ICMA Podcast

Digital transformation in capital markets

Chetan Tolia, Head of Digital Business Transformation at UBS Investment Bank, talks to Martin Scheck, ICMA Chief Executive about  unlearning the past and relearning to reinvent the business model and create a radical future, and how COVID-19 has forced us all to do this on a wider scale. The momentum building in tokenisation and the role of regulators, major developments in market infrastructure and the challenges of managing change and innovation in a large institution all feature in the discussion.

COVID-19 ICMA Asset Management & Investors Council market update (19 August 2020)

Robert Parker, Chair of ICMA's Asset Management and Investors Council, decipher the market events of the last two weeks, in light of the S&P 500 new record high, the recent dollar weakness, central banks' policy outlook and institutional investors' positioning.

Opening up China’s capital markets

Mr. Kun Hu, General Manager of Investment Banking and Asset Management at Bank of China talks to ICMA’s Chief Executive Martin Scheck about the prospects for further internationalisation of China’s capital markets, the issuance of COVID-19 themed bonds in the interbank market, international investment in onshore Chinese bond markets and opportunities for issuers in the Panda bond market.

Nordic capital markets, the pandemic and the future of investment banking

What is the outlook for investment banking in the post pandemic world and can regulation create a more resilient financial system which can cope with such unexpected crises? ICMA Chief Executive Martin Scheck and Jakob Groot, Member of the Executive Board, Head of Corporates & Institutions at Danske Bank A/S and Vice Chair of ICMA’s Board, discuss the lasting legacy of COVID-19 and the performance of Nordic financial markets during the crisis.
 

COVID-19 ICMA Asset Management & Investors Council market update (7 August 2020)

Robert Parker, Chair of ICMA's Asset Management and Investors Council, reviews the market events of the last two weeks, in light of the publication of most recent economic indicators, central banks' policy outlook, and  the performance of different asset classes.

ICMA Capital Market Webinar: In conversation with Ashley Alder

ICMA Chief Executive Martin Scheck speaks to Ashley Alder, Chief Executive Officer of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong and Chair of the IOSCO Board about Hong Kong’s future as a financial centre in the context of the new National Securities Law and the opening up of China’s financial markets. A wide ranging discussion covering the changes in financial markets that have been accelerated by the pandemic, the effect of geopolitics on cross-border capital flows, environmental finance and securities market regulation.