ICMA Podcast

ICMA's Chief Executive, Bryan Pascoe, introduces the Q4 ICMA Quarterly Report .

ICMA’s Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, Paul Richards, reports on the transition of legacy US dollar LIBOR bonds under English law.

ICMA's Deputy Chief Executive & Secretary of the Principles, Nicholas Pfaff, reports on further positive developments regarding the use of the Principles as a global standard for sustainable bonds illustrated by recent announcements of the European Central Bank and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, as well as developments in China’s domestic green bond market.

ICMA's Secretary, ICMA Primary Market Practices Committee, Ruari Ewing, reports on the Hong Kong SFC conduct requirements for bookbuilding and placing.

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.

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.

ICMA's Secretary, ICMA Secondary Market Practices Committee, Andy Hill, updates on ICMA’s ongoing advocacy to remove mandatory buy-ins from CSD Regulation.

ICMA’s Secretary, Liz Callaghan, Secretary to the Electronic Trading Council , reports on the appropriate EU bond market transparency regime framework.

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.

ICMA's Secretary to the Fintech Advisory Committee, Gabriel Callsen, comments on ICMA's FAQs on DLT and blockchain in bond 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.

ICMA Chief Executive Bryan Pascoe introduces the Q3  ICMA Quarterly Report .

ICMA’s Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, Paul Richards, reports on international capital markets in a time of economic shocks.

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.

ICMA’s Chief Representative for Asia Pacific, Mushtaq Kapasi, reports on the Hong Kong SFC conduct requirements for bookbuilding and placing.

ICMA’s General Counsel, Leland Goss, reports on new challenges ahead for debt workouts with regard to sovereign debt vulnerabilities.

Lisa Cleary, ICMA’s Senior Director, Legal Team, provides an update on the GMRA clause taxonomy and library project.

ICMA’s Deputy Chief Executive and Head of Sustainable Finance, Nicholas Pfaff, provides a sustainable finance update.

Charlotte Bellamy, an ICMA Senior Director in Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, reports on mid-cap bond markets in Europe.

Ruari Ewing, ICMA’s Senior Director in Primary Markets, comments on ESAs’ advice on the PRIIPS review.

ICMA’s Liz Callaghan, Secondary Bond Markets MiFID II Lead and Secretary to the Electronic Trading Council, reports on the appropriate EU bond market transparency regime framework.

Alex Westphal, an ICMA Director in Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, provides an update on repo and collateral market developments.

Katie Kelly, an ICMA Senior Director in Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, provides an update on the transition from LIBOR in the bond market.

This episode looks at corporate issuers of social bonds. ICMA member Nordea discusses with Telefonica and EDF (Electricité de France) why they decided to issue social bonds. They also look at investors' responses and the market's expected development.

In this episode, the ICMA Social Bond Working Group invite the Council of Europe Development Bank and external reviewer, Sustainalytics, to provide an update on the current state of the Social Bond market, as well as the main trends we can expect.