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ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2025: ICMA Primary Market Innovation Project
Armin Peter, ICMA Consultant, speaks about the work of ICMA’s Primary Market Innovation Project, which engaged over 150 stakeholders to chart a path for evolutionary change in capital markets.
2025-07-15
04 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2025: Building a stronger European integrated market: ICMA’s vision for the Savings and Investment Union
Natalie Westerbarkey, Co-Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA, outlines ICMA’s response to the European Commission’s consultation on EU capital markets integration, offering insights into key challenges and strategic recommendations.
2025-07-15
10 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2025: Building a stronger European integrated market: ICMA’s vision for the Savings and Investment Union
Natalie Westerbarkey, Co-Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA, outlines ICMA’s response to the European Commission’s consultation on EU capital markets integration, offering insights into key challenges and strategic recommendations.
2025-07-15
11 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2025: Navigating complexity, advancing resilience: ICMA’s role and priorities in the international capital marke
Bryan Pascoe, Chief Executive of ICMA, reflects on ICMA’s role and priorities in the international capital markets.
2025-07-15
06 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2025: Navigating complexity, advancing resilience: ICMA’s role and priorities in the international capital markets
Bryan Pascoe, Chief Executive of ICMA, reflects on ICMA’s role and priorities in the international capital markets.
2025-07-15
06 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Social Bonds Podcast – an update and focus on impact reporting
Following ICMA’s Social Bonds Podcast Series in 2022/2023, this episode provides an update on the social bonds market: what types of projects issuers are funding these days, how investors are funding looking at social bonds, what the advantages of a portfolio approach in impact reporting are, and how ICMA’s Harmonised Framework for Impact Reporting can help. Simone Utermarck, Senior Director, Sustainable Finance at ICMA talks to Malika Takhtayeva, Sustainable Fixed Income Lead at BNPP Asset Management, Charles Smith, Senior Funding Officer at the EBRD and Felix Grote, Head of Funding & Investor Relations at Council of Europe Development Bank.
2025-06-18
28 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Social Bonds Podcast – an update and focus on impact reporting
Following ICMA’s Social Bonds Podcast Series in 2022/2023, this episode provides an update on the social bonds market: what types of projects issuers are funding these days, how investors are looking at social bonds, what the advantages of a portfolio approach in impact reporting are, and how ICMA’s Harmonised Framework for Impact Reporting can help. Simone Utermarck, Senior Director, Sustainable Finance at ICMA talks to Malika Takhtayeva, Sustainable Fixed Income Lead at BNPP Asset Management, Charles Smith, Senior Funding Officer at the EBRD and Felix Grote, Head of Funding & Investor Relations at Council of Europe Development Bank.
2025-06-18
28 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2025: POATRS and the UK Listing Rules: ICMA response to the FCA
Ruari Ewing, Senior Director, MPRP, ICMA, and Sabah Anjum, Associate, MPRP, ICMA, comment on their response to the FCA's consultation paper proposed changes to the public offers and admissions to trading regime (POATRS), the product governance regime and the UK Listing Rules
2025-04-15
03 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2025: Final post-trade deferral framework for bonds: Final post-trade referral for bonds: ICMA letter to ESMA an
Nina Suhaib-Wolf, Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA, provides an update on ESMA's Final post-trade referral for bonds and the ICMA letter to ESMA and the European Commission.
2025-04-15
07 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2025: Final post-trade referral framework for bonds: ICMA letter to ESMA and the EC
Nina Suhaib-Wolf, Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA, provides an update on ESMA's final post-trade referral for bonds and the ICMA letter to ESMA and the European Commission.
2025-04-15
07 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2025: Leverage in NBFI
Irene Rey, Associate Director, MPRP, ICMA, and Andy Hill, Managing Director, Co-Head of MPRP, ICMA, discuss ICMA AMIC's response to the Financial Stability Board’s consultation report on addressing financial stability risks arising from leverage in Non-Bank Financial Intermediation.
2025-04-15
06 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing Q1 2025: Reflections on 10 years of the ICMA Women’s Network
ICMA's CEO, Bryan Pascoe and Katie Kelly, Senior Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA, talk about the ICMA Women's Network, which celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2025.
2025-01-21
14 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing Q1 2025: Reflections on 10 years of the ICMA Women’s Network
ICMA's CEO, Bryan Pascoe and Katie Kelly, Senior Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA, talk about the ICMA Women's Network, which celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2025.
2025-01-21
14 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing Q1 2025: Looking forward: ICMA’s strategic priorities for FinTech and digitalisation in 2025
Georgina Jarratt, Managing Director, ICMA, updates on ICMA's strategic priorities for FinTech and digitalisation in 2025.
2025-01-21
03 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing Q1 2025: Looking forward: ICMA’s strategic priorities for FinTech and digitalisation in 2025
Georgina Jarratt, Managing Director, ICMA, updates on ICMA's strategic priorities for FinTech and digitalisation in 2025.
2025-01-21
03 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Education & Training presents ''Let's Talk Markets'' - Episode 9 - Transition Finance
In this episode, we explore how transition finance is shaping sustainable markets by bridging the gap between current challenges and the solutions needed for a sustainable future. Join Anjuli Pandit from HSBC, Ketish Pothalingam (formerly of PIMCO), and ICMA's Simone Utermarck as they dive into the role of ICMA’s principles and frameworks in driving meaningful progress in this essential area.
2024-11-25
25 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Education & Training presents ''Let's Talk Markets'' - Episode 9 - Transition Finance
In this episode, we explore how transition finance is shaping sustainable markets by bridging the gap between current challenges and the solutions needed for a sustainable future. Join Anjuli Pandit from HSBC, Ketish Pothalingam (formerly of PIMCO), and ICMA's Simone Utermarck as they dive into the role of ICMA’s principles and frameworks in driving meaningful progress in this essential area.
2024-11-25
25 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Education & Training presents ''Let's Talk Markets'' - Episode 7 - ICMA Women's Network
In the latest Let's Talk Markets episode, ICMA Women’s Network, Katie Kelly, Senior Director at ICMA, and Jen Cresswell, Counsel and UK Women’s Network Steering Committee Member, dive deep into the progress and ongoing challenges for women in the bond markets. For over 10 years, the ICMA Women’s Network (IWN) has been a global platform committed to supporting women in the bond markets. From promoting gender equality to addressing key challenges like the gender pay gap and maternity barriers, the IWN is driving real change. Our network fosters skill development, resilience, and peer suppor...
2024-10-24
18 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Education & Training presents ''Let's Talk Markets'' - Episode 7 - ICMA Women's Network
In the latest Let's Talk Markets episode, ICMA Women’s Network, Katie Kelly, Senior Director at ICMA, and Jen Cresswell, Counsel and UK Women’s Network Steering Committee Member, dive deep into the progress and ongoing challenges for women in the bond markets. For over 10 years, the ICMA Women’s Network (IWN) has been a global platform committed to supporting women in the bond markets. From promoting gender equality to addressing key challenges like the gender pay gap and maternity barriers, the IWN is driving real change. Our network fosters skill development, resilience, and peer support. Whether it's through workshops on unc...
2024-10-24
18 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Education & Training presents ''Let's Talk Markets'' - Episode 5 - Careers in Capital Markets
In this episode of ICMA Education & Training’s latest vlog “Careers in Capital Markets”, Tim Skeet (Bank of China; ICMA UK Regional Chair) and Alex Malitsky (Director - Fixed Income Syndicate & Origination, TD Securities) discuss careers in finance.
2024-09-12
31 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Education & Training presents ''Let's Talk Markets'' - Episode 5 - Careers in Capital Markets
In this episode of ICMA Education & Training’s latest vlog “Careers in Capital Markets”, Tim Skeet (Bank of China; ICMA UK Regional Chair) and Alex Malitsky (Director - Fixed Income Syndicate & Origination, TD Securities) discuss careers in finance.
2024-09-12
31 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing Q3 2024: ICMA's role and priorities in ever-changing markets
ICMA's CEO, Bryan Pascoe, shares a large part of the content from his speech at the last AGM.
2024-07-16
01 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing Q3 2024: ICMA's role and priorities in ever-changing markets
ICMA's CEO, Bryan Pascoe,shares a large part of the content from his speech at the last AGM.
2024-07-16
01 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing Q3 2024: Calibration of EU bond market deferral regime
ICMA's Andy Hill, Co-Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, discusses ICMA’s analysis of ESMA’s proposal for a revised EU bond market transparency deferral regime and highlights the key considerations for determining an effective calibration.
2024-07-16
11 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing Q3 2024: Calibration of EU bond market deferral regime
ICMA's Andy Hill, Deputy Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, discusses ICMA’s analysis of ESMA’s proposal for a revised EU bond market transparency deferral regime and highlights the key considerations for determining an effective calibration.
2024-07-16
11 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing Q3 2024: Repo and sustainability
ICMA's Zhan Chen, Secretary to the ICMA Repo and Sustainability Task Force, discusses the 2024 Repo & Sustainability Survey conducted by ICMA, highlighting several significant findings.
2024-07-16
05 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing Q3 2024: Repo and sustainability
ICMA's Zhan Chen, Secretary to the ICMA Repo and Sustainability Task Force, discusses the 2024 Repo & Sustainability Survey conducted by ICMA, highlighting several significant findings.
2024-07-16
05 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing Q3 2024: FinTech and digitalisation developments
ICMA's Gabriel Callsen, Senior Director for FinTech and Digitalisation, discusses ICMA’s initiatives and latest developments on FinTech and innovation in bond markets, including the UK’s Digital Securities Sandbox, the adoption of ICMA’s Bond Data Taxonomy for digital green bonds, as well as latest AI developments in capital markets.
2024-07-16
04 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing Q3 2024: FinTech and digitalisation developments
ICMA's Gabriel Callsen, Senior Director for FinTech and Digitalisation, discusses ICMA’s initiatives and latest developments on FinTech and innovation in bond markets, including the UK’s Digital Securities Sandbox, the adoption of ICMA’s Bond Data Taxonomy for digital green bonds, as well as latest AI developments in capital markets.
2024-07-16
04 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Education & Training presents '' Let's Talk Markets'' - Episode 2 I Discussing 10 Years of the ICMA Principles
Eila Kreivi - former Head of Capital Markets at European Investment Bank and current ICMA board member - chats to Simone Utermarck (Senior Director, ICMA Sustainable Finance), looking back at 10 years of ICMA's involvement as secretariat of the Principles, the frameworks to which 97% of the world's sustainable bonds are aligned.
2024-06-19
19 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Education & Training presents '' Let's Talk Markets'' - Episode 2 I Discussing 10 Years of the ICMA Principles
Eila Kreivi - former Head of Capital Markets at European Investment Bank and current ICMA board member - chats to Simone Utermarck (Senior Director, ICMA Sustainable Finance), looking back at 10 years of ICMA's involvement as secretariat of the Principles, the frameworks to which 97% of the world's sustainable bonds are aligned.
2024-06-19
19 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Education & Training I Episode 1 I Interview with ICMA CEO Bryan Pascoe
ICMA Chief Executive Bryan Pascoe is interviewed by Marc Granville (ICMA Head of Education & Training) about his career journey to date.
2024-06-19
09 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Education & Training I Episode 1 I Interview with ICMA CEO Bryan Pascoe
ICMA Chief Executive Bryan Pascoe is interviewed by Marc Granville (ICMA Head of Education & Training) about his career journey to date.
2024-06-19
09 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: Asset management developments
ICMA's Nicolette Moser, Senior Director, ICMA, provides an overview of recent policy recommendations by FSB and IOSCO relating to open-ended funds.
2024-04-17
06 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: Repo and collateral market developments
ICMA’s Alex Westphal, Senior Director, Repo and Collateral markets, ICMA, talks about the latest meetings and discussions of ICMA’s European Repo and Collateral Council (ERCC).
2024-04-17
07 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: Repo and collateral market developments
ICMA’s Alex Westphal, Senior Director, Repo and Collateral markets, talks about the latest meetings and discussions of ICMA’s European Repo and Collateral Council (ERCC).
2024-04-17
07 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: European bond market data report
ICMA's Simone Bruno, Associate Data Analyst, ICMA, presents the key findings from ICMA's European Secondary Market Data Report for 2023.
2024-04-17
03 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: European bond market data report
ICMA's Simone Bruno, Associate Data Analyst, presents the key findings from ICMA's European Secondary Market Data Report for 2023.
2024-04-17
03 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: Bond market transparency: ICMA response to the FCA
ICMA's Nina Suhaib-Wolf, Director, Market Practice & Regulatory Policy, ICMA, talks about Bond Market Transparency and presents highlights about ICMA's response to the recent FCA consultation
2024-04-17
08 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: Bond market transparency: ICMA response to the FCA
ICMA's Nina Suhaib-Wolf, Director, Market Practice & Regulatory Policy, talks about Bond Market Transparency and presents highlights about ICMA's response to the recent FCA consultation
2024-04-17
08 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: Primary markets developments
ICMA's Ruari Ewing,Senior Director - Primary Markets, ICMA, discusses the EU Listing Act (the EU prospectus, market abuse and listing regimes), the UK retail disclosure framework for CCIs (replacing the EU PRIIPs regime), the UK FCA anti-greenwashing rule and the EU CSDR’s cash penalties regime.
2024-04-17
05 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: Work experience in international capital markets
ICMA's Katie Kelly, Senior Director, ICMA, highlights the importance of offering work experience to students in today's environment in the UK
2024-04-17
04 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: Liquidity and resilience in the core European sovereign bond markets
ICMA's Andy Hill, Deputy Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA, provides a crisp overview of the background to, and findings of, ICMA's new report, Liquidity and Resilience in the Core European Sovereign Bond Markets.
2024-04-17
06 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: Liquidity and resilience in the core European sovereign bond markets
ICMA's Andy Hill, Deputy Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, provides a crisp overview of the background to, and findings of, ICMA's new report, Liquidity and Resilience in the Core European Sovereign Bond Markets.
2024-04-17
06 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: Lessons from LIBOR transition in the bond market under English law
ICMA's Paul Richards, Managing Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA, considers lessons from LIBOR transition in the bond market under English law.
2024-04-17
05 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2024: Repo and collateral markets
Alex Westphal, Senior Director, Repo and Collateral Markets, ICMA, talks about the latest meetings and publications of ICMA’s European Repo and Collateral Council (ERCC).
2024-01-16
06 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2024: Repo and collateral markets
ICMA’s Alex Westphal, Senior Director, Repo and Collateral markets talks about the latest meetings and publications of ICMA’s European Repo and Collateral Council (ERCC).
2024-01-16
06 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2024: ICMA form of Singapore selling restrictions
ICMA's Ruari Ewing, Senior Director, Primary Markets, discusses ICMA’s updated form of Singapore selling restrictions and the related Monetary Authority of Singapore Notice on Business Conduct Requirements for Corporate Finance Advisers.
2024-01-16
04 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2024: ICMA form of Singapore selling restrictions
Ruari Ewing, Senior Director, Primary Markets, ICMA, discusses ICMA’s updated form of Singapore selling restrictions and the related Monetary Authority of Singapore Notice on Business Conduct Requirements for Corporate Finance Advisers.
2024-01-16
04 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2024: Hong Kong SFC’s market soundings consultation: ICMA’s response
Miriam Patterson, Senior Director, ICMA, discusses ICMA's response to the Hong Kong SFC's market soundings consultation.
2024-01-16
07 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2024: Hong Kong SFC’s market soundings consultation: ICMA’s response
ICMA's Miriam Patterson, Secretary, ICMA Legal and Documentation Committee discusses ICMA's response to the Hong Kong SFC's market soundings consultation.
2024-01-16
07 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2024: Sovereign bond market liquidity
Andy Hill, Deputy Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA, provides a short update on the work of ICMA’s Bond Market Liquidity Taskforce, and its initial findings and recommendations to support liquidity and resilience in the core European sovereign bond markets. The podcast is also a call for further input from ICMA members active in these markets.
2024-01-16
05 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2024: Sovereign bond market liquidity
ICMA's Andy Hill, Head of ICMA Secondary Markets provides a short update on the work of ICMA’s Bond Marlet Liquidity Taskforce, and its initial findings and recommendations to support liquidity and resilience in the core European sovereign bond markets. The podcast is also a call for further input from ICMA members active in these markets.
2024-01-16
05 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2024: Stress and resilience in international capital markets
ICMA's Paul Richards, Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy at ICMA, discusses about stress and resilience in international capital markets
2024-01-16
08 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2023: EU retail investment strategy (MiFID investor protection and PRIIPs)
ICMA's Ruari Ewing, Senior Director, Primary Markets, discusses ICMA’s feedback on the MiFID investor protection and PRIIPs aspects of the EU’s retail investment strategy proposals.
2023-10-18
03 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2023: Introduction
ICMA's Chief Executive, Bryan Pascoe introduces the Q4 2023 ICMA Quarterly Report.
2023-10-18
04 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2023: Synthetic US dollar LIBOR: the remaining task in the bond market
ICMA's Paul Richards, Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy at ICMA, discusses about synthetic US dollar LIBOR: the remaining task in the bond market.
2023-10-18
07 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2023: European secondary bond market data report H1 2023
ICMA's Andy Hill, head of ICMA Secondary Markets, provides brief highlights from the latest publication of ICMA’s European Secondary Bond Market Data report.
2023-10-18
03 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2023: UK prospectus regime: ICMA response to FCA engagement papers
ICMA's Miriam Patterson, Secretary, ICMA Legal and Documentation Committee discusses the FCA’s engagement process regarding the UK’s new proposed prospectus regime.
2023-10-18
06 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2023: UK consolidated tape: ICMA response to the FCA
ICMA’s Nina Suhaib-Wolf (Director, Market Practice & Regulatory Policy) summarises key features of the ICMA response to the FCA Consultation Paper on The Framework for a UK Consolidated Tape.
2023-10-18
06 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2023: FinTech and digitalisation update
ICMA’s Gabriel Callsen, Director, discusses ICMA’s latest initiatives focused on FinTech and innovation as well as regulatory developments in the international bond markets.
2023-10-18
03 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing , Q3 2023: Introduction
ICMA's Chief Executive, Bryan Pascoe introduces the Q3 2023, ICMA Quarterly Report.
2023-07-19
02 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing , Q3 2023: UK prospectus regime
ICMA's Miriam Patterson, Secretary, ICMA Legal and Documentation Committee discusses the FCA’s engagement process regarding the UK’s new proposed prospectus regime.
2023-07-19
05 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2023: FinTech and digitalisation
ICMA's Secretary to the Fintech Advisory Committee, Gabriel Callsen, speaks about ICMA’s latest initiatives on innovation, automation and market efficiency in bond markets.
2023-07-19
03 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2023: MiFIR Review and bond market transparency
ICMA's Andy Hill, head of ICMA Secondary Markets, provides an update on the expected outcome of the political agreement on the MiFIR Review, from the perspective of the EU’s new bond market transparency framework
2023-07-19
06 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2023: EU Listing Act
ICMA's Ruari Ewing (Secretary, ICMA Primary Market Practices Committee) narrates recent developments regarding the EU Listing Act (touching on the Prospectus Regulation, pre-sounding under the Market Abuse Regulation and official listing).
2023-07-19
04 min
ICMA Podcast
Transition from Legacy US Dollar LIBOR in the Bond Market: ICMA Podacst with four leading firms
This ICMA podcast with four Leading Law Firms is about the transition from legacy US dollar LIBOR to SOFR in the bond market. The background is that panel bank US dollar LIBOR ceased publication on 30 June, as planned. The FCA as global regulator of LIBOR has provided for synthetic US dollar LIBOR to be published for legacy transactions, including bonds, until 30 September 2024. Synthetic US dollar LIBOR provides a temporary bridge for legacy bonds to be transitioned from LIBOR to SOFR, the US dollar risk-free rate. Following an introduction from Paul Richards, Head of Market Practice & Regulatory Policy at ICMA, the...
2023-07-17
46 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA’s response to the ESAs’ call for evidence on greenwashing
Ozgur Altun, Associate Director of Sustainable Finance at ICMA, talks about the ICMA’s response to the Greenwashing Call for Evidence launched by European regulators in November 2022.
2023-04-19
06 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: Introduction
ICMA's Chief Executive, Bryan Pascoe, introduces the Q4 ICMA Quarterly Report.
2022-10-18
02 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: Hong Kong SFC conduct requirements for bookbuilding and placing
ICMA's Secretary, ICMA Primary Market Practices Committee, Ruari Ewing, reports on the Hong Kong SFC conduct requirements for bookbuilding and placing.
2022-10-18
05 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: The EU and UK Prospectus Regulations
Both the EU and UK Prospectus Regulations are in the process of being reviewed. ICMA's, Secretary, ICMA Legal & Documentation Committee, Charlotte Bellamy, discusses the key points for international bond markets and what ICMA will be watching out for as the EU and UK regimes diverge.
2022-10-18
05 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: Secondary Bond Market data
ICMA's Secretary, ICMA Secondary Market Practices Committee, Andy Hill, updates on the soon to be published ICMA Secondary Bond Market Data Report, which consolidates publicly available EU and UK post-trade data for both sovereign and corporate bond activity.
2022-10-18
01 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: CSDR Refit: the future of mandatory buy-ins
ICMA's Secretary, ICMA Secondary Market Practices Committee, Andy Hill, updates on ICMA’s ongoing advocacy to remove mandatory buy-ins from CSD Regulation.
2022-10-18
01 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: ICMA’s new Global Repo and Collateral Forum
ICMA is launching the Global Repo and Collateral Forum (GRCF), a platform to bring together repo market practitioners from around the world to discuss common themes in repo and collateral markets. Alex Westphal, secretary to ICMA’s ERCC, explains the background to the initiative as well as next steps and opportunities for ICMA members to engage in the new group.
2022-10-18
05 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: Understanding DLT and blockchain in bond markets
ICMA's Secretary to the Fintech Advisory Committee, Gabriel Callsen, comments on ICMA's FAQs on DLT and blockchain in bond markets.
2022-10-18
04 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: Transparency in commercial paper markets
ICMA's Secretary, ICMA Public Sector Issuer Forum, ICMA Financial Institution Issuer Forum and ICMA Corporate Issuer Forum, Katie Kelly discusses ICMA’s Commercial Paper Transparency Taskforce charged with identifying whether, how and where greater transparency in commercial paper can be achieved.
2022-10-18
02 min
Voices in Local Government
2022 ICMA Annual Conference Preview
Planning committee co-chairs, Emily Muzzarelli and Alex McIntyre preview this year's ICMA 2022 Annual Conference: Achieving Excellence Together, September 17-22 in Columbus, Ohio.What they've learned at a previous event that was put into practice at their local government.Speakers or sessions they're most excited for.Benefits and tips for attendees other than city/count managers, covering assistant CAOs, department heads, and early to mid-career professionals.Networking.Suggestions for Columbus.Then, Ohio local, ICMA marketing coordinator and host of ICMA Member Spotlights, Jessi Atcheson joins to give more info on the Columbus airport, walking/ride-share situation, be...
2022-09-07
25 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2022: Introduction
ICMA Chief Executive Bryan Pascoe introduces the Q3 ICMA Quarterly Report.
2022-07-18
02 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2022: Corporate bond market liquidity: ICMA response to IOSCO discussion paper
Andy Hill, an ICMA Senior Director in Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, comments on corporate bond market liquidity and ICMA’s response to the IOSCO discussion paper.
2022-07-18
07 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Social Bonds Podcast Series Episode 1: SBP Introduction
The ICMA Social Bond Working Group is publishing a series of podcasts focusing on aspects of Social Bonds and their markets. In this episode of the Social Bond podcast, the co-coordinators of the ICMA Social Bond Working Group present recent updates to two documents – the Harmonised Framework for Impact Reporting for Social Bonds and the Mapping to the SDGs for Green, Social and Sustainability Bonds – both released in June 2022 at the Annual General Meeting and Conference of the ICMA Principles. The presenters explore common questions about social bonds and highlight relevant documents as key resources available for social bond market participants on the ICMA
2022-06-29
12 min
ICMA Podcast
Monthly Market update: ICMA Asset Management & Investors Council (24 May 2022)
Max Castelli, Co-Chair of ICMA's Asset Management & Investors Council (AMIC) and Robert Parker, ICMA Senior Advisor review the economic and capital markets outlook, its impact on investor portfolios and the implications for the asset management Industry. They discuss issues of particular concern to investors, such as the prospects for growth, inflation and monetary policies, as well as a number of longer term issues including the response of the industry to climate change and the reversal of globalisation.
2022-05-26
48 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: Introduction
ICMA Chief Executive, Bryan Pascoe introduces the latest ICMA Quarterly Report with an overview of market conditions and highlights contributions in the publication from Jérôme Haegli, Swiss Re; Denis Beau at Banque de France on diversity and inclusion; and Habib Motani from Clifford Chance on 30 years of the GMRA.
2022-04-11
04 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: The transition from LIBOR in the bond market: progress and remaining steps
In the ICMA Quarterly Report, the Quarterly Assessment is about the transition away from LIBOR to risk-free rates in the bond market. The Quarterly Assessment is introduced in this podcast by ICMA's Paul Richards, Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy.
2022-04-11
08 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: CSDR settlement discipline
ICMA’s Andy Hill, Secretary, ICMA Secondary Market Practices Committee, updates on the European Commission’s proposal for a revised mandatory buy-in framework and next steps.
2022-04-11
05 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: Ensuring the usability of the EU Taxonomy
ICMA’s, Nicholas Pfaff, Head of Sustainable Finance, summarises in this podcast the key points and recommendations from ICMA’s recent paper on “Ensuring the usability of the EU Taxonomy” also covered in a feature in this edition of the Quarterly Report.
2022-04-11
04 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: EU Listing Act consultation and UK Prospectus Regulation review outcome
ICMA's Charlotte Bellamy, Secretary to the ICMA Legal & Documentation Committee, provides an update on the current reviews of the Prospectus Regulations in the EU and UK focusing on the key issues for ICMA primary markets members.
2022-04-11
04 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: UK Consumer Duty consultation
ICMA’s Ruari Ewing, Secretary, ICMA Primary Market Practices Committee, talks about ICMA’s response to the FCA’s consultation on a new UK consumer duty, which welcomed the FCA’s intention to exempt both vanilla retail bonds and institutional bonds from the scope of the new duty but raised concerns about the insufficiently narrow calibration of the drafting of these proposed exemptions.
2022-04-11
04 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: MiFID II bond market transparency regime
Towards the end of 2021, the European Commission published its proposed amendments to MiFIR as part of the overall CMU package announcements. However, ICMA has suggested modifications to some of the European Commission’s proposals. ICMA's Liz Callaghan, Secretary, ICMA Electronic Trading Council, speaks about these recommendations concern pre- and post-trade transparency as well as the analysis required for a successful bond consolidated tape, the vehicle for transparency, to emerge.
2022-04-11
08 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: Settlement efficiency
On 1 February 2022, on the day of the go-live of CSDR cash penalties, ICMA’s European Repo and Collateral Council (ERCC) released its discussion paper, Optimising Settlement Efficiency, aiming to focus attention on key opportunities to strengthen settlement efficiency in Europe. ICMA's Alex Westphal, Secretary to the ERCC, provides some background to the initiative and briefly walks through the key take aways from the paper and next steps.
2022-04-11
06 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: Common Domain Model: Phase 2
ICMA’s Gabriel Callsen, Secretary, ICMA Fintech Advisory Committee, speaks about phase 2 of the Common Domain Model (CDM), which seeks to promote electronification of repo markets, notably open, floating-rate and evergreen repos, and how to become involved in this cross-industry initiative.
2022-04-11
03 min
ICMA Podcast
Monthly Market update: ICMA Asset Management & Investors Council (23 February 2022)
Robert Parker, Senior Adviser to ICMA and ICMA’s Asset Management and Investors Council, reviews the market events of the past weeks, including inflationary pressures, the growing geopolitical tensions and the outlook for growth.
2022-02-25
34 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: Commentary from the Chief Executive
ICMA Chief Executive, Bryan Pascoe, sets out the ICMA action plan for 2022, focusing on developments in fintech, regulatory divergence in capital markets, the Capital Markets Union package and the increasingly complex regulatory environment for sustainable finance.
2022-01-18
05 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: ICSDs’ new syndicated closing model
ICMA’s Ruari Ewing, Secretary, ICMA Primary Market Practices Committee, talks about the new model for closing syndicated bond issuances that the ICSDs are scheduled to adopt from 14 March 2022 and ICMA’s related paper suggesting how to consequently modify vanilla Regulation S transaction documentation.
2022-01-18
04 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: The Capital Markets Union Package
On 25 November 2021, the European Commission (EC) published its communication on the Capital Markets Union (CMU) package. ICMA’s Julia Rodkiewicz, Secretary, ICMA Regulatory Policy Committee, explains the progress made and voices key concerns.
2022-01-18
09 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: CSDR mandatory buy-ins
The market breathed a sigh of relief when the European Commission announced the latest delay to the CSDR mandatory buy-in regime in November 2021. ICMA’s Andy Hill, Secretary, ICMA Secondary Market Practices Committee, provides an update on the extensive work undertaken by ICMA to push for a review of the controversial regime, the expected next steps from ESMA and the Commission, and the future risks associated with any attempt to introduce a regulatory buy-in framework.
2022-01-18
07 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: A new post-trade transparency regime for the EU corporate bond market
ICMA's Liz Callaghan, Secretary, ICMA Electronic Trading Council, speaks about ICMA's new proposal on a workable, balanced bond transparency regime, which is significantly simpler than today’s complex transparency regime. A regime that provides considerably more bond market transparency than can be found today but at the same time, protects liquidity providers and end investors from undue risk.
2022-01-18
05 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: Common domain model for repo and bonds
ICMA’s Gabriel Callsen, Secretary, ICMA Fintech Advisory Committee, speaks about ICMA’s CDM project for repo and bonds, the recent survey results and next steps.
2022-01-18
03 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: ’’Tough legacy” bonds
This LIBOR podcast follows an important milestone in the long-running story of the transition away from LIBOR and towards risk-free rates – the end of 2021. ICMA's Charlotte Bellamy, Secretary, ICMA Legal & Documentation Committee, discusses the introduction of synthetic sterling and yen LIBOR and some remaining questions for tough legacy bonds looking ahead.
2022-01-18
07 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: A round-up of LIBOR-related developments outside the UK
ICMA's Katie Kelly, Secretary, ICMA Financial Institution Issuer Forum and ICMA Corporate Issuer Forum, presents a round-up of LIBOR-related developments in the Euro area and Switzerland.
2022-01-18
02 min
ICMA Podcast
ICMA Future Leaders Fintech Working Group Podcast Series | Episode 1 | The business case for DLT in capital markets
ICMA Future Leaders (IFL) launched a Fintech working group earlier in 2021 to look into developments in Fintech including digital assets, blockchain transactions in capital markets, the evolution of securities technology, among others, to support ICMA’s overall role in this fast evolving area. As part of the IFL working group’s activities, it has organised a series of podcasts with market experts focusing on digital ledger technology or DLT. In this first episode, IFL’s Alexander Tollast and Alastria's Juan Jimenez Zaballos discuss the potential advantages of using DLT in the capital markets, as well as the challenges to be overco...
2021-12-16
23 min