Making Sense

What’s The Deal? | 2024 Investment Banking Outlook

As we wrap up 2023, David Rawlings hosts Jay Horine, North America Head of Investment Banking and Co-Head of Global Energy, Power, Renewables and Mining, for a conversation about what’s ahead for investment banking. They explore market dynamics, the U.S. and global economy, sector trends and the outlook for deal-making in 2024. Jay also shares insights into industry innovation and how CEOs and boards can navigate the evolving investment banking landscape. 

This episode was recorded on November 30, 2023.

This material was prepared by certain personnel of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its affiliates and subsidiaries worldwide and not the firm’s research department. It is for informational purposes only, is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase, sale or tender of any financial instrument and does not constitute a commitment, undertaking, offer or solicitation by any JPMorgan Chase entity to extend or arrange credit or to provide any other products or services to any person or entity.

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Research Recap | Why is Cybersecurity in the Spotlight?

Recent high-profile data breaches and geopolitically motivated cyber-attacks are driving awareness around the importance of risk mitigation. What’s the overall health of the cybersecurity sector? Will enterprise spend on security continue to grow? And what role does AI play? Join Brian Essex, who covers U.S. Software Equity Research, and Jack Atherton, who covers Technology, Media and Telecom Specialist Sales, as they discuss the state of cybersecurity.

This episode was recorded on November 21, 2023.

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Research Recap | The Growing Appetite for Obesity Drugs

The market for GLP-1s — also commonly known as obesity drugs — is projected to exceed $100 bn globally by 2030. Why are these drugs growing in popularity, and could they lead to a paradigm shift in health care? Elif Korkmaz, who covers Health Care Specialist Sales, sits down with Chris Schott, Senior Analyst covering U.S. Diversified Biopharma, and Richard Vosser, Head of European Pharma & Biotech, to discuss the latest developments in this space.

This episode was recorded on Wednesday, November 29^th.

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What’s The Deal? | How Can Sustainable Finance Make a Global Impact?

In this episode, host Evan Junek welcomes back Faheen Allibhoy, Global Head of Development Banks and Multilateral Institutions. They spotlight sustainable finance, dive into the new Impact Disclosure Guidance, discuss the challenges facing multilateral development banks and focus on the COP28 conference. 

This episode was recorded on October 31st, 2023. 

This material was prepared by certain personnel of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its affiliates and subsidiaries worldwide and not the firm’s research department. It is for informational purposes only, is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase, sale or tender of any financial instrument and does not constitute a commitment, undertaking, offer or solicitation by any JPMorgan Chase entity to extend or arrange credit or to provide any other products or services to any person or entity. 

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Whats The Deal? | A Perfect Storm of Growth in Debt Private Placements

Join Todd Marr, Head of Debt Private Placements at J.P. Morgan, as he unpacks the growth in the debt private placement market. Hosted by Tan Hunjan, they address the key benefits and considerations for issuers venturing into private placements, while uncovering recurrent marketplace themes and supply trends. 

This episode was recorded on November 20th, 2023.

This material was prepared by certain personnel of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its affiliates and subsidiaries worldwide and not the firm’s research department. It is for informational purposes only, is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase, sale or tender of any financial instrument and does not constitute a commitment, undertaking, offer or solicitation by any JPMorgan Chase entity to extend or arrange credit or to provide any other products or services to any person or entity.

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Research Recap | What’s the Outlook for Energy Markets in 2024?

On the back of J.P. Morgan’s recent Global Energy Conference, Christyan Malek, Global Head of Energy Strategy and Head of EMEA Oil & Gas Equity Research, and Shikha Chaturvedi, Head of Global Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids Strategy, explore the 2024 outlook for their respective sectors. How will supply and demand fundamentals play out? Can we expect price volatility? And are we entering the next wave of the energy supercycle?

This episode was recorded on November 14, 2023.

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Market Matters | Data Assets & Alpha Group: The Case For Further Near-Term US Upside

In this episode the group discusses US equities in the context of the near 10% S&P500 rally over the last few weeks.  They discuss the fundamental backdrop from a macro, micro and policy lens; the positioning perspective and extent to which investor flows turned bearish through September and October; what this could mean for near-term US equity upside and which sectors look most ripe to rally; and finally key risks to watch from here.  Eloise Goulder, Head of the Data Assets & Alpha Group, is in discussion with Andrew Tyler, Head of US Market Intelligence, and John Schlegel, Head of Global Positioning Intelligence.

This episode was recorded on November 15, 2023.

The views expressed in this podcast may not necessarily reflect the views of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co and its affiliates (together “J.P. Morgan”), they are not the product of J.P. Morgan’s Research Department and do not constitute a recommendation, advice, or an offer or a solicitation to buy or sell any security or financial instrument.  This podcast is intended for institutional and professional investors only and is not intended for retail investor use, it is provided for information purposes only. Referenced products and services in this podcast may not be suitable for you and may not be available in all jurisdictions.  J.P. Morgan may make markets and trade as principal in securities and other asset classes and financial products that may have been discussed.  For additional disclaimers and regulatory disclosures, please visit: www.jpmorgan.com/disclosures/salesandtradingdisclaimer. For the avoidance of doubt, opinions expressed by any external speakers are the personal views of those speakers and do not represent the views of J.P. Morgan.

What’s The Deal? | Ready to Navigate Market Windows?

Todd Rothman, Managing Director of North American High Yield and Leveraged Loan Capital Markets, dives into the latest developments in the leverage loan and high yield markets with Kathleen Darling. They shed light on key catalysts influencing market dynamics, including geopolitical conflicts, a precipitous move in treasuries, recent economic data and more. Tune in to discover how companies can seize market windows of opportunity before year-end.  

This episode was recorded on November 7, 2023.

This material was prepared by certain personnel of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its affiliates and subsidiaries worldwide and not the firm’s research department. It is for informational purposes only, is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase, sale or tender of any financial instrument and does not constitute a commitment, undertaking, offer or solicitation by any JPMorgan Chase entity to extend or arrange credit or to provide any other products or services to any person or entity.

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Research Recap | Signs of Softening in the October Jobs Report

Michael Feroli, Chief US Economist, and Samantha Azzarello, Head of Content Curation and Strategy, discuss the October payrolls report.

This episode was recorded on November 3, 2023.

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Market Matters | Data Assets & Alpha Group: Trend-following in alternative markets, with Florin Court’s Deputy CIO

In this episode we hear from David Denison, Deputy CIO of Hedge Fund Florin Court Capital, a diversified systematic asset manager.  David discusses the philosophy behind trading multiple diversified asset classes across the power / electricity, commodity, interest rate swap and FX markets, the dynamics of a market with fewer speculating players and more producer players, the periods in which trend-following has been particularly successful historically, the benefits of trend-following in mitigating behavioral biases such as anchoring, and the growth in alternative CTAs as a HF asset class.  David Denison is in discussion with Eloise Goulder, Head of the Data Assets & Alpha Group.

Shownotes:

To learn more about Florin Court Capital, see https://florincourt.com/

To learn more about David’s book, see: “Bayesian Methods for Nonlinear Classification and Regression”, Wiley, 2002.

This episode was recorded on October 16th, 2023.

The views expressed in this podcast may not necessarily reflect the views of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co and its affiliates (together “J.P. Morgan”), they are not the product of J.P. Morgan’s Research Department and do not constitute a recommendation, advice, or an offer or a solicitation to buy or sell any security or financial instrument.  This podcast is intended for institutional and professional investors only and is not intended for retail investor use, it is provided for information purposes only. Referenced products and services in this podcast may not be suitable for you and may not be available in all jurisdictions.  J.P. Morgan may make markets and trade as principal in securities and other asset classes and financial products that may have been discussed.  For additional disclaimers and regulatory disclosures, please visit: www.jpmorgan.com/disclosures/salesandtradingdisclaimer. For the avoidance of doubt, opinions expressed by any external speakers are the personal views of those speakers and do not represent the views of J.P. Morgan.