SmarterMarkets™

SmarterMarkets™

SmarterMarkets™ brings you the entrepreneurs, icons, and executives of commodities, capital markets, and technology to rant on the inadequacies of our systems and riff on ideas for how to improve them. Our weekly episodes explore how technology can be leveraged to redesign and improve markets to meet society’s biggest challenges, including climate change and the energy transition.

Episodes

November 15, 2025 29 mins

Re-engineering Tokenization continues this week with Carrie Jaquith, Global Head of Digital Product at Abaxx Technologies. David Greely sits down with Carrie to discuss what makes new technology adoptable by large institutions, the importance of it being interoperable and auditable, and why we should be thinking of augmenting existing PDF-based processes rather than replacing them as we re-engineer tokenization.

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This week on Re-engineering Tokenization, we welcome Peter Zaman, Partner at HFW Singapore, back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Peter to discuss the tokenization and fractionalization of commodities and real-world assets – and the law and customs that facilitate commodity trading by allowing for the transfer of ownership without the transfer of possession.

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We continue our Re-engineering Tokenization series this week by welcoming Phil Zimmermann, Creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Phil to discuss his work in cryptography and its role in establishing trust and preserving privacy online. Phil shares his thoughts on what we need to be doing to make sure our technology is helping – not hindering – us in building the type of s...

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This week on Re-engineering Tokenization, we continue our conversation with Ian Forester, Head of Product at Abaxx Technologies. David Greely sits down with Ian to pick up where we left off last week, digging in deeper on the use of cryptographically secured identity and signatures to take the next step from digitization to tokenization. David and Ian discuss Abaxx’s approach to the four pillars supporting trusted commercial transa...

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This week, we kick off our new series Re-engineering Tokenization with Josh Crumb and Ian Forester, CEO and Head of Product at Abaxx Technologies. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Josh and Ian to discuss asset tokenization and Abaxx Technologies’ approach to it – focusing on secure digital identity, privacy, and legal finality as the foundations for institutional grade commercial transactions.

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We present a special episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from the IETA North America Climate Summit 2025.

SmarterMarkets™ returned to the IETA North America Climate Summit to explore the challenges and opportunities defining the next phase of carbon market development.

This year’s conference examined emerging carbon pricing systems worldwide and the “how” and “when” of driving long-term growth — from the g...

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We close out our Catching Up On Climate series this week with Dave Ernsberger & Mark Eramo, Co-Presidents of S&P Global Commodity Insights and Members of S&P Global’s Executive Leadership Team. David Greely sits down with Dave and Mark to catch up on the state of U.S. policy and the global discussion on energy, climate, and sustainability after New York City Climate Week – and where we’re heading next.

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This week on Catching Up On Climate, we’re celebrating our 250th episode of SmarterMarkets™ with Hannah Hauman, Global Head of Carbon Trading at Trafigura. David Greely sat down with Hannah at the IETA North America Climate Summit in New York this week to catch up on how Article 6 and CORSIA are reshaping the global carbon markets. They discuss how countries are now framing their environmental goals, setting their climate ambitions...

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On our third installment of Catching Up On Climate, we welcome Dirk Forrister, President & CEO of IETA, back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Dirk to discuss what he and IETA have been focused on this past year – and what he sees as some of the most important things happening in climate and the carbon markets ahead of IETA's North America Climate Summit 2025.

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We continue Catching Up On Climate this week by welcoming Alexia Kelly back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Alexia is Managing Director of Carbon Policy and Markets Initiative at High Tide Foundation. David Greely sits down with Alexia to discuss what's been happening beneath the quiet surface of the voluntary carbon markets in order to get them ready for prime time and unlock the institutional capital these markets need.

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This week, we kick off our new series, Catching Up On Climate, where we'll be discussing the state of the climate, the energy transition, and carbon markets going into Climate Week New York City 2025.

 

We begin our new series by welcoming David Shukman back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Shukman is a journalist and former Science Editor at the BBC. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Shukman to catch up on how our e...

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We close out our Summer Playlist this week by welcoming Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director Emeritus at the International Energy Agency, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Nobuo Tanaka to discuss how the energy trilemma of balancing energy security, affordability, and environmental sustainability is shaping the energy and geopolitical landscape facing Japan and Korea – and what it means for the future of LNG ...

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We continue our Summer Playlist this week by welcoming Helima Croft back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Helima is Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity Strategy at RBC Capital Markets. David Greely sits down with Helima to discuss the state of the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, how and why the Trump administration may be turning to tariffs and trade deals to reduce Russian energy exports, and the con...

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On this week’s installment of Summer Playlist 2025, we welcome DJ Watkins and Chanel Host, Founder and Director of the Aspen Design Conference, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with DJ and Chanel to discuss their relaunch and reimagining of the historic International Design Conference in Aspen. Together, they explore how design thinking transforms ideas into innovations that build businesses and change our li...

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This week on Summer Playlist 2025, we welcome Yassir Benjelloun-Touimi, Co-Founder & CEO of ARTEX Global Markets, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Yassir to discuss how ARTEX is building the market infrastructure to broaden access to trading and investing in museum quality fine art – as well as the challenges and opportunities in creating a new asset class.

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We continue our Summer Playlist this week by welcoming Catherine Flax back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Catherine is CEO at Zefiro Methane Corp. David Greely sits down with Catherine to catch up on her work at Zefiro addressing the global methane emissions problem by cleaning up and plugging end-of-life oil and natural gas wells. David and Catherine also discuss how she's been navigating the reduction in carbon finance through ...

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Our Summer Playlist rolls on this week with Theresa Kammel and Pierre Buisson, Originator and Senior Structurer of Weather & Agro Zurich at Munich Re. David Greely sits down with them to discuss the role of weather derivatives in managing weather-related risks — and how the market for these derivatives is growing and becoming more sophisticated with the energy transition to renewables like wind and solar.

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We continue our Summer Playlist this week with Albert Cheng, CEO of the Singapore Bullion Market Association (SBMA). SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Albert to discuss the SBMA's vision for Singapore to become a leading global center for the trading of gold and other precious metals – and the SBMA's roadmap to making that vision a reality.

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On our third installment of Summer Playlist 2025, we welcome Jeff Currie back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Jeff is Chief Strategy Officer of Energy Pathways at Carlyle. David Greely sits down with Jeff to discuss the implications of the breakdown of the world order that has defined the post-World War II era – implications Jeff lays out in his new paper, The New Martial Plan, the sequel to The New Joule Order. Together, they dis...

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This week on Summer Playlist 2025, we welcome Michael Greenstone into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Michael is Director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC), Founding Director of the University’s Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, and Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics.

 

David Greely sits down with Michael to discuss how EPIC is translating the insights of cutting ed...

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