Business
Today's guest, Iain Balkwill is a partner in the Structured Finance team at international law firm Reed Smith. With a career path winding through several blue-chip companies such as Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Barclays Capital, and Bank of New York Mellon, he's an expert who has worked in and witnessed many of the cyclical and the unforeseen changes that have hit the financial world. And there's one area in particular that his team are seeing changes and rapid growth in, that could see it not only survive the pandemic and recovery, but actually thrive from it... --------- > Iain speaks about the European CMBS market recently exceeding the 1.7bn Euros mark... > Iain explains why the blips and bumps of world and financial events can be smoothed out with an investment vehicle not burdened by short time frames... > From the 2008 crash, to Brexit, to ESG, Iain covers the obstacles that CMBS has faced and how they can be overcome... > and Iain explains why the removal of previous confusion and secrecy has now led to a more open-book and publicly accessible environment where investors and financiers can find security and clarity...