Eila 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.…

ICMA Chief Executive Bryan Pascoe is interviewed by Marc Granville (ICMA Head of Education & Training) about his career journey to date.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

TreasurySpring’s Henry Adams, Chief Product Officer, discusses the unique features of their fintech solution, emphasising the innovative approach to unlocking trapped liquidity from outside capital markets through their proprietary instrument, the Fixed Term Fund (FTF). He discusses the inspiration behind the development of TreasurySpring, highligh…

In this podcast, Robert Koller, CAIA and CEO and Fredrik Creutz, Co-Founder and chairman of NowCM, discuss their company’s innovative approach to capital markets. They outline NowCM's three main focuses: digitalising the bond issuance process, operating a regulated issuance vehicle in Luxembourg, and managing a regulated marketplace for primary iss…

valantic FSA’s Andy Browning and Andrea Pirino discuss their fintech product's unique features, emphasising the necessary tension between stability and innovation in mission-critical workflow. They explore the inspiration behind its development, focusing on adapting to evolving technology while maintaining a strong client focus and addressing long-…

ICMA's Nicolette Moser, Senior Director, provides an overview of recent policy recommendations by FSB and IOSCO relating to open-ended funds.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

ICMA’s Alex Westphal, Senior Director, Repo and Collateral markets, talks about the latest meetings and discussions of ICMA’s European Repo and Collateral Council (ERCC).By ICMA (International Capital Market)

ICMA's Simone Bruno, Associate Data Analyst, presents the key findings from ICMA's European Secondary Market Data Report for 2023.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

ICMA's Nina Suhaib-Wolf, Director, Market Practice & Regulatory Policy, talks about Bond Market Transparency and presents highlights about ICMA's response to the recent FCA consultationBy ICMA (International Capital Market)

ICMA's Ruari Ewing, Senior Director - Primary Markets, 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.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

ICMA's Katie Kelly, Senior Director, highlights the importance of offering work experience to students in today's environment in the UKBy ICMA (International Capital Market)

ICMA's Andy Hill, Deputy Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, 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.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

ICMA's Paul Richards, Managing Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, considers lessons from LIBOR transition in the bond market under English law.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

Listen now to the latest 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 Chai…

Tommaso Di Grazia and Ed Tyndale-Biscoe, Heads of Fixed Income and Secured Funding Product Management at ION Markets, speak about how ION’s one-stop shop for trading solutions sets it apart from other fintech vendors. They also discuss how ION's API-based technology enables clients to customize core functionality to suit their specific business nee…

Murex Head of Securities Finance Product Management Sabine Farhat discusses shifts in the space driven by business and regulatory trends, emphasising the importance of balance sheet optimisation and increased scrutiny on collateral and liquidity. Sabine highlights the growing demand for centralisation, automation, and digitalisation, encouraged by …

Jonathan Lee, Senior Regulatory Reporting Specialist and Matthew Vincent, Managing Director from RegTech firm Kaizen, talk about the innovation they are seeing in compliance and regulatory reporting as the space continues to evolve. With all the challenges and complexities that firms face, Jonathan and Matthew explain the various solutions that Kai…

Founder and CEO, Sanjay Garodia, introduces OMAS - the full lifecycle product for primary Debt Capital Markets. Hear his views on standardisation, partnerships and collaborations, data transfer and interoperability, and the impact of AI on the financial markets and the FinTech vendors that support it. He shares his experience of how smaller, nimble…

Mark Dalton, Managing Director, and James Eves, Senior Executive, of ConvEx discuss the emerging role of specialist independent calculation agency services. Originally set up to provide specialist advice and calculation services to the equity-linked market, ConvEx has since expanded to debt capital markets instruments (capital securities, senior bo…

Raja Palaniappan, co-founder and CEO, discusses his transition from secondary market trading to revolutionising the primary issuance process of fixed income securities through digitisation. Origin, a SaaS platform, focuses on automating every stage of primary issuance to enhance efficiency, reduce risk, and manage unstructured data transfer.…

Steve Toland, co-founder, discusses the company's focus on providing e-trading systems for fixed income markets. Steve highlights innovations in API normalisation and automated trading tools to facilitate connectivity and efficiency for their customers in a rapidly evolving and fragmented market landscape.…

Todd Crowther , Head of Collateral Services, and Jon Ford, Head of Fixed Income , unpack the relationship between innovation and regulatory compliance in the constantly evolving industry landscape, and share insights from Pirum’s 20-year journey. From launching its cloud-based service before ‘SaaS’ (Software as a Service) was a thing, to its curren…

Charlie Berman, CEO and founder, shares his experience driving agora's mission to revolutionise the bond markets by leveraging distributed ledger technology to enhance efficiency and transparency. Starting with the origination process and heading towards full lifecycle management using smart contracts, agora is collaborating with stakeholders and n…

Alex Westphal, Senior Director, Repo and Collateral Markets, ICMA, talks about the latest meetings and publications of ICMA’s European Repo and Collateral Council (ERCC).By ICMA (International Capital Market)

Nina Suhaib-Wolf, Director, Secondary Markets, ICMA, speaks about bond market transparency in the EU and UK.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

Ruari Ewing, Senior Director, Primary Markets, ICMA, 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.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

Miriam Patterson, Senior Director, ICMA, discusses ICMA's response to the Hong Kong SFC's market soundings consultation.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

Andy Hill, Deputy Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA, provides a short update on the work of ICMA’s Bond Market 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 t…

Paul Richards, Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy at ICMA, discusses stress and resilience in international capital markets.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

Following the release of the paper “Considerations for risk factors and disclosure in DLT bond offering documents”, co-authors Gabriel Callsen, Director, FinTech and Digitalisation; Secretary to the ICMA FinTech Advisory Committee (FinAC) and Alexander Tollast, Counsel and Member of the Global Financial Markets and Tech Groups at Clifford Chance sa…

Ahead of ICMA’s Asset Management and Investors Council forum in Zurich on 24th November, Oliver Tinkler, Senior Director of ICMA, speaks with Bob Parker, former Chairman of AMIC and Senior Adviser to ICMA, and Dr. Max Castelli, Managing Director and Head of Strategy & Advice at UBS Asset Management, about some of the global macroeconomic topics tha…

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.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

ICMA's Chief Executive, Bryan Pascoe introduces the Q4 2023 ICMA Quarterly Report. *This recording was generated in Speechify (the text-to-speech tool) from the original article by Bryan PascoeBy ICMA (International Capital Market)

ICMA'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.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

ICMA’s Nicholas Pfaff, Deputy CEO and Head of Sustainable Finance, introduces a new paper on market integrity and greenwashing risks in sustainable finance. *This recording was generated in Speechify (the text-to-speech tool) from the original article by Nicholas PfaffBy ICMA (International Capital Market)

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.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

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.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

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

ICMA’s Katie Kelly, Senior Director, comments on proposed measures to increase resilience in the commercial paper market.By ICMA (International Capital 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.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

ICMA's Zhan Chen, Secretary, ERCC SFTR Taskforce, discusses the latest developments under SFTR.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

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.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

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 …

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 mon…

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.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

ICMA's Chief Executive, Bryan Pascoe introduces the Q3 2023 ICMA Quarterly Report.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

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

Valérie Guillaumin, Director Sustainable Finance, highlights the key features of the 2023 AGM and Conference of the Principles.By ICMA (International Capital Market)

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

Julia Rodkiewicz, Secretary to the Regulatory Policy Committee, introduces ICMA’s advocacy priorities for the Spanish EU Presidency.By ICMA (International Capital Market)