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ICMA PodcastAMIC Market update: ICMA Asset Management & Investors CouncilListen now to the podcast from the Asset Management and Investors Council (AMIC), ICMA's dedicated forum advocating the interests of buy-side members, including asset managers, institutional investors, private banks, pension funds, and insurance companies.
Anita Karppi, Senior Director - Buy-side, Market Practice & Regulatory Policy, ICMA was joined this episode by industry experts, Bob Parker, former Chairman of AMIC and Senior Adviser to ICMA, and Massimiliano Castelli, PhD MSc, Managing Director and Head of Strategy & Advice at UBS Asset Management, who also serves as the Co-Chair of the AMIC Executive Committee.
This podcast was recorded on 16...
2025-12-1827 min
ICMA PodcastAMIC Market update: ICMA Asset Management & Investors CouncilListen now to the podcast from the Asset Management and Investors Council (AMIC), ICMA's dedicated forum advocating the interests of buy-side members, including asset managers, institutional investors, private banks, pension funds, and insurance companies. Anita Karppi, Senior Director - Buy-side, Market Practice & Regulatory Policy, ICMA was joined this episode by industry experts, Bob Parker, former Chairman of AMIC and Senior Adviser to ICMA, and Massimiliano Castelli, PhD MSc, Managing Director and Head of Strategy & Advice at UBS Asset Management, who also serves as the Co-Chair of the AMIC Executive Committee. This podcast was recorded on 16 December 2025, where the team discussed...
2025-12-1827 minICMA PodcastAMIC Market update: ICMA Asset Management & Investors CouncilListen now to the podcast from the Asset Management and Investors Council (AMIC), ICMA's dedicated forum advocating the interests of buy-side members, including asset managers, institutional investors, private banks, pension funds, and insurance companies, among others.
Anita Karppi, Senior Director - Buy-side, Market Practice & Regulatory Policy, ICMA was joined this episode by industry experts, Bob Parker, former Chairman of AMIC and Senior Adviser to ICMA, and Massimiliano Castelli, PhD MSc, Managing Director and Head of Strategy & Advice at UBS Asset Management, who also serves as the Co-Chair of the AMIC Executive Committee.
This podcast was...
2025-10-2731 minICMA PodcastAMIC Market update: ICMA Asset Management & Investors CouncilListen now to the podcast from the Asset Management and Investors Council (AMIC), ICMA's dedicated forum advocating the interests of buy-side members, including asset managers, institutional investors, private banks, pension funds, and insurance companies, among others. Anita Karppi, Senior Director - Buy-side, Market Practice & Regulatory Policy, ICMA was joined this episode by industry experts, Bob Parker, former Chairman of AMIC and Senior Adviser to ICMA, and Massimiliano Castelli, PhD MSc, Managing Director and Head of Strategy & Advice at UBS Asset Management, who also serves as the Co-Chair of the AMIC Executive Committee. This podcast was recorded on 24th October 2025, where...
2025-10-2731 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2025: ICMA’s Bond Data Taxonomy: Market Initiatives and AdoptionGabriel Callsen, Senior Director, FinTech and Digitalisation, ICMA gives an update on ICMA's Bond Data Taxonomy: market initiatives and adoption.
2025-10-1501 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2025: ICMA’s Bond Data Taxonomy: Market Initiatives and AdoptionGabriel Callsen, Senior Director, FinTech and Digitalisation, ICMA gives an update on ICMA's Bond Data Taxonomy: market initiatives and adoption.
2025-10-1501 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2025: ICMA Secondary Bond Market Data Report: sovereign editionSimone Bruno, Associate Director, Data Analyst, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA, analyses the ICMA Secondary Bond Market Data Report: sovereign edition.
2025-10-1505 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2025: Changes to the non-equity SI regime EU and UK and ICMA response to FCA consultationNina Suhaib-Wolf, Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA, analyses the changes to the non-equity SI regime EU and UK and ICMA response to FCA consultation.
2025-10-1504 minICMA PodcastEducation & Training | ICMA Woman's Network - Episode 1We’re kicking off the new season of ICMA's Let’s Talk Markets with a conversation that matters: Katie Kelly, Senior Director at ICMA and co-founder of the ICMA Women’s Network (IWN), joins us to discuss how training and skills development can open doors, build confidence, and help shape a more inclusive capital-markets workforce.
From bridging the gap between technical knowledge and applied market expertise to empowering the next generation of women leaders, Katie shares practical insights and stories from across ICMA’s global community.
Tune in to hear how education can drive opportunity and why...
2025-10-0124 minICMA PodcastEducation & Training | ICMA Woman's Network - Episode 1We’re kicking off the new season of ICMA's Let’s Talk Markets with a conversation that matters: Katie Kelly, Senior Director at ICMA and co-founder of the ICMA Women’s Network (IWN), joins us to discuss how training and skills development can open doors, build confidence, and help shape a more inclusive capital-markets workforce. From bridging the gap between technical knowledge and applied market expertise to empowering the next generation of women leaders, Katie shares practical insights and stories from across ICMA’s global community. Tune in to hear how education can drive opportunity and why the right skills will def...
2025-10-0117 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2025: ICMA Primary Market Innovation ProjectArmin 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.
2025-07-1504 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2025: ICMA Primary Market Innovation ProjectArmin 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.
2025-07-1504 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2025: Building a stronger European integrated market: ICMA’s vision for the Savings and Investment UnionNatalie 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.
2025-07-1510 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2025: Building a stronger European integrated market: ICMA’s vision for the Savings and Investment UnionNatalie 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.
2025-07-1511 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2025: Navigating complexity, advancing resilience: ICMA’s role and priorities in the international capital marketsBryan Pascoe, Chief Executive of ICMA, reflects on ICMA’s role and priorities in the international capital markets.
2025-07-1506 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2025: Navigating complexity, advancing resilience: ICMA’s role and priorities in the international capital markeBryan Pascoe, Chief Executive of ICMA, reflects on ICMA’s role and priorities in the international capital markets.
2025-07-1506 minICMA PodcastICMA Social Bonds Podcast – an update and focus on impact reportingFollowing 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.
2025-06-1828 minICMA PodcastICMA Social Bonds Podcast – an update and focus on impact reportingFollowing 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.
2025-06-1828 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2025: POATRS and the UK Listing Rules: ICMA response to the FCARuari 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
2025-04-1503 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2025: Final post-trade referral framework for bonds: ICMA letter to ESMA and the ECNina 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.
2025-04-1507 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2025: Final post-trade deferral framework for bonds: Final post-trade referral for bonds: ICMA letter to ESMA anNina 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.
2025-04-1507 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2025: Leverage in NBFIIrene 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.
2025-04-1506 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing Q1 2025: Reflections on 10 years of the ICMA Women’s NetworkICMA'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.
2025-01-2114 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing Q1 2025: Reflections on 10 years of the ICMA Women’s NetworkICMA'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.
2025-01-2114 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing Q1 2025: Looking forward: ICMA’s strategic priorities for FinTech and digitalisation in 2025Georgina Jarratt, Managing Director, ICMA, updates on ICMA's strategic priorities for FinTech and digitalisation in 2025.
2025-01-2103 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing Q1 2025: Looking forward: ICMA’s strategic priorities for FinTech and digitalisation in 2025Georgina Jarratt, Managing Director, ICMA, updates on ICMA's strategic priorities for FinTech and digitalisation in 2025.
2025-01-2103 minICMA PodcastAMIC Market update: ICMA Asset Management & Investors CouncilListen now to the podcast from the Asset Management and Investors Council (AMIC), ICMA's dedicated forum advocating the interests of buy-side members, including asset managers, institutional investors, private banks, pension funds, and insurance companies, among others. Returning for this episode are industry experts, Bob Parker, former Chairman of AMIC and Senior Adviser to ICMA, alongside Massimiliano Castelli, PhD MSc, Managing Director and Head of Strategy & Advice at UBS Asset Management, who also serves as the Co-Chair of the AMIC Executive Committee. In this podcast, recorded on 10th January 2025, the team discussed: · How investors are handling the uncertainty of the policies o...
2025-01-1649 minICMA PodcastICMA Education & Training presents ''Let's Talk Markets'' - Episode 9 - Transition FinanceIn 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.
2024-11-2525 minICMA PodcastICMA Education & Training presents ''Let's Talk Markets'' - Episode 9 - Transition FinanceIn 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.
2024-11-2525 minICMA PodcastICMA Education & Training presents ''Let's Talk Markets'' - Episode 7 - ICMA Women's NetworkIn 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...
2024-10-2418 minICMA PodcastICMA Education & Training presents ''Let's Talk Markets'' - Episode 7 - ICMA Women's NetworkIn 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...
2024-10-2418 minICMA PodcastICMA Education & Training presents ''Let's Talk Markets'' - Episode 5 - Careers in Capital MarketsIn 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.
2024-09-1231 minICMA PodcastICMA Education & Training presents ''Let's Talk Markets'' - Episode 5 - Careers in Capital MarketsIn 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.
2024-09-1231 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing Q3 2024: ICMA's role and priorities in ever-changing marketsICMA's CEO, Bryan Pascoe, shares a large part of the content from his speech at the last AGM.
2024-07-1601 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing Q3 2024: ICMA's role and priorities in ever-changing marketsICMA's CEO, Bryan Pascoe,shares a large part of the content from his speech at the last AGM.
2024-07-1601 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing Q3 2024: Calibration of EU bond market deferral regimeICMA'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.
2024-07-1611 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing Q3 2024: Calibration of EU bond market deferral regimeICMA'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.
2024-07-1611 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing Q3 2024: Repo and sustainabilityICMA'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.
2024-07-1605 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing Q3 2024: FinTech and digitalisation developmentsICMA'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.
2024-07-1604 minICMA PodcastICMA Education & Training presents '' Let's Talk Markets'' - Episode 2 I Discussing 10 Years of the ICMA PrinciplesEila 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.
2024-06-1919 minICMA PodcastICMA Education & Training I Episode 1 I Interview with ICMA CEO Bryan PascoeICMA Chief Executive Bryan Pascoe is interviewed by Marc Granville (ICMA Head of Education & Training) about his career journey to date.
2024-06-1909 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: Asset management developmentsICMA's Nicolette Moser, Senior Director, ICMA, provides an overview of recent policy recommendations by FSB and IOSCO relating to open-ended funds.
2024-04-1706 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: Repo and collateral market developmentsICMA’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).
2024-04-1707 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: European bond market data reportICMA's Simone Bruno, Associate Data Analyst, ICMA, presents the key findings from ICMA's European Secondary Market Data Report for 2023.
2024-04-1703 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: Bond market transparency: ICMA response to the FCAICMA'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
2024-04-1708 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: Primary markets developmentsICMA'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.
2024-04-1705 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: Work experience in international capital marketsICMA's Katie Kelly, Senior Director, ICMA, highlights the importance of offering work experience to students in today's environment in the UK
2024-04-1704 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: Liquidity and resilience in the core European sovereign bond marketsICMA'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.
2024-04-1706 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2024: Lessons from LIBOR transition in the bond market under English lawICMA's Paul Richards, Managing Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA, considers lessons from LIBOR transition in the bond market under English law.
2024-04-1705 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2024: Repo and collateral marketsICMA’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).
2024-01-1606 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2024: ICMA form of Singapore selling restrictionsICMA'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.
2024-01-1604 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2024: Hong Kong SFC’s market soundings consultation: ICMA’s responseICMA's Miriam Patterson, Secretary, ICMA Legal and Documentation Committee discusses ICMA's response to the Hong Kong SFC's market soundings consultation.
2024-01-1607 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2024: Sovereign bond market liquidityICMA'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.
2024-01-1605 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2024: Stress and resilience in international capital marketsICMA's Paul Richards, Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy at ICMA, discusses about stress and resilience in international capital markets
2024-01-1608 minICMA PodcastICMA 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.
2023-10-1803 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2023: IntroductionICMA's Chief Executive, Bryan Pascoe introduces the Q4 2023 ICMA Quarterly Report.
2023-10-1804 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2023: Synthetic US dollar LIBOR: the remaining task in the bond marketICMA'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.
2023-10-1807 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2023: European secondary bond market data report H1 2023ICMA's Andy Hill, head of ICMA Secondary Markets, provides brief highlights from the latest publication of ICMA’s European Secondary Bond Market Data report.
2023-10-1803 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2023: UK prospectus regime: ICMA response to FCA engagement papersICMA's Miriam Patterson, Secretary, ICMA Legal and Documentation Committee discusses the FCA’s engagement process regarding the UK’s new proposed prospectus regime.
2023-10-1806 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2023: UK consolidated tape: ICMA response to the FCAICMA’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.
2023-10-1806 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2023: FinTech and digitalisation updateICMA’s Gabriel Callsen, Director, discusses ICMA’s latest initiatives focused on FinTech and innovation as well as regulatory developments in the international bond markets.
2023-10-1803 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing , Q3 2023: IntroductionICMA's Chief Executive, Bryan Pascoe introduces the Q3 2023, ICMA Quarterly Report.
2023-07-1902 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing , Q3 2023: UK prospectus regimeICMA's Miriam Patterson, Secretary, ICMA Legal and Documentation Committee discusses the FCA’s engagement process regarding the UK’s new proposed prospectus regime.
2023-07-1905 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2023: FinTech and digitalisationICMA's Secretary to the Fintech Advisory Committee, Gabriel Callsen, speaks about ICMA’s latest initiatives on innovation, automation and market efficiency in bond markets.
2023-07-1903 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2023: MiFIR Review and bond market transparencyICMA'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
2023-07-1906 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2023: EU Listing ActICMA'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).
2023-07-1904 minICMA PodcastTransition from Legacy US Dollar LIBOR in the Bond Market: ICMA Podacst with four leading firmsThis 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...
2023-07-1746 min
ICMA PodcastICMA’s response to the ESAs’ call for evidence on greenwashingOzgur 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.
2023-04-1906 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: IntroductionICMA's Chief Executive, Bryan Pascoe, introduces the Q4 ICMA Quarterly Report.
2022-10-1802 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: Hong Kong SFC conduct requirements for bookbuilding and placingICMA's Secretary, ICMA Primary Market Practices Committee, Ruari Ewing, reports on the Hong Kong SFC conduct requirements for bookbuilding and placing.
2022-10-1805 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: The EU and UK Prospectus RegulationsBoth 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.
2022-10-1805 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: Secondary Bond Market dataICMA'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.
2022-10-1801 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: CSDR Refit: the future of mandatory buy-insICMA's Secretary, ICMA Secondary Market Practices Committee, Andy Hill, updates on ICMA’s ongoing advocacy to remove mandatory buy-ins from CSD Regulation.
2022-10-1801 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: ICMA’s new Global Repo and Collateral ForumICMA 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.
2022-10-1805 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: Understanding DLT and blockchain in bond marketsICMA's Secretary to the Fintech Advisory Committee, Gabriel Callsen, comments on ICMA's FAQs on DLT and blockchain in bond markets.
2022-10-1804 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q4 2022: Transparency in commercial paper marketsICMA'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.
2022-10-1802 min
Voices in Local Government2022 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...
2022-09-0725 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2022: IntroductionICMA Chief Executive Bryan Pascoe introduces the Q3 ICMA Quarterly Report.
2022-07-1802 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2022: Corporate bond market liquidity: ICMA response to IOSCO discussion paperAndy 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.
2022-07-1807 minICMA PodcastICMA Social Bonds Podcast Series Episode 1: SBP IntroductionThe 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
2022-06-2912 minICMA PodcastMonthly 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.
2022-05-2648 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: IntroductionICMA 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.
2022-04-1104 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: The transition from LIBOR in the bond market: progress and remaining stepsIn 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.
2022-04-1108 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: CSDR settlement disciplineICMA’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.
2022-04-1105 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: Ensuring the usability of the EU TaxonomyICMA’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.
2022-04-1104 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: EU Listing Act consultation and UK Prospectus Regulation review outcomeICMA'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.
2022-04-1104 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: UK Consumer Duty consultationICMA’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.
2022-04-1104 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: MiFID II bond market transparency regimeTowards 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.
2022-04-1108 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: Settlement efficiencyOn 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.
2022-04-1106 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: Common Domain Model: Phase 2ICMA’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.
2022-04-1103 minICMA PodcastMonthly 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.
2022-02-2534 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: Commentary from the Chief ExecutiveICMA 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.
2022-01-1805 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: ICSDs’ new syndicated closing modelICMA’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.
2022-01-1804 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: The Capital Markets Union PackageOn 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.
2022-01-1809 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: CSDR mandatory buy-insThe 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.
2022-01-1807 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: A new post-trade transparency regime for the EU corporate bond marketICMA'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.
2022-01-1805 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: Common domain model for repo and bondsICMA’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.
2022-01-1803 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: ’’Tough legacy” bondsThis 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.
2022-01-1807 minICMA PodcastICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: A round-up of LIBOR-related developments outside the UKICMA'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.
2022-01-1802 minICMA PodcastICMA Future Leaders Fintech Working Group Podcast Series | Episode 1 | The business case for DLT in capital marketsICMA 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...
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