Investment Banking 101 podcasts

You don't need to work in investment banking to come across terms like IPOs, capital markets, bonds and M&A. Yet the mechanics behind them can often feel out of reach for anyone who doesn't work in the industry.

That is the focus of our special three-part podcast series, Investment Banking 101, designed to break down some of the core concepts of the industry. It is aimed at students exploring career options and anyone keen to learn more about how investment banking works.

Over the course of three episodes, host Victoria Garrod spoke with colleagues across our Investment Bank to explore how companies raise money and make deals, the nuts and bolts of fixed income and currencies and how geopolitical uncertainty and the explosive growth of AI are influencing investment flows and client decisions. They also look at the different careers available in investment banking and the skills needed for them.

Whether you're looking to better understand a part of the bank you don't work with every day, or you're trying to explain investment banking to a student interested in the profession, this series is a great place to start.

You can find Episode 1 at the top of this article. More episodes in the series:

• Episode 2: bonds, credit, rates, FX – fixed income and currencies explained
• Episode 3: how geopolitics and AI are driving markets and investment