A Dictionary of Finance

A big part of finance (and life) is about trying to figure out what will happen in the future. Will the market go up? Wi... Read more

The corporate balance sheet explained—from the reason companies make one, down to the obscure terms that appear on it. I... Read more

Imagine you are shopping for a new car—and not just based on the colour. You might consider the number of people it fits... Read more

Equity and bond markets collectively are known as the capital markets. The capital markets are mechanisms for raising ca... Read more

Allar and Matt uncover the imaginative names for fast-growing new companies, from unicorns to gazelles, dragons and…cock... Read more

If you want to know how mergers and acquisitions work, you’d best ask a lawyer. Because there are legions of them involv... Read more

A PPP is a public-private partnership. It delivers long-term infrastructure through the private sector. The public secto... Read more

An event that carries risk can generate harm or a loss. A certain level of risk has to be accepted by, for example, a ba... Read more

Find out how macroeconomics works with an overview of Adam Smith and the invisible hand, the Keynesian approach and the ... Read more

Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. And do not play Monopoly, if you want to learn about finance. Instead, play a game ... Read more

You don’t need a Ph.D to run bank risk models. But it helps. So A Dictionary of Finance got two superterrific scientists... Read more

In this episode of ‘A Dictionary of Finance’ podcast we invited Per-Erik Eriksson, head of inclusive finance at the Euro... Read more

First: a shout-out to our 7 listeners in Mongolia! Our statistics show we really do have listeners all over the world, a... Read more

‘Monster Under the Bed’ is a new season of podcasts by the European Investment Bank that tackles myths and prejudices we... Read more

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Financial engineers don’t wear hard hats, even though some of the stuff they figure out is so complicated it might at fi... Read more

Forget the dystopian images of overcrowded, polluting cities. When urban life is well-planned and well-managed it’s bett... Read more

It took us 50-plus episodes of ‘A Dictionary of Finance’ podcast to realize we haven’t covered some of the very basics: ... Read more

Here’s why you should be even more scared of cybercrime and the rising cost of cybercrime preventionYou probably think t... Read more

Let’s face it, people don’t like bankers. But that’s because they don’t know about social finance. On this week’s episod... Read more