ICMA Podcast

Marc Granville, Head of Education, ICMA, gives an update on upcoming courses and other developments.

In this podcast, Vincci Xiao, Associate, Membership, Events and Communication at ICMA is joined by two inspiring women to explore the evolution of the ICMA Women’s Network (IWN) and gender equality across global and Asian financial markets as IWN celebrates its 10th anniversary. The guests include Desirée Sumilang, Executive Director and Senior Legal Counsel in the Global Markets Division at Crédit Agricole CIB, and IWN APAC Representative; and Miriam Patterson, Senior Director of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy at ICMA.

Together, they discuss how bank cultures differ and influence gender equality, the role of male allyship in Asia, the availability of childcare and its impact on women’s career progression, and the importance of international collaboration in strengthening local IWN chapters.

We’re kicking off the new season of ICMA's Let’s Talk Markets with a conversation that matters: Katie Kelly, Senior Director at ICMA and co-founder of the ICMA Women’s Network (IWN), joins us to discuss how training and skills development can open doors, build confidence, and help shape a more inclusive capital-markets workforce.

From bridging the gap between technical knowledge and applied market expertise to empowering the next generation of women leaders, Katie shares practical insights and stories from across ICMA’s global community.

Tune in to hear how education can drive opportunity and why the right skills will define the future of debt capital markets.

Listen now to the podcast from the Asset Management and Investors Council (AMIC), ICMA's dedicated forum advocating the interests of buy-side members, including asset managers, institutional investors, private banks, pension funds, and insurance companies, among others.

Returning for this episode are industry experts, Bob Parker, former Chairman of AMIC and Senior Adviser to ICMA, alongside Massimiliano Castelli, PhD MSc, Managing Director and Head of Strategy & Advice at UBS Asset Management, who also serves as the Co-Chair of the AMIC Executive Committee.

In this podcast, recorded on 21st August 2025, the team discussed:

• Geopolitical and Geoeconomic issues: what do we mean by that, and what is the impact for investors?
• What are the current major geopolitical risks investors should be aware of?
• Traditional safe-haven assets: what are they, and what might investors want to consider?

If you have questions or topics that you would like our guests to address in future episodes, please feel free to get in contact via email: AMIC@icmagroup.org.

Learn more about AMIC: https://www.icmagroup.org/market-practice-and-regulatory-policy/asset-management/

In this podcast from the Asset Management and Investors Council (AMIC), recorded on 15th July 2025, Bob Parker and Massimiliano Castelli discussed:

• Highlights of the recently published UBS Annual Reserve Manager Survey
• New tariffs imposed by Trump and how it will evolve
• Growth and inflation
• The stability of bond market
• Equity markets showing strong recoveries

AMIC is ICMA's dedicated forum advocating the interests of buy-side members, including asset managers, institutional investors, private banks, pension funds, and insurance companies, among others.

If you have questions or topics that you would like our guests to address in future episodes, please feel free to get in contact via email: AMIC@icmagroup.org.

Speakers:

Bob Parker is former Chairman of AMIC and Senior Adviser to ICMA.

Massimiliano Castelli, PhD MSc, is Managing Director and Head of Strategy & Advice at UBS Asset Management and Co-Chair of the AMIC Executive Committee.

Learn more about the work of AMIC here: https://www.icmagroup.org/market-practice-and-regulatory-policy/asset-management/

 

Nina Suhaib-Wolf, Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, gives an update on the EU/UK MiFID and its timeline.

Miriam Patterson, Senior Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, discusses ICMA’s engagement with the EU Savings and Investment Union: securitisation aspects.

Irene Rey, Associate Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, provides a summary of ICMA's position paper on Non Bank Financial Intermediaries (NBFI).

Alexander Westphal, Senior Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, gives an update on T+1 and SFTs.

Andy Hill, Managing Director, Co-Head of Market Practice & Regulatory Policy, discusses the ongoing work of the Bond Market Liquidity Taskforce (BMLT), focusing on the European investment grade corporate bond market.