Private equity's debt mountain (encore episode)
Private equity has flooded the deal market in recent years, in part due to an era of cheap debt and fund managers on the hunt for greater investment returns. Firms are scooping up stakes in oil pipeli...
2 Okt 201820min
Tilray and the cannabis trade
The Canadian company was the first cannabis producer to make an initial public offering on a US stock exchange, and, after a week of volatile trading, some analysts are asking if investor excitement h...
25 Sep 201817min
On the front lines of the crisis
Nick was a regulator at the London Stock Exchange. Julia was an entrepreneur whose home was foreclosed. Ten years on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers we talk to two people with different perspecti...
18 Sep 201823min
Purdue Pharma's 'one-two' punch
The name “Sackler” adorns museums and art galleries around the world. But the family name has also become tainted by its association with the US opioid crisis, amid accusations that OxyContin, more th...
11 Sep 201821min
Following the cannabis money trail (encore episode)
Medical marijuana is legal in 21 countries. In Canada, residents expect they will be able to buy cannabis from dispensaries and pharmacies across the country later this year. Some analysts have valued...
4 Sep 201819min
Khosrowshahi's year at the wheel
A little more than a year ago, Uber's board was in search of a new chief executive. Co-founder Travis Kalanick had resigned from the top job amid allegations of a toxic and sexist company culture, and...
28 Aug 201819min
Digging into student debt
The amount of outstanding student debt in the US has hit a staggering $1.4tn, and many millennials say the education-related debt they've been saddled with has prevented them from doing things like bu...
21 Aug 201817min
