
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.
Latest episodes

Nov 19, 2022 • 33min
Financing the Energy Transition Episode 3 | Don Casturo, Founding Partner & CIO and Matt Schwab, Head of Investor Solutions at Quantix Commodities
This week, we welcome Don Casturo and Matt Schwab of Quantix Commodities into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Don is Founding Partner & CIO and Matt is Head of Investor Solutions at Quantix. Don and Matt sit down with SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely to discuss the role of commodity futures indices in financing the energy transition.

Nov 12, 2022 • 38min
Financing the Energy Transition Episode 2 | Nikita Singhal, Managing Director and Co-Head of Sustainable Investment & ESG, Lazard Asset Management
We continue our Financing the Energy Transition series with Nikita Singhal, Managing Director and Co-Head of Sustainable Investment & ESG at Lazard Asset Management. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Nikita to discuss her approach to ESG investing and building investment strategies in public equities.

Nov 5, 2022 • 50min
Financing the Energy Transition Episode 1 | Nat Bullard, Senior Contributor, BloombergNEF and Venture Partner, Voyager Ventures
We kick off our new series, Financing the Energy Transition, with Nat Bullard, Senior Contributor at BloombergNEF and a Venture Partner at Voyager Ventures. Nat writes weekly for Bloomberg Green on energy, transport, technology, climate, and finance. We start our new series by exploring with Nat the size of the investment that’s happening in the energy transition, where it’s coming from, and where it’s going to.

Oct 29, 2022 • 40min
Winter is Coming Episode 9 | Greg Sharenow, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for Commodities and Real Assets, PIMCO
This week, we welcome Greg Sharenow into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Greg is the Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for Commodities and Real Assets at PIMCO. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Greg to discuss the European energy crisis, commodity markets, inflation, and what it all means for investors.

Oct 22, 2022 • 40min
Winter is Coming Episode 8 | Oystein Kalleklev, CEO at Flex LNG and Executive Chairman at Avance Gas
We welcome back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio Oystein Kalleklev, CEO at Flex LNG and Executive Chairman at Avance Gas. Oystein sits down with SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely to share his unique perspective on the European energy crisis and what it means for the LNG industry.

Oct 15, 2022 • 39min
Winter is Coming Episode 7 | Susan Sakmar, Visiting Professor, Univ. of Houston and Author of “Energy for the 21st Century”
We welcome Susan Sakmar back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Susan is Visiting Professor at the University of Houston Law Center and author of Energy for the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Susan to discuss how the European energy crisis is transforming the LNG industry.

Oct 8, 2022 • 36min
Winter is Coming Episode 6 | Bill Perkins, Partner & Head Trader, Skylar Capital
This week, we welcome Bill Perkins into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Bill is the Founder, Managing Partner, and Head Trader for Skylar Capital. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Bill to discuss his trader’s perspective on the natural gas, power, and carbon markets in Europe.

Oct 1, 2022 • 40min
Winter is Coming Episode 5 | Tracy Shuchart, Partner at Intelligence Quarterly and @chigrl on Twitter
We welcome Tracy Shuchart, Partner at Intelligence Quarterly and @chigrl on Twitter, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Tracy to discuss the broader impact of the European energy crisis across the commodities and financial markets.

Sep 24, 2022 • 56min
Winter is Coming Episode 4 | Mark Lewis, Head of Climate Research, Andurand Capital
This week, we welcome Mark Lewis back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Mark to discuss the energy crisis in Europe and what it means for the European carbon market.

Sep 17, 2022 • 42min
Winter is Coming Episode 3 | Doomberg, Publishers of the ”Doomberg” Substack
In our third installment of Winter is Coming, we sit down with energy and #fintwit icon, Doomberg, for an in-depth discussion on the European energy crisis covering the team’s take on the winter ahead in Europe and policy’s role in the path forward.