ICMA Podcast

ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2022: ESAs’ advice on the PRIIPS review

Ruari Ewing, ICMA’s Senior Director in Primary Markets, comments on ESAs’ advice on the PRIIPS review.

ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2022: The appropriate EU bond market transparency regime framework

ICMA’s Liz Callaghan, Secondary Bond Markets MiFID II Lead and Secretary to the Electronic Trading Council, reports on the appropriate EU bond market transparency regime framework.

ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2022: Repo and collateral market developments

Alex Westphal, an ICMA Director in Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, provides an update on repo and collateral market developments.

ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q3 2022: Transition from LIBOR in the bond market

Katie Kelly, an ICMA Senior Director in Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, provides an update on the transition from LIBOR in the bond market.

ICMA Social Bonds Podcast Series Episode 3: Corporates

This episode looks at corporate issuers of social bonds. ICMA member Nordea discusses with Telefonica and EDF (Electricité de France) why they decided to issue social bonds. They also look at investors' responses and the market's expected development.

ICMA Social Bonds Podcast Series Episode 2: Current state of the market

In this episode, the ICMA Social Bond Working Group invite the Council of Europe Development Bank and external reviewer, Sustainalytics, to provide an update on the current state of the Social Bond market, as well as the main trends we can expect.

Unmissable career Insights from Niall Bohan at the European Commission

In this new edition of the podcast series, ICMA Future Leaders (IFL) representatives, Michael Sansen, Charles Tissier and Majoke Hegen speak to Niall Bohan, Director, Asset and Financial Risk Management, Directorate-General for the EU Budget, European Commission. The IFL team discuss with Niall his own career development, progress within the Commission and current role and responsibilities, how new talent is recruited from across the EU and the steps taken to improve that journey, and how teams are developed to integrate the next generation into high-performance units.

Next steps in digitising capital markets

Andy Hill of ICMA speaks to NowCM’s Robert Koller, CEO and Founder and Fredrik Creutz, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder about what has been achieved so far in digitising primary debt markets, its purpose and real-life benefits as well as the end-game of a digital bond market. They also discuss what a digital bond market requires to reach its full potential.

An insight into opportunities for young professionals at the EIB

ICMA Future Leaders steering committee members, Michael Sansen, Charles Tissier and Majoke Hegen speak to Bertrand de Mazières, Director General of Finance at the European Investment Bank (EIB) about his career development, including career highlights such as the EIB’s pioneering work in issuing the first ever green bond, while offering his own personal advice to young professionals. Bertrand also gives his insights into the functioning of one of the world’s leading public institutions and expands on the various employment opportunities, including their GRAD programme which provides new graduates who have not had previous professional experience the possibility to work for the EIB.

ICMA Social Bonds Podcast Series Episode 1: SBP Introduction

The ICMA Social Bond Working Group is publishing a series of podcasts focusing on aspects of Social Bonds and their markets.

In this episode of the Social Bond podcast, the co-coordinators of the ICMA Social Bond Working Group present recent updates to two documents – the Harmonised Framework for Impact Reporting for Social Bonds and the Mapping to the SDGs for Green, Social and Sustainability Bonds – both released in June 2022 at the Annual General Meeting and Conference of the ICMA Principles. The presenters explore common questions about social bonds and highlight relevant documents as key resources available for social bond market participants on the ICMA Principles website.