ICMA Podcast

ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: Hong Kong SFC conduct requirements for bookbuilding and placing

ICMA's Mushtaq Kapasi, Chief Representative for Asia-Pacific, provides an update on the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission’s new Code of Conduct for bookbuilding and placing, and potential implications for regional and global primary bond markets.

ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: A new post-trade transparency regime for the EU corporate bond market

ICMA's Liz Callaghan, Secretary, ICMA Electronic Trading Council, speaks about ICMA's new proposal on a workable, balanced bond transparency regime, which is significantly simpler than today’s complex transparency regime. A regime that provides considerably more bond market transparency than can be found today but at the same time, protects liquidity providers and end investors from undue risk.

ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: Update on the EU Green Bond Standard proposal

Nicholas Pfaff, ICMA’s Head of Sustainable Finance, reviews progress on the EU Green Bond Standard and the recent proposal that it become mandatory for all green bonds between 2025 and 2028.

ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: AIFMD and ELTIF reviews

ICMA's Irene Rey, AMIC Secretariat, provides key highlights of interest to AMIC members on the AIFMD and ELTIF proposals which were released by the European Commission at the end of November 2021.

ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: Common domain model for repo and bonds

ICMA’s Gabriel Callsen, Secretary, ICMA Fintech Advisory Committee, speaks about ICMA’s CDM project for repo and bonds, the recent survey results and next steps.

ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: ’’Tough legacy” bonds

This LIBOR podcast follows an important milestone in the long-running story of the transition away from LIBOR and towards risk-free rates – the end of 2021. ICMA's Charlotte Bellamy, Secretary, ICMA Legal & Documentation Committee, discusses the introduction of synthetic sterling and yen LIBOR and some remaining questions for tough legacy bonds looking ahead.

ICMA Quarterly Briefing, Q1 2022: A round-up of LIBOR-related developments outside the UK

ICMA's Katie Kelly, Secretary, ICMA Financial Institution Issuer Forum and ICMA Corporate Issuer Forum, presents a round-up of LIBOR-related developments in the Euro area and Switzerland.

ICMA Future Leaders Fintech Working Group Podcast Series | Episode 1 | The business case for DLT in capital markets

ICMA Future Leaders (IFL) launched a Fintech working group earlier in 2021 to look into developments in Fintech including digital assets, blockchain transactions in capital markets, the evolution of securities technology, among others, to support ICMA’s overall role in this fast evolving area. As part of the IFL working group’s activities, it has organised a series of podcasts with market experts focusing on digital ledger technology or DLT.

In this first episode, IFL’s Alexander Tollast and Alastria's Juan Jimenez Zaballos discuss the potential advantages of using DLT in the capital markets, as well as the challenges to be overcome for a fully-fledged market for digital securities to develop.

Monthly Market update: ICMA Asset Management & Investors Council (13 December 2021)

Robert Parker, Chair of ICMA’s Asset Management and Investors Council, reviews key themes for investors in 2022 including the inflation and growth outlook, potential monetary policy divergences, and geopolitical risks.

ICMA profiles its global membership: featuring Bank Leumi

ICMA’s President Martin Scheck speaks to David Reznik, Fixed Income Strategist at Bank Leumi, Israeli’s largest bank, about its market activities and more generally about the Israeli capital market and its market infrastructure. David discusses the main issuers, local bond practices, the main investors of Israeli debt and also provides his insights on efforts being made in the field of sustainable finance and the overall outlook for the market.