ICMA Podcast

Bryan Pascoe, Chief Executive of ICMA, reflects on the key themes emerging from ICMA's 58th AGM and Annual Conference, highlighting market resilience, technological innovation and the regulatory priorities shaping the future of global fixed income markets.

Read the full 2026 Q3 Quarterly Report here.

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, Anita Karppi, Senior Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA, 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 June 29 2026, the team discussed:

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: [email protected].

Learn more about AMIC

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.

Anita Karppi, Senior Director - Buy-side, Market Practice & Regulatory Policy, ICMA was joined this episode by industry experts, Bob Parker, former Chairman of AMIC and Senior Adviser to ICMA, and 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.

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: [email protected].

Learn more about AMIC

Marc Granville, Senior Director at ICMA and Head of Education and Training, speaks with Hugh Friel, Senior Vice President at Frontclear, in the second part of this episode to explore how technology and standardisation are reshaping repo and collateral markets across emerging and frontier economies.

The discussion highlights how digital innovation and framework agreements can streamline legal onboarding, reduce documentation timelines for key agreements such as GMRA and ISDA, and support the evolution of repo markets from a “by appointment” model to a more efficient, flow based structure. It also examines the broader conditions required for sustainable market development, including long term policy commitment, robust legal and regulatory frameworks, and effective capacity building through blended education and training to strengthen expertise and support the development of global collateral markets.

Zhan Chen, Associate Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, updates on ICMA's engagement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the U.S. Treasury clearing mandate, highlighting cross-border implementation challenges, supporting proposed exemptions to limit extraterritorial scope, and calling for further clarification to reduce complexity and ensure a level playing field.

Ruari Ewing, Senior Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, summarises ICMAs feedback on European Commission proposed amendments to the existing Level 2 Regulation on prospectus format, content, scrutiny and approval.

Deena Seoudy, Senior Director and Associate Counsel, highlights some of the ICMA legal team's key areas of activity over the past quarter.

Miriam Patterson, Senior Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, explores how Euroclear and Clearstream (the International Central Securities Depositories, or ICSDs) have introduced the option for issuers to issue their debt securities in dematerialised form from 16 March 2026.

Aman Gill, Associate on ICMA's Market Practice and Regulatory Team, explains ICMA's response to the FCA's consultation paper on improving the UK transaction reporting regime.

Natalie Westerbarkey, Managing Director and Co-Head, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, lays out ICMA's position on the Market Integration and Supervisory Package (MISP) proposed by the European Commission on 4 December 2025.