ICMA Podcast

Outlook for the Euro area and the UK from George Buckley, Nomura

George Buckley, Chief UK and Euro Area Economist at Nomura gives his views on the Euro area politics and the economic outlook, also covering the effects of Brexit on the UK economy, prospects for the housing market and the likelihood of the Bank of England going negative on official interest rates in 2021.

COVID-19 and accelerating structural change with Paul Donovan, UBS Wealth Management

Paul Donovan, Global Chief Economist of UBS Wealth Management, talks to Martin Scheck, ICMA about how COVID-19 is accelerating structural change making a return to the status quo unlikely, Also, differing patterns of consumption in the USA and Europe,  and how they are affecting economic recovery, the forces currently  restraining investment spending and prospects for the ‘roaring 20s’.

The market environment in 2021 with Christoph Rieger, Commerzbank

Christoph Rieger, Head of Rates and Credit Research at Commerzbank comments on the market environment in 2021, including excess savings, increasing inflation, the strengthening of the euro, and asset purchase programmes, with their implications for policy makers, particularly the ECB. He also considers how large scale issuance by the EU will influence financial markets this year.

Economic outlook for 2021 with Marc Chandler, Bannockburn Global Forex

Marc Chandler, Managing Director, Bannockburn Global Forex, joins Leland Goss, Managing Director & General Counsel at ICMA, for an in-depth conversation on the future of DCM and FX markets in 2021. They discuss the significant monetary expansion in the US brought on by COVID-19, the feasibility of European monetary union without a fiscal union and the outlook for the year ahead.

2021 Outlook for the asset management industry

Robert Parker, Chair of ICMA's Asset Management and Investors Council, shares his outlook for 2021 for the asset management industry including his views on inflation, central bank monetary policies and the potential asset bubbles in the market. 

ICMA’s post-Brexit podcast: implications for capital markets

Paul Richards, Head of ICMA’s Market Practice & Regulatory Policy, Charlotte Bellamy, Senior Director, Primary Markets and Lisa Cleary, Senior Director & Associate Counsel, provide an overview of the implications for international capital markets from the end of the post-Brexit transition period, including changes to ICMA’s primary market documentation and the existing guidance for the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA).

How FinTech is changing capital markets

ICMA speaks to Steve Toland, Founder at TransFICC, an e-trading technology company providing solutions for the fixed income and derivatives markets, who shares his views on how FinTech is creating efficiencies in the capital markets and current trends, including increased automation of work flows and processes. Steve also discusses the effect that the pandemic has had on the FinTech sector and the other challenges it faces, the role of the regulatory framework as well as the expected impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the future.

COVID-19: ICMA Asset Management & Investors Council market update (14 December 2020)

Robert Parker, Chair of ICMA's Asset Management and Investors Council, reviews the market events of the last two weeks, in light of COVID-19 rising cases and vaccines rollout, recent decisions taken by the ECB and the upcoming meeting of the Fed.

The Innovative Humanitarian Finance Forum and the role of capital markets in humanitarian finance

On this ICMA podcast, Cyrus Ardalan, Former Chair, ICMA, Chairman of Citigroup Global Markets Ltd. and Chair, IFFIm Board of Directors, together with Robert Parker, Chair of ICMA's Asset Management and Investors Council, and Simon Meldrum, Innovative Finance Specialist, Red Cross, discuss the recently launched Innovative Humanitarian Financing Forum (IHFF) and the role that capital markets can play in humanitarian finance. IHFF was founded in March 2020 to bring together representatives of public and private institutions in business, banking, charities and humanitarian organisations to explore how novel financial tools and instruments could expand resources for urgent humanitarian needs, from health emergencies and education to sanitation, hygiene and climate change. 

If interested in supporting or participating in future forums, please contact Carlo Piot (cpiot-external-consultant@iffim.org) or Thalia Chin (ThaliaChin@redcross.org.uk).

ICMA Future Leaders: opportunities for green & sustainable securitisation

As we approach the need to build back from the unprecedented economic shock of the pandemic and governments consider the form recovery will take, members of the ICMA Future Leaders legal working group discuss the potential opportunities and challenges in this area.