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A little over a year after TD completed its acquisition of Cowen, Larry Wieseneck, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking at TD Securities and David Erickson, Senior Fellow at The Wharton School are joined by Damian Engen, Head of Global Debt Capital Markets at TD Securities to reflect on lessons learned while bringing two organizations together. They also share their mid-year outlooks for 2024: from trends in the investment-grade debt market to what it may take to further re-open the IPO market.

In this episode, TD Cowen Washington Research Group’s Chris Krueger discusses the top four, big-picture signals to watch in the 2024 noise: 1) The Known Knowns (upcoming debt, tax, fiscal & trade cliffs); 2) Five policy themes continuing regardless of election outcome; 3) The six key variables to determine 2024 election, and; 4) policy implication of Trump v Biden.

In this episode, we interview Frederic Fekkai, an iconic leader in the industry that stands for effortless elegance. Fekkai's professional products offer personalized care for every hair type, hair texture, and hair color. The brand's salon-level products feature sustainable packaging and clean, natural formulas designed to solve every hair’s most vital needs: such as protecting color, boosting shine, volumizing, repairing and restoring.

In this episode of Retail Visionaries, we host Yaysay's Co-Founder & CEO, Lindsay Ferstandig, to chat about her latest venture into digital shopping. Yaysay marries the excitement off off-price treasure hunting with gamifying retail and luxury shopping. The platform leverages artificial intelligence to drive a personalized daily offering across categories to the mobile app users who can decide to add the item to their cart and purchase or keep shopping. Further, the items range from premium to luxury brands and are offered at a discount, underscoring a value proposition to the shopper. Oliver and Lindsay discuss a range of topics including enhancing customer lifetime value, optimizing advertising dollars, and managing inventory for speed.

Recorded on 04/19/24

In this episode we’ll be talking about what’s next for digital health, which started emerging in the mid-2010s as a way to provide new ways to access care using a digital first approach, disrupting the traditional care model that was episodic in nature to move toward a care model that was more continuous. A lot has changed over the years, and digital health has become a key part of healthcare delivery and for many a standard part of their health benefits. But the digital health industry finds itself at a crossroads post-pandemic, particularly among investors, with many once high-flying companies struggling.

So what’s next for digital health? To explore this, we’re joined by Sean Duffy, Co-Founder and CEO of Omada Health. Sean was our first guest when we formally started this podcast back in 2020. Sean is one of the early pioneers of digital health and a thought leader, not only in managing chronic conditions, but also in how digital tools can be used to engage and guide patients in their care journey.

Recorded on 03/28/24

Specialty drugs, which are typically composed of large molecules that need to be injected or infused, as a category, represent roughly 50% of pharma spending today and continues to increase. And unlike more traditional medications that people pick up at their local pharmacy, specialty pharmacies emerged along the way to dispense these medications, which often come with special handling requirements, as well as clinical support. With the majority of biopharma R&D being focused in specialty categories, the importance of specialty pharmacies is expected to increase. In this episode we explore the specialty pharmacy industry and the role it fills in the healthcare system today and in the future.

To help discuss this topic, we’re joined by Dr. Surya Singh, CEO of InformedDNA. Dr. Singh brings over 20 years of experience within the health care supply chain. Before joining InformedDNA as CEO, Dr. Singh was the Chief Medical Officer for CVS Specialty and an attending physician at Brigham and Women’s hospital. Dr. Singh is also President of Singh Health Advisors and a Senior Advisor at ICER.