ICMA Podcast

An insight into the Kuwaiti debt capital market

Martin Scheck, ICMA Chief Executive talks to Abdulkarim Al-Yaqout,  Head Of Product Development at Kuwait Clearing Company (KCC) about the Kuwaiti debt capital market, its characteristics, main developments as well as its ambitions in ESG and fintech. Abdulkarim also discusses the role of KCC, their medium term strategy and the measures needed to develop further international involvement in the local market.

Agile working

As we contemplate a return to the office, agile working arrangements are often part of the discussion, but what is agile working and how is it different from hybrid working? How can we structure it so that it brings out the best in people and allows team building and the exchange of ideas? Paul Allsopp, MD of The Agile Organisation has the answers.

Euronext in the European fixed income space

Chris Topple, Euronext London CEO, talks to ICMA’s Martin Scheck about changes in European fixed income markets post MiFID II and how Euronext has scaled up its fixed income capabilities through recent acquisitions including Borsa Italiana to meet market structure challenges. They discuss the electronification of fixed income markets, the future of fixed income trading and improving post trade efficiency.

The Human Side of Finance | Episode 2 | Can you find success and happiness in banking?

Welcome to the second episode of the Human Side of Finance podcast series, brought to you by ICMA Future Leaders and Humans in Finance. In “Can you find success and happiness in banking?” we gather insights from Stuart Smith, a Performance Consultant specialising in Performance Psychology, as well as Cyrus Ardalan, Chairman of Citigroups international investment banking subsidiary Citi Global Markets Ltd, on a question that receives ever greater focus in the industry. We discuss the stereotypes of working 15 hours a day, what the purpose of a banker really is and how this may be connected to ones happiness, but also why ‘high-achievers’ are shifting away from ‘excellence at any (mental) cost’. 

Asia international bond markets – a conversation with Christophe Roupie of MarketAxess

Andy Hill, Head of Secondary Markets at ICMA, speaks with Christophe Roupie, Head of EMEA and APAC at MarketAxess, about recent and ongoing developments in the Asia international bond markets. Christophe shares his observations and insights on a number of aspects, including the internationalization of local markets, the growing predominance of China, the rapid adoption of e-trading and automation across the region, as well as the potential for further transformation of market structure in the near future.    

The Human Side of Finance | Episode 1 | Is the grass greener on the other side?

Welcome to the first ever episode of the Human Side of Finance podcast series, brought to you by ICMA Future Leaders and Humans in Finance. In this podcast we explore the question “Is the grass greener on the other side?”. Can we truly find fulfilment in the mainstream finance industry or do we need to look elsewhere to achieve this? To help answer this question, we were joined by executive coach Jill Watt and former investment banker turned not for profit sustainable finance advisor Rufus Grantham.

Monthly Market update: ICMA Asset Management & Investors Council (19 May 2021)

Robert Parker, Chair of ICMA’s Asset Management and Investors Council, reviews the market events of the past weeks, including central bank response to the rise in inflation, economic recovery in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and investor positioning.

Pricing climate risk

Mushtaq Kapasi, Head of ICMA Asia Pacific, speaks to Dr Entela Benz, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Finance at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School and co-founder and CEO of Intensel, and Dr Saurabh Singh, co-founder and CTO of Intensel about the different and sometimes unexpected aspects of climate risk, how to determine climate risk from underlying data and models, and how this risk can be translated into a “climate spread” on the price of assets.

FinTech innovation revolutionising capital markets

Stephane Malrait, Head of Market Structure and Innovation for financial markets at ING, talks to ICMA’s Martin Scheck about how finance is catching up with other industries in using data combined with AI to enhance services to clients. He explores how DLT has evolved into a proven technology now being adopted for issuing and trading financial instruments. Stephane also discusses the importance of being aware of what solutions are already out there and openness to new ways of doing business.

Berlin Hyp’s experience as issuer of the world’s first sustainability-linked bond by a bank

Bodo Winkler-Viti, Berlin Hyp’s Head of Funding & Investor Relations speaks to Simone Utermarck at ICMA about Berlin Hyp’s pioneering role in the green bond market to becoming also the first bank in the world to issue a sustainability-linked bond (SLB) including how it fits into their overall strategy, the structuring of the bond and how the bank dealt with potential MREL concerns.