ICMA Podcast

ICMA Future Leaders Fintech Working Group Podcast Series | Episode 3 | The challenges behind cash settlement of digital bond transactions

In this episode, IFL’s Sébastien Van Campenhoudt discusses with David Newns, Head of SDX, how securities settlement could be performed by CSDs in a DLT environment, with a specific focus on how the cash leg of the transaction can be processed.

G7 economies and global bond markets with Aditya Bhave, Bank of America Securities

Aditya Bhave, Senior US and Global Economist, Bank of America Securities, talks to Mushtaq Kapasi, ICMA Chief Representative in Asia Pacific about the outlook for growth and inflation in leading economies, the implications of inflation and monetary policy for international bond markets and what to expect in markets into 2023.

The future of credit trading

ICMA’s Head of secondary markets, Andy Hill and Ramon Baljé, Head of Fixed Income at Flow Traders discuss rapid change in the fixed income market, including electronification, the future for credit market structure, execution strategies and portfolio trading.

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

Robert Parker, senior advisor ICMA, reviews the market events of the past weeks, including the inflation and growth outlook, monetary policy developments and investors positioning.

Recovery as a springboard for change with Debora Revoltella, EIB

Debora Revoltella, Director of the Economics Department of the European Investment Bank, presents the results of the EIB Investment Report 2021-2022,  a unique survey of 125,000 firms undertaken in summer 2021,  taking stock of post pandemic recovery and the potential opportunities to invest in the climate transition and digital innovation.

Prospects for sovereign bonds and other fixed income assets with Luca Cazzulani, UniCredit

Luca Cazzulani, UniCredit's Co-Head of Strategy Research in conversation with Bryan Pascoe, ICMA Chief Executive, gives his views on the outlook for growth, inflation and monetary policy in major economies over the next year, with his expectations for returns from fixed income assets, including sovereign bonds.

The outlook for growth and inflation 2022-2023 from Tom Porcelli & Peter Schaffrik, RBC Capital Markets

Tom Porcelli, Chief U.S. Economist and Peter Schaffrik, Chief European Macro Strategist, at  RBC Capital Markets share their insights on prospects for economic growth in the USA, Europe and the UK over the next two years. Comparing inflationary pressures in different markets, they discuss potential reactions from central banks in terms of rate hikes and tapering.

ICMA Future Leaders Fintech Working Group Podcast Series | Episode 2 | The European regulatory landscape, CMU and digitalisation

In this episode, ICMA Future Leader Sven Renders and MEP Johan Van Overtveldt talk about the importance of completing the CMU, the benefits of the new DLT pilot regime regulation for Europe’s capital markets and the added value of a digital Euro.

Financial market and economic outlook 2022 – with Gilles Moec, AXA Group

ICMA Chief Executive Bryan Pascoe speaks to Gilles Moec, AXA Group Chief Economist, about his central scenarios for growth and inflation in 2022,  contrasting developed and emerging markets, and identifying the risks which could derail them. They also discuss climate transition initiatives as a long term source of inflation and touch on fintech developments including crypto and central bank digital currencies.

ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: Commentary from the Chief Executive

ICMA Chief Executive, Bryan Pascoe, sets out the ICMA action plan for 2022, focusing on developments in fintech, regulatory divergence in capital markets, the Capital Markets Union package and the increasingly complex regulatory environment for sustainable finance.