ICMA Podcast

ICMA’s Nicholas Pfaff, Deputy CEO and Head of Sustainable Finance, introduces a new paper on market integrity and greenwashing risks in sustainable finance.

ICMA’s Alex Westphal (Director, Repo and Collateral markets) provides an update on the latest discussions in Europe in relation to a potential shortening of the settlement cycle from T+2 to T+1.

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.

ICMA's Miriam Patterson, Secretary, ICMA Legal and Documentation Committee discusses the FCA’s engagement process regarding the UK’s new proposed prospectus regime.

ICMA’s Katie Kelly, Senior Director, comments on proposed measures to increase resilience in the commercial paper market.

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.

ICMA's Zhan Chen, Secretary, ERCC SFTR Taskforce, discusses the latest developments under SFTR.

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.

In this episode, Oliver Tinkler, Senior Director of ICMA and Head of Press and Communication, introduces 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. AMIC plays a vital role in ICMA's mission to promote we...

Mushtaq Kapasi, ICMA Chief Representative in Asia Pacific, talks to Ashwin Jolly, Senior Dealer at ICICI Bank UK plc, about themes and performance in global emerging debt markets; why some countries and sectors have performed better than others; the implications of monetary policy for international bond markets, and what to expect in the coming months.

Alex Westphal, secretary to ICMA’s ERCC, recaps the latest developments related to the ongoing review of CSDR, focusing particularly on the controversial mandatory buy-in provisions.

ICMA's Chief Executive, Bryan Pascoe introduces the Q3 2023, ICMA Quarterly Report.

This podcast by Paul Richards, Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy at ICMA, is about the UK’s Regulatory Framework Review of financial services in a global context.

Valérie Guillaumin, Director Sustainable Finance, highlights the key features of the 2023 AGM and Conference of the Principles.

ICMA's Miriam Patterson, Secretary, ICMA Legal and Documentation Committee discusses the FCA’s engagement process regarding the UK’s new proposed prospectus regime.

Julia Rodkiewicz, Secretary to the Regulatory Policy Committee, introduces ICMA’s advocacy priorities for the Spanish EU Presidency.

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.

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

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).

ICMA’s Chief Representative for Asia Pacific, Mushtaq Kapasi, reports on recent Asia-Pacific market developments highlighted in the Quarterly Report.

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 dolla...

This is an ideal mini podcast to once listen on your way to work. In the first part, Patrick Saner, Head Macro Strategy at Swiss Reinsurance, shares his insights on the global macroeconomic and financial market environment, particularly the outlook looking into the second half of 2023. Charlotte Mueller, who serves on the ICMA Future Leaders committee, also asks Patrick about career tips for young...

Getting into banking is challenging - navigating a career in finance few years down the line is harder still. This is why, on your behalf, International Capital Markets Association Future Leaders Nordic Steering Committee Representative, Anna Reuterskiöld took the opportunity to ask Eirik Winter, CEO BNP Paribas Group Nordic region, and Elisabeth Beskow, CEO DNB Bank ASA Sweden Branch, the tricky...

Mushtaq Kapasi, Head of ICMA Asia Pacific, talks to Riad Choudhury, Head of Asia Pacific, MarketAxess about where and why fixed income e-trading continues to grow, how to navigate the complexity and fragmentation of Asian markets, and emerging opportunities in 2023 for trading platforms as well as investors.

Mushtaq Kapasi, Head of ICMA Asia Pacific, talks to Riad Choudhury, Head of Asia Pacific, MarketAxess about where and why fixed income e-trading continues to grow, how to navigate the complexity and fragmentation of Asian markets, and emerging opportunities in 2023 for trading platforms as well as investors.