ICMA Podcast

The end of 2021 is a key and long-awaited milestone in the LIBOR transition process. As this important date approaches, this ICMA webinar will take stock of progress in the adoption of alternative risk-free rates in the bond market and active transition of legacy bonds; consider the various legislative solutions designed to address the issue of “tough legacy” bonds; and discuss how LIBOR transitio...

Robert Parker, Chair of ICMA’s Asset Management and Investors Council, reviews the market events of the past weeks, including rising inflation, the corporate earnings season, the growth outlook in China, and the upcoming central bank meetings.

In advance of COP26, ICMA’s Nicholas Pfaff moderates a high-level discussion on Climate Transition Finance outlining the key issues and also introducing Japan’s regional guidance based on the Climate Transition Finance Handbook . Featuring contributions from Chris Iggo, Chief Investment Officer, AXA IM Core; Ketish Pothalingam, Executive VP, Portfolio Manager, PIMCO; and  Motoko Ogawa, Deputy Dire...

The UK Government and authorities issued a flurry of consultations impacting primary bond market regulation this summer. In this podcast, ICMA’s Ruari Ewing and Charlotte Bellamy discuss the consultations and ICMA members’ key concerns in this area.

ICMA’s President Martin Scheck speaks to Leslie Maasdorp, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of the New Development Bank, about the rationale and purpose behind the bank, its funding model and governance structure and their focus on infrastructure and sustainable development projects in the BRICS countries and other emerging economies. Leslie also discusses the NDB’s overall environmenta...

Robert Parker, Chair of ICMA’s Asset Management and Investors Council, reviews the market events of the past weeks, including the Evergrande debt situation and potential contagion risk, the Fed economic outlook and review of their monetary policy guidance, as well as the German election results.

ICMA’s Mushtaq Kapasi speaks with Pratima Divgi, CDP Regional Director, on the topic of environmental disclosure & impact reporting. Pratima provides a brief introduction on CDP’s role in sustainable finance and discusses how CDP relates to other disclosure regimes, the methodology for investor benchmarking, and how sustainability reporting may continue to evolve in the future.

Rebekah Bray of ICMA Women’s Network Nordic region speaks with Alexis Cousins of SEB’s Debt Capital Markets team to discuss workplace inequality. As a PhD candidate at the Stockholm School of Economics, Alexis’ research focuses on workplace inequality and the struggles of under-represented populations. She discusses general initiatives in the financial sector to address this issue, alongside a new...

Robert Parker, Chair of ICMA’s Asset Management and Investors Council, reviews the market events of the past weeks while considering geopolitical risks and potential divergence in monetary policies ahead of central banks' September meetings.

ICMA’s Mushtaq Kapasi speaks with Zalina Shamsudin, General Manager, Capital Markets Malaysia, about green and social sukuk in the context of the global sustainable and Islamic capital markets. The discussion covers how Islamic finance principles interact with conventional sustainable finance, the investor base for green sukuk, and Malaysia’s efforts to grow the market and facilitate further posit...

Robert Parker, Chair of ICMA’s Asset Management and Investors Council, reviews the market events of the past weeks, including the Chinese equities sell-off, the pause in the reflation trade, and the ECB policy guidance.

ICMA’s Mushtaq Kapasi speaks with Suzanne Johnson, Senior Advisor, Sustainable Ocean Business with UN Global Compact about business opportunities in sustainable oceans and the role that capital markets can play in scaling up ocean based solutions to meet the needs of our growing world. Suzanne discusses the concept of  ‘blue bonds’ and how they relate to green and sustainability-linked bonds, the...

ICMA’s Liz Callaghan discusses trends in corporate bond markets in the USA and in Europe with BondCliq CEO Chris White and Gabriele Frediani who heads business development for Bondcliq in Europe,  highlighting similarities and the differences between the two markets. They also reflect on the need for a balanced approach for pre-trade transparency and data ownership and the lessons learned from Cov...

In this podcast, Nicholas Pfaff (ICMA’s Head of Sustainable Finance) discusses the main highlights of the ICMA’s recent publication ‘Overview and Recommendations of Sustainable Finance Taxonomies’ with ICMA colleagues Ozgur Altun and Yanqing Jia. They cover what taxonomies mean for sustainable finance, approaches taken by major initiatives such as by the EU and China, the interplay of taxonomies w...

Welcome to episode 5 of the Human Side of Finance podcast series, brought to you by ICMA Future Leaders and Humans in Finance. In this podcast we interview Dorrit Lowsen from Change Finance and Oren Shai from Enlivened Leadership Lab to explore the important conversation on Rebalancing Excessive Masculinity in Finance.      Episode notes: Polarity-related resources: https://oren.is/#dss Polarity M...

Welcome to the third episode of the Human Side of Finance podcast series, brought to you by ICMA Future Leaders and Humans in Finance. Often referred to as one of the founding fathers of capital markets, Hans-Joerg Rudloff has been at the forefront of the international capital markets since their inception in the 1970’s. His 50 year career in the finance industry has seen him hold numerous impress...

Andy Hill, Head of Secondary Markets at ICMA, speaks with Christophe Roupie, Head of EMEA and APAC at MarketAxess, about recent and ongoing developments in the Asia international bond markets. Christophe shares his observations and insights on a number of aspects, including the internationalization of local markets, the growing predominance of China, the rapid adoption of e-trading and automation...

Welcome to the first ever episode of the Human Side of Finance podcast series, brought to you by ICMA Future Leaders and Humans in Finance. In this podcast we explore the question “Is the grass greener on the other side?”. Can we truly find fulfilment in the mainstream finance industry or do we need to look elsewhere to achieve this? To help answer this question, we were joined by executive coach...