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3rd Asia-Pacific repo market survey, conducted June 2021
Published: December 2021
Authors: ICMA and ASIFMA
European Repo Market Survey - Number 41 - conducted June 2021
Published: November 2021
Author: Richard Comotto, ICMA
Bonds to Bridge the Gender Gap: A Practitioner’s Guide to Using Sustainable Debt for Gender Equality
Published: November 2021
Authors: Valérie Guillaumin, ICMA; Esohe Denise Odaro, Heather Kipnis, Kathleen Mignano, and Sophie Peeters, IFC; Robyn Oates, UN Women
ICMA Recommendations for Reporting under SFTR
Published: October 2021 (see webpage for information on earlier editions)
Author: ICMA European Repo and Collateral Council
The European Commercial Paper and Certificates of Deposit Market
A white paper by the ICMA Commercial Paper Committee
Published: September 2021
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
The first year of SFTR public data on repo
Published: September 2021
Author: Richard Comotto, ICMA
Panda Bonds: Raising Finance in China’s Bond Market - case studies
English version | Chinese version
Published: September 2021
Authors: ICMA and NAFMII
Investing in China’s Interbank Bond Market: A Handbook
Published: September 2021
Authors: ICMA and NAFMII
The sustainability disclosure regime of the European Union
Published: September 2021
Authors: Nicholas Pfaff, Simone Utermarck, Arthur Carabia, and Ozgur Altun, ICMA
ICMA ERCC consultation on the role of repo in green and sustainable finance: summary report
Published: September 2021
Author: ICMA European Repo and Collateral Council
Guide to Tough Legacy Bonds in Asia-Pacific
Published: May 2021
Authors: Mushtaq Kapasi and Katie Kelly, ICMA; Justin Kesheneff and Dennis To, Bloomberg
Overview and Recommendations for Sustainable Finance Taxonomies
Published: May 2021
Authors: Nicholas Pfaff, Ozgur Altun and Yanqing Jia, ICMA
ICMA guide to definitions and best practice for bond pricing distribution
Published: May 2021
Author: Elizabeth Callaghan, ICMA
Green and sustainable finance: What is the role of the repo market?
Published: April 2021
Author: ICMA European Repo and Collateral Council
A Guide to Best Practice in the European Repo Market
Published: March 2021 (see webpage for information on earlier editions)
Author: ICMA European Repo and Collateral Council
European Repo Market Survey - Number 40 - conducted December 2020
Published: March 2021
Author: Richard Comotto, ICMA
The Asian International Bond Markets: Development and Trends
Published: March 2021
Authors: Andy Hill, Mushtaq Kapasi, Yanqing Jia, and Keiko Nakada, ICMA
The Internationalization of the China Corporate Bond Market
Published: January 2021
Authors: Andy Hill and Yanqing Jia, ICMA
The European repo market at 2020 year-end
An ICMA ERCC briefing note
Published: January 2021
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
European Repo Market Survey - Number 39 - conducted June 2020
Published: November 2020
Author: Richard Comotto, ICMA
2nd Asia-Pacific repo market survey, conducted June 2020
Published: November 2020
Authors: ICMA and ASIFMA
Axe Distribution Best Practice Standards
An ICMA Electronic Trading Council initiative
Published: November 2020
Author: Liz Callaghan, ICMA
Transparency and Liquidity in the European bond markets - an ICMA Discussion Paper
An initiative of ICMA's Secondary Market Practices Committee
Published: September 2020
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
ICMA recommendations for reporting under SFTR
Published: September 2020
Author: ICMA ERC
CSDR Mandatory Buy-ins & the requirement for a buy-in agent - an ICMA briefing note
Published: September 2020
Author: Andy Hill
IBOR Transition Guide for Asia
Published: July 2020
Authors: ICMA, APLMA, ASIFMA, and ISDA
The European investment grade corporate bond secondary market & the COVID-19 crisis
Published: May 2020
Author: ICMA Secondary Market Practices Committee (SMPC)
Sustainable Finance: High-level definitions
Download Chinese translation.
Published: May 2020
Author: ICMA Sustainable Finance Committee
Update memorandum on the EU’s sustainability disclosure regime
Published: April 2020
Author: ICMA
EU Consolidated Tape for Bond Markets - Final report for the European Commission
ICMA MiFID II Consolidated Tape Taskforce
Published: April 2020
Author: Liz Callaghan, ICMA
European Repo Market Survey - Number 38 - Conducted December 2019
Published: April 2020
Author: Richard Comotto, ICMA
The European repo market and the COVID-19 crisis
Published: April 2020
Author: ICMA ERCC
ICMA AMIC Review - March 2020
Published: March 2020
Author: ICMA AMIC
FAQs on CSDR mandatory buy-ins and Securities Financing Transactions
Published: March 2020
Author: ICMA
Time to act - ICMA’s 3rd study into the state and evolution of the European investment grade corporate bond secondary market
An initiative of the ICMA Secondary Market Practices Committee
Published: March 2020
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
A quick guide to the transition to risk-free rates in the international bond market
Published: February 2020 (to be periodically updated)
Author: ICMA
Sustainable finance: Compendium of international policy initiatives & best market practice
Published: February 2020
Author: ICMA Sustainable Finance Committee
Managing fund liquidity risk in Europe - Recent regulatory enhancements & proposals for further improvements
Published: January 2020
Authors: ICMA AMIC and EFAMA
AMIC DISCUSSION PAPER - Review of the European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) Regulation
Published: January 2020
Author: ICMA AMIC
The European repo market at 2019 year-end
An ICMA ERCC briefing note
Published: January 2020
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
MiFID II/R and the bond markets: the second year
An analysis of the impacts of MiFID II/R implementation in 2019, its challenges and potential solutions
Published: December 2019
Mandatory buy-ins under CSDR and the European bond markets - Impact Study
An initiative of the ICMA Secondary Market Practices Committee
Published: November 2019
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
ICMA AMIC Review - November 2019
Published: November 2019
Author: ICMA AMIC
CSDR Settlement Discipline Mandatory buy-ins - European settlement regulation with global trading level implications (UPDATE)
Published: August 2019 (originally published July 2018)
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
A comparative review of practices and procedures in the Russian and international primary debt capital markets | Сравнительный обзор практических подходов и процедур на российском и международном первичных рынках заемного капитала - an ICMA-NFA report
Published: June 2019
Authors: ICMA and NFA
The European repo market at 2018 year-end - an ICMA ERCC briefing note
Published: January 2019
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
AMIC/EFAMA report on liquidity stress tests in investment funds 2019
Published: January 2019
Authors: ICMA AMIC and EFAMA
The impact of the EU Benchmarks Regulation on EU users of third country non-critical benchmarks
Published: December 2018
Author: ICMA AMIC
MiFID II/R and the bond markets: the first year
An analysis of the impacts and challenges of MiFID II/R implementation since January 2018
Published: December 2018
International Practices of Bond Trustee Arrangements in China
Published: December 2018
Author: NAFMII-ICMA Working Group, 9th UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue
ICMA AMIC FICC Research Unbundling Survey results
Published: November 2018
Author: ICMA AMIC
CSDR mandatory buy-ins and securities financing transactions
A discussion paper by the ICMA European Repo and Collateral Council’s (ERCC) Committee and the Secondary Market Practices Committee (SMPC)
Published: October 2018
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
The Asia-Pacific Cross-Border Corporate Bond Secondary Market - A report on the state and evolution of the market
An initiative of the ICMA Asia-Pacific Regional Committee and the ICMA Secondary Market Practices Committee
Published: August 2018
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
CSDR Settlement Discipline Mandatory buy-ins - European settlement regulation with global trading level implications
Published: July 2018
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
How to survive in a mandatory buy-in world
Published: June 2018
Author: ICMA Secondary Market Practices Committee
IBOR Global Benchmark Transition Report
Published: June 2018
Authors: ISDA, AFME, ICMA, SIFMA and SIFMA AMG
The European Corporate Single Name Credit Default Swap Market - A study into the state and evolution of the European corporate SN-CDS market
An initiative of the ICMA Secondary Market Practices Committee
Published: February 2018
Authors: Andy Hill and Gabriel Callsen, ICMA
IBOR Global Benchmark Survey 2018 Transition Roadmap
Published: February 2018
Authors: ISDA, AFME, ICMA, SIFMA and SIFMA AMG
The European repo market at 2017 year-end - An ICMA ERCC briefing note
Published: January 2018
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
MiFID II/R and Repo Q&A
Updated: November 2017
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
ICMA AMIC FICC Research Unbundling Survey results
Published: November 2017
Author: ICMA AMIC
Panda bonds - the foreign issuer perspective
English version | Chinese version
Published: October 2017
Authors: ICMA & NAFMII
Market electronification and FinTech
Published: October 2017
Author: Gabriel Callsen, ICMA
A pilot survey of the Asia-Pacific repo market
Published: September 2017
Authors: ASIFMA and ICMA
MiFID II/R and Fixed Income: an overview
Published: August 2017
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
Use of Leverage in Investment Funds in Europe
Published: July 2017
Authors: ICMA AMIC & EFAMA
The European Credit Repo Market: The cornerstone of corporate bond market liquidity
Published: June 2017
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
The practice and prospects for green bond market development at home and abroad
Chinese version* | English version*
Published: March 2017
Author: NAFMII-ICMA Working Group, 8th UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue
*These documents are locked to ICMA members only. Members of NAFMII and members and observers of the Principles may access the documents on request.
Closed for business: a post-mortem of the European repo market break-down over the 2016 year-end
Published: February 2017
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
European Corporate Debt Private Placement Market Guide
Published: October 2016
The Counterparty Gap
A study for the ICMA European Repo and Collateral Council on the trade registration models used by European central counterparties for repo transactions
Published: September 2016
Author: John Burke
MiFID II/R Fixed Income Best Execution Requirements RTS 27 & 28
Published: September 2016
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
Guide to infrastructure financing in Asia
Published: 31 August 2016
Author: ASIFMA and ICMA
Remaking the Corporate Bond Market: ICMA’s 2nd Study into the State and Evolution of the European Investment Grade Corporate Bond Secondary Market
Published: 6 July 2016
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
Further thoughts on the ECB’s Corporate Sector Purchase Programme
A briefing note by the ICMA IG Corporate Bond Secondary Market Practices Committee
Published: 27 April 2016
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
ECB Corporate Sector Purchase Programme
The potential impact on European corporate bond market liquidity
A briefing note by the ICMA IG Corporate Bond Secondary Market Practices Committee
Published: 21 April 2016
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
Evolutionary Change: The future of electronic trading in European cash bonds
Published: 20 April 2016
Author: Elizabeth Callaghan, ICMA
Managing fund liquidity risk in Europe - an AMIC/EFAMA report
Published: April 2016
Authors: ICMA Asset Management and Investors Council (AMIC) and European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA)
Briefing note
Impacts of the ECB’s Corporate Sector Purchase Programme
Published: 15 March 2016
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
Regulatory initiatives on the identification and reporting of SFTs: An overview
Published: 4 March 2016
Author: Alexander Westphal, ICMA
CSDR Mandatory Buy-ins:
An illustration of the problems arising from the asymmetric treatment of the payment of the buy-in or cash compensation differential
Published: March 2016
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
Market Abuse Regulation: Investment Recommendations
An ICMA Q&A
Published: March 2016
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
Joint Position Paper
Investors and issuers unite to support Simple, Transparent and Standardised securitisation
Published: March 2016
Authors: ICMA, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), and Insurance Europe
MiFID II/MiFIR – Transparency & Best Execution requirements in respect of bonds
Presentation
Published: March 2016
Author: Elizabeth Callaghan, ICMA
Presentation for the ICMA aged-fails auction initiative
Published: February 2016
Authors: Andy Hill, ICMA and Alexander Westphal, ICMA
T2S Wave 1 – Review and Request for Action Following Migration of Italian Market to T2S
Published: 20 January 2016
Authors: AFME and ICMA
Perspectives from the Eye of the Storm: The Current State and Future Evolution of the European Repo Market
Published: 18 November 2015
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
Practices and procedures in the Chinese and international primary debt capital markets
• English version
• Bilingual version (prepared by NAFMII)
Published: September 2015
Authors: NAFMII and ICMA
ASIFMA–ICMA Guide on Repo in Asia
Published: August 2015
Authors: ASIFMA and ICMA
TARGET2-Securities: Observations relating to Monte Titoli and the repo product
Published: 10 August 2015
Author: Nicholas Hamilton, JP Morgan and Chair of ICMA ERC Operations Group
Buy-ins, how they work, and the challenge of CSDR
An ICMA briefing note
Published: July 2015 (updated)
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
MiFID II/R: Systematic Internalisers
A ‘Q&A’ for bond markets
Published: July 2015
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
MiFID II/R: Systematic Internalisers for bond markets
A briefing note
Published: July 2015
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
Guide to infrastructure financing – bank loans, debt private placement and public bonds – smoothing the pathway for effective funding
Published: June 2015
Authors: AFME and ICMA
ICMA Impact Study for CSDR Mandatory Buy-ins
Published: 24 February 2015
Author: Andy Hill, ICMA
The Pan-European Corporate Private Placement Market Guide
Published: February 2015
Author: Pan-European Private Placement Working Group, a cross-industry working group led by ICMA
21 December 2009
ICMA expands global membership
9 December 2009
ICMA announces November 2009 PMC Certificate Programme Graduates
8 December 2009
New ICMA Regional Head in the Middle East
20 November 2009
ICMA announces October 2009 IFID Certificate Programme Graduates
18 November 2009
New ICMA board members
27 October 2009
ICSA appoints René Karsenti as Chairman
16 October 2009
ICMA announces September 2009 Financial Markets Foundation Course (FMFC) Programme Graduates
22 September 2009
Book ‘Clearing Services for Global Markets’ - the first comprehensive study of derivatives clearing market structure and costs - published today
7 September 2009
ICMA and Taiwan Securities Association sign Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen cooperation in international markets.
3 September 2009
Survey shows volumes in European repo market stabilising
17 July 2009
ICMA announces the release of the updated IFID Syllabus
5 June 2009
ICMA appoints new Chief Executive and President
29 May 2009
ICMA announces April 2009 IFID Certificate Programme Graduates
5 May 2009
ICMA announces 2009 Operations Certificate Programme Graduates
29 April 2009
Euroclear welcomes Xtrakter as acquisition closes
16 April 2009
New Partnership Programme for TRAX
9 April 2009
STP: Vital new paradigms for managing operational, counterparty and settlement risk conference
7 April 2009
ICMA Executive Education and CFA Institute Join Forces to Offer Fixed Income and Derivatives Programme
30 March 2009
ICMA announces first quarter 2009 Financial Markets Foundation Course (FMFC) Programme Graduates
27 March 2009
ICMA and Hong Kong Treasury Markets Association move towards greater co-operation
25 March 2009
ICMA announces new group to represent investors in covered bonds
3 March 2009
ICMA and SIBA sign memorandum of understanding to develop closer co-operation in international capital markets
25 February 2009
Survey of European repo market reflects deleveraging by banks
25 February 2009
NYSE Euronext group captures 23.96% of equities in 2008
21 January 2009
New ICMA Representative in Brussels
12 January 2009
ICMA and AMTE announce combination of their activities from January 2009
*French version
9 January 2009
GBP beats USD in Q4 08 Fixed Income New Issuance
19 December 2008
ICMA’s European Repo Council welcomes acceptance of credit claims as financial collateral
11 December 2008
TRAX iMatch™ the next generation in trade matching
9 December 2008
Xtrakter launches XM2M™ - new mark to market valuation service
4 December 2008
ICMA announces November 2008 Primary Market Certificate (PMC) Programme Graduates
4 December 2008
TRAX® to provide regulatory reporting for exchange-traded derivatives
2 December 2008
Netting & pair off delivered with TRAX® v2.9
21 November 2008
ICMA announces October 2008 IFID Certificate Programme Graduates
20 November 2008
Euroclear to acquire Xtrakter from ICMA
6 November 2008
International Capital Market Association (ICMA) announces new senior appointment to regulatory policy team
28 October 2008
Firms shift execution venues during turbulent September
24 October 2008
ICMA announces three new courses in Financial Markets Operations
23 October 2008
ICMA Centre MSc graduates to be granted ICMA IFID upon degree completion
23 October 2008
ICMA announces September 2008 Financial Markets Foundation Course (FMFC) Programme Graduates
17 October 2008
Fixed income issuance thrives during market turmoil
9 September 2008
Industry survey indicates that European repo market remains buoyant despite turbulent
29 July 2008
Top 10 venues of execution change in June 08
10 July 2008
Repo trading decreases by 22.3% in Q2 08
9 July 2008
Industry Associations Release “Structured Products: Principles for Managing Distributor-Individual Investor Relationship”
4 July 2008
ICMA announces June 2008 International Fixed Income and Derivatives (IFID) Certificate Programme Graduates
3 July 2008
Asset backed securities (ABS) new issuance increases by 158%
2 July 2008
Joint assocations' release: Industry takes further steps toward improving transparency
27 June 2008
ICMA announces June 2008 Primary Market Certificate (PMC) Programme Graduates
24 June 2008
Top 10 execution venues launched by Xtrakter
13 June 2008
ICMA announces Financial Markets Foundation Course (FMFC) Programme May 2008 Graduates for Thomson Reuters
11 June 2008
ICMA announces February 2008 Financial Markets Foundation Course (FMFC) Programme Graduates
15 May 2008
Members vote for disposal of Xtrakter, ICMA’s Market Services business including TRAX; ICMA members elect new Board line up; ICMA outlines practical steps for resolving global financial market dislocation
2 May 2008
ICMA announces April 2008 International Fixed Income and Derivatives (IFID) Certificate Programme Graduates
28 April 2008
ICMA publishes 2008 legal opinions on repo agreement for 68 jurisdictions
18 April 2008
ICMA announces 2008 Operations Certificate Programme Graduates
16 April 2008
Repo volumes increase by 31% for QI 2008
15 April 2008
ICMA launches skills training for capital markets
8 April 2008
FSSC recognises ICMA‘s Executive Education Programmes
4 April 2008
Asset Backed new issuance drops by 44.6%
1 April 2008
EU-US Coalition on Financial Regulation sets out its proposed framework for establishing a more efficient transatlantic marketplace
26 March 2008
ICMA adds five new member firms
13 March 2008
ICMA survey records resilience of the European repo market
10 March 2008
Fermín Cifuentes of Banesto appointed to ICMA Board
5 March 2008
Further Progress on the Development of the Russian Financial Market in line with Global Market Standards: ICMA and NSMA Sign Memorandum of Cooperation
4 March 2008
Bond volumes for January 08 now available at BondMarketPrices.com
25 February 2008
Richard Jinks joins Xtrakter as Director of Commercial Operations
14 February 2008
ICMA adds opinions for India and Iceland to jurisdictions for standard repo agreement
12 February 2008
Xtrakter slashes regulatory reporting fees by 35%
5 February 2008
Nylon Capital LLP adopts TRAX for repo matching with Barclays Capital
1 February 2008
Record breaking 2.3m repos processed by TRAX
23 January 2008
Japan promotes initiatives to strengthen competitiveness of its financial markets to overseas investors
22 January 2008
Credit crunch hits 2007 bond issues by 26.5%
21 January 2008
ICMA and JSDA sign Memorandum of Understanding to develop closer co-operation in securities markets
16 January 2008
ICMA Ltd changes name to Xtrakter