ICMA Podcast

ICMA’s Quick Guide to the transition to risk-free rates in the bond market

The transition from the long established IBORs (including LIBOR) to alternative near risk-free reference rates (“RFRs”) is a major challenge for global financial markets, with the deadline for the potential demise of LIBOR set for the end of 2021. On this podcast, Charlotte Bellamy and Katie Kelly discuss ICMA’s Quick Guide, a publication that provides a high-level overview of the key areas relating to the transition.

Origins of the Eurobond market

Bond market veteran and author of the definitive history of the Eurobond market Chris O’Malley, tells the extraordinary story of how the market developed into the principal source of international finance for governments, supranational agencies, financial institutions around the world. Starting in post-war Europe he traces the evolution of the Eurobond market in a  constantly changing economic and political  environment to create today’s global cross-border markets.