ICMA Podcast

Bryan Pascoe, Chief Executive of ICMA, discusses efforts underway to boost global bond markets resilience following post-covid socio-economic shocks.

Paul Richards, Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, reports on the cessation of panel bank US dollar LIBOR and the implications for bonds under English law.

Mushtaq Kapasi, Managing Director, Chief Representative for Asia Pacific and Yanqing Jia, Associate Director, Asia Pacific speak about the third edition of the ICMA report on Asian international bond markets, which provides an updated overview of market development and analysis of market events through the end of 2022.

Georgina Jarratt, Managing Director, Head of FinTech and Digitalisation, provides an overview of the associations work on the automation and digitalisation of the industry as a whole, sharing insights into the strategic focus and objectives for the team over the next 1-2 years.

ICMA's Ruari Ewing, Secretary, ICMA Primary Market Practices Committee discusses the replacement of the UK’s prospectus regime.

Andy Hill, head of ICMA Secondary Markets, provides an update on the ongoing MiFIR Review from the perspective of the proposed EU consolidate tape for bonds and the related transparency framework.

Katie Kelly, Senior Director, Market Practice & Regulatory Policy, speaks about whether there is a need for more and better transparency in commercial paper markets.

Alex Westphal, secretary to ICMA’s ERCC, speaks about ICMA’s latest work with members to support settlement efficiency in Europe as well as our related advocacy in the context of the ongoing CSDR Refit discussions.

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.

Gabriel Callsen, Director, FinTech and Digitalisation, at ICMA, speaks about ICMA’s CDM project, which is now open source, automation and innovation in repo markets and ICMA’s priorities.

The final episode of our series on market integrity in sustainable finance, focuses on the asset management and the fund industry. Nicholas Pfaff, Deputy CEO and Head of Sustainable Finance at ICMA sat down with Hortense Bioy, Global Director of Sustainability Research, Manager Research, Morningstar, Mark Manning, Strategic Policy Advisor Sustainable Finance, FCA, Patrik Karlsson, Senior Policy Of...

The ICMA Social Bond Working Group is publishing a series of podcasts focusing on aspects of Social Bonds and their markets. In this episode Philip Watkins Head of ESG DCM at SMBC Nikko discusses with Anna Smukowski , Senior Director, Capital Programs, Enterprise Community Loan Fund at Enterprise Community Partners and Natasha Garcha, Senior Director, Innovative Finance and Gender-Lens Investing S...

In this episode Simone Utermarck, Director, Sustainable Finance at ICMA talks to Isabelle Laurent, Deputy Treasurer and Head of Funding at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Joseba Mota, Head of Fixed Income and ESG, Iberdrola, Eric Pedersen, Head of Responsible Investments, Nordea Asset Management, Jochen Krimphoff, Global lead data, tools and methods for the Greening Fi...

ICMA's Secretary to the Fintech Advisory Committee, Gabriel Callsen, speaks about DLT and bond markets, automation of the bond issuance process, and industry collaboration on the CDM to reduce costs and promote innovation.

ICMA's Director, Sustainable Finance, Simone Utermarck, summarises ICMA’s take aways from COP27.

ICMA's Secretary to ICMA'S ERCC, Alex Westphal, explains the rationale and setup of ICMA’s Global Repo and Collateral Forum (GRCF) and comments on the latest developments, next steps and opportunities for ICMA’s global membership to engage in the new group.

ICMA’s Secretary, Secondary Market Practices Committee, Andy Hill, previews the ERCC’s annual analysis of how the European repo market performed over the recent year-end.

ICMA’s Secretary, Secondary Market Practices Committee, Andy Hill, updates on the ongoing regulatory developments and dynamics related to the EU’s contentious mandatory buy-in regime.

ICMA's Secretary to the Primary Market Practices Committee, Ruari Ewing, reports on recent proposals relating to the EU and UK prospectus regimes.

ICMA's Senior Director, Katie Kelly, discusses the FCA’s recent consultation on synthetic US dollar LIBOR.

ICMA’s Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, Paul Richards, reports on monetary policy, financial stability and capital market resilience.

ICMA's Chief Executive, Bryan Pascoe introduces the Q1 2023 ICMA Quarterly Report.

Klaudia Gorczyca, Founder of Dialogue Age and Executive Performance Coach talks to Klaudia Mach, an Associate at Milbank’s Alternative Investments Practice in London and a member of the ICMA Future Leaders Fintech Work Group about navigating and future-proofing your career in Capital Markets: what skills and mindset will serve us most powerfully in face of volatility and constant change; how digit...

Ashwin Jolly, Senior Dealer at ICICI Bank UK plc, talks to Mushtaq Kapasi, ICMA Chief Representative in Asia Pacific, about recent 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 for Indian USD denominated fixed income.

This 40-minute podcast looks at Sustainability-linked Bonds (SLBs) and transition finance with a focus on greenwashing risks and remedies. Listen to the conversation moderator Laurie Chesne, Head of Green & Sustainable Financing at Natixis had with Nicole Della Vedova, Head of Corporate Finance at Enel; Felipe Gordillo, ESG Senior Analyst at Mirova; Nate Aden, Finance Sector Lead at Science Ba...