ICMA Podcast

The Indian fixed income market – recent themes and outlook

ICMA’s Mushtaq Kapasi speaks with Ashwin Jolly, senior dealer at ICICI Bank UK plc, about the Indian bond markets. The conversation covers the different kinds of bonds and issuers in the onshore and offshore markets, key attractions and possible considerations for investors, performance so far in 2022, and the future of sovereign and sustainable issuance.

ICMA Market integrity in sustainable finance series I Episode 1 I Greenwashing risks and remedies

In the first of a new series on market integrity in sustainable finance, this podcast covers what is good and what is being questioned in the sustainable bond market with a focus on greenwashing risks and remedies. Denise Odaro, Head of Investor Relations, IFC and Chair of the Executive Committee of the Green, Social, Sustainability and Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles leads a lively discussion with Eila Kreivi, Chief Sustainable Finance Officer at EIB; Bram Bos, Lead Portfolio Manager Green Bonds at NNIP and Sean Kidney, CEO of the Climate Bond Initiative.

Monthly Market update: ICMA Asset Management & Investors Council (24 May 2022)

Max Castelli, Co-Chair of ICMA's Asset Management & Investors Council (AMIC) and Robert Parker, ICMA Senior Advisor review the economic and capital markets outlook, its impact on investor portfolios and the implications for the asset management Industry. They discuss issues of particular concern to investors, such as the prospects for growth, inflation and monetary policies, as well as a number of longer term issues including the response of the industry to climate change and the reversal of globalisation.

An interview with Íslandsbanki: the first Icelandic bank to tackle Sustainable Financing

During this ICMA podcast, we sit down with Kristrún Tinna Gunnarsdóttir, Head of Strategy and Sustainability for Íslandsbanki. Íslandsbanki was the first bank in Iceland to establish a Sustainable Financing Framework. Kristrún introduces listeners to the main features of the framework and overall Sustainability approach at Íslandsbanki, and shares her views on potential areas for future focus and development.

Female Invest: the journey to close the financial gender gap

Nordic representative for ICMA Future Leaders Rebekah Bray speaks with Anna-Sophie Hartvigsen, one of the three founders of Female Invest. As business students in 2019, Anna-Sophie and her co-founders saw a clear gap in resources to educate women about how to invest, and decided to tackle the issue head-on by founding Female Invest. Today, the social e-learning platform has paying members across 77 countries and the co-founders are listed on the Forbes 30 under 30 list.

Why diversity and inclusion isn’t just a “nice to have”

ICMA Chief Executive Bryan Pascoe, chats to Yanqing Jia from ICMA’s Hong Kong office about how improving diversity and inclusion makes good business sense and the importance of industry leadership by setting a good example. While ICMA has made progress with its D&I initiatives to recruit and support a diverse workforce,  particularly in achieving gender diversity in the group, and in its enthusiastic support for an active international  ICMA Womens Network, his view is that we need to challenge ourselves in other areas, by looking to promote greater diversity of thought and recruiting from a broader range of social backgrounds.

ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: Introduction

ICMA Chief Executive, Bryan Pascoe introduces the latest ICMA Quarterly Report  with an overview of market conditions and highlights contributions in the publication from Jérôme Haegli, Swiss Re;  Denis Beau at Banque de France on diversity and inclusion; and Habib Motani from Clifford Chance on 30 years of the GMRA.

ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: Diversity and inclusion

ICMA’s Katie Kelly on the importance of diversity and inclusion in the finance industry with specific reference to initiatives in this area at the Banque de France.

ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: The transition from LIBOR in the bond market: progress and remaining steps

In the ICMA Quarterly Report, the Quarterly Assessment is about the transition away from LIBOR to risk-free rates in the bond market. The Quarterly Assessment is introduced in this podcast by ICMA's Paul Richards, Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy.

ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q2 2022: CSDR settlement discipline

ICMA’s Andy Hill, Secretary, ICMA Secondary Market Practices Committee, updates on the European Commission’s proposal for a revised mandatory buy-in framework and next steps.