Welcome to Candid Conversations for Financial Markets Podcast Series. Our podcasts are designed to provide insights, transparency, and provocative yet achievable proposals for matters that move financial markets in Canada.
Candid Conversations for Financial Markets
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Podcast Overview
Welcome to Candid Conversations for Financial Markets Podcast Series. Our podcasts are designed to provide insights, transparency, and provocative yet achievable proposals for matters that move financial markets in Canada.
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4/14/2025
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Recent Episodes
June 24, 2026
EP 13 - Tokenization: Rewiring Capital Markets
<p>This podcast sets out the impact of tokenization as a reconfiguration of specific parts of the capital markets value chain from issuance through to post-trade.</p><p><br /></p><p>It addresses where the frictions, skepticisms and opportunities lie.</p><p><br /></p><p>Duane Block, Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Crypto Advisory practice in Chicago speaks about why tokenization matters and its impact on market structure.</p><p><br /></p><p>The topics covered on this podcast also include:</p><ul><li>Foundational Token Models</li><li>Raising Capital and Connecting with Investors</li><li>The Secondary Market</li><li>Settlement, Clearing, Custody, Servicing</li></ul>
May 27, 2026
EP 12 - Breaking Up Should Not Be Hard to Do: The Value of Corporate Spinoffs
<p>Corporate spinoffs—known in Canada as “butterflies”—are a powerful tool for unblocking capital and sharpening competition. They let companies separate business lines so each can focus, invest, and compete more effectively.</p><p>In this episode we explain how spinoffs work in Canada and the U.S., why they matter for competition and capital markets, and what policy and tax design should do to make sure breaking up isn’t hard to do.</p><p>Guest: Manu Kakkar | President, Kakkar CPA Professional Corporation</p>
May 20, 2026
EP 11 - Data Portability and Consumer Control
<p>Based on the Competition Bureau’s “Your Data, Your Control,” this episode connects policy to day-to-day outcomes.</p><p><br></p><p>Canada is moving toward “your data, your rules.” That shift could reshape how you bank, shop, and compare prices.</p><p><br></p><p>The big idea: data portability lets you take your information with you securely so switching providers is easy, competition heats up, and better products show up faster.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode gets practical about what a working framework needs to overcome in human behavior, privacy guardrails and system design..</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/azza-raslan/">Azza Raslan</a> | Acting Manager of Competition Law with the Competition Bureau’s Policy, Planning and Advocacy Directorate </p>
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