Hill and in DC. During their conversation, they discuss the COVID-19 vaccine, the inability to give people the vaccine, and what they expect will happen with COVID-19 in the future.
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Michael sits down with Politico reporter Katy O’Donnell to discuss how COVID-19 has shined a light on the long-existing racial disparity in housing. The conversation focuses on issues of homeownership in communities of color historically, what will happen to Black and Latino communities once the current eviction moratorium is over, and how the White House and government are responding to the issue right now.
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Michael Bright sits down with Isaac Boltansky from Compass Point. During their conversation, they discuss their expectations for the new Biden administration – from legislation to regulation to personnel - and how major policy changes could impact the financial services market.
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On this episode of Bright Ideas, Michael Bright sits down with Politico reporter Victoria Guida to analyze the dynamics of the Fed, Treasury, and OCC and the implications of their policy positions, and to discuss what it’s like covering policy substance during one of the strangest years in our lifetimes.
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Michael Bright is joined by the only Ph.D. physicist serving in Congress, Rep. Bill Foster (D, IL-11). Together, they discuss scientific discovery and its uses in financial services, reflecting on Rep. Foster's role as Chair of the House Financial Services Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and member of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee.
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On the latest episode of SFA’s podcast, Bright Ideas, SFA CEO Michael Bright spoke with labor economist and renowned social and political commentator Dr. Julianne Malveaux about diversity and race relations. During the podcast, several issues were addressed, including the efforts SFA is making to diversify the structured finance field, the recent George Floyd protests, and the pitfalls of performative allyship.
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Assessing how the pandemic has hit some of our most vulnerable communities, and how policymakers can help.
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Three months after new TALF was announced, it went live on June 17th - but a lot has happened in those three months. Markets have recovered, stimulus bills have been passed, the country “flattened the curve” with COVID, and now we are looking at the next sets of potential risks. But will this all last? And how much did TALF provide a calming effect to ABS sectors? In this podcast, we will talk macro credit and look at some sectors that did – and some that did not – get included in TALF’s safety net.
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Three months after new TALF was announced, it went live on June 17th – but a lot has happened in those three months. Markets have recovered, stimulus bills have been passed, the country “flattened the curve” with COVID-19, and now we are looking at the next sets of potential risks. But will this all last? And how much did TALF provide a calming effect to ABS sectors? In this podcast, we will talk macro credit and look at some sectors that did – and some that did not – get included in TALF’s safety net.
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Michael interviews Marco Davis, President and CEO of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, where they discuss the impact on the Latino community of COVID-19, institutional bias, and the ongoing protests, as well as how Wall Street can help young Latinos gain access to jobs in finance coming out of college.
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SFA CEO Michael Bright discusses the current COVID-19 crisis against the backdrop of past epidemics with infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist Dr. Peter Leone.
