ICMA Podcast

Andy Hill, Co-Head of MPRP, ICMA, and Alexander Westphal, Senior Director, MPRP, ICMA, consider the implications for bond markets of the recent wave of shortening of settlement cycles in securities markets, that began in the US and is now set to be copied in Europe and elsewhere.

Bryan Pascoe, Chief Executive of ICMA, reflects on the impact of the recent geopolitical activity upon the global capital markets.

Leland Goss, Managing Director, General Counsel, ICMA, assesses the impact, in New York and London, of potential moves to enact legislation aimed to address perceived shortcomings with the exisiting sovereign debt restructuring framework.

Natalie Westerbarkey, Co-Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA, outlines how the fixed income market plays a key role in achieving EU investment needs by providing low-cost, simple solutions for retail investors’ wealth creation and alternative funding sources for corporations in addition to bank loans, resulting in the promotion of sustainable and innovative growth

Paul Richards considers the opportunities for making European capital markets more competitive.

Nicholas Pfaff, Deputy Chief Executive, Head of Sustainable Finance, ICMA, and Özgür Altun, Associate Director, Sustainable Finance, ICMA, summarise the main points of their latest paper, published on 25 March 2025, which details reflections and recommendations for the sustainable fund market in a new regulatory environment.

Emma Thomas, Associate, FinTech and Digitalisation, ICMA, comments on the efforts by financial market regulators to adapt to growth in the usage of AI within Financial services

Ruari Ewing, Senior Director, MPRP, ICMA, and Sabah Anjum, Associate, MPRP, ICMA, comment on their response to the FCA's consultation paper proposed changes to the public offers and admissions to trading regime (POATRS), the product governance regime and the UK Listing Rules

Miriam Patterson, Senior Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA, discusses the use of asymmetric jurisdiction clauses in the international debt capital markets following the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the Lastre SpA v. Agora SARL case.

Nina Suhaib-Wolf, Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA, provides an update on ESMA's Final post-trade referral for bonds and the ICMA letter to ESMA and the European Commission.