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International Capital Market Association (ICMA)


 

 

ICMA is a unique self regulatory organisation and an influential voice for the global capital market. It represents a broad range of capital market interests including global investment banks and smaller regional banks, as well as asset managers, exchanges, central banks, law firms and other professional advisers amongst its 400 member firms. ICMA’s market conventions and standards have been the pillars of the international debt market for almost 40 years, providing the self regulatory framework of rules governing market practice which have facilitated the orderly functioning and impressive growth of the market. ICMA actively promotes the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the capital markets by bringing together market participants including regulatory authorities and governments.

   
 

ICMA’s commitment to orderly markets

In the current turbulent market conditions, ICMA remains committed to helping its members to maintain orderly markets. ICMA and its members have for many years played a key role in ensuring efficient and well functioning markets through setting standards of good market practice. These focus on market mechanics and other technical issues. They are kept up to date in consultation with ICMA’s committees of members.

ICMA is responding to members’ questions on its Primary Market Handbook, its Rules and Recommendations in the Secondary Market and on the Global Master Repurchase Agreement. If members have questions on the Primary Market Handbook, please contact Ruari Ewing at ICMA Ltd on ruari.ewing@icmagroup.org or 00 44 207 510 2712. If members have questions on the Secondary Market Rules and Recommendations or on the Global Master Repurchase Agreement, please contact Lisa Cleary at ICMA on lisa.cleary@icmagroup.org or 00 41 44 363 4222.

The Primary Market handbook may be accessed here (Members and subscribers only)
The ICMA Rules and Recommendations here (Members and subscribers only)
The Global Master Repurchase Agreement here
 

  ICMA Ltd new telephone numbers from October 20, 2008
  Please note that the ICMA Ltd (London) telephone numbers will change on Monday October 20, 2008. For a full listing of the new numbers click here.
 
 

 

Announcements:

Euroclear Bank launches first ECP benchmarks
   

 

Brussels October 7, 2008 Euroclear Bank announced the launch of a free online service that displays average yields for Euro Commercial Paper (ECP) known as 'Euroclear ECP Indices'. 

For more information click here.
 

Industry survey indicates that European repo market remains buoyant despite turbulent financial markets
   

 

September 9, 2008 (London, UK) The European Repo Council of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) today released the results of its 15th semi-annual survey of the European repo market.

For a copy of the press release click here.

For a copy of the survey click here
 

 

 

Regulatory policy announcements:

 

ICMA Letter to the European Commission on the Second Public Consultation Paper on Possible Changes to the Capital Requirements Directive

 

July 18, 2008 ICMA has just sent its response to the European Commission on the Second Public Consultation Paper on Possible Changes to the Capital Requirements Directive. For a copy of the letter, click here.

 

 

ERC response to BBA consultation paper on ‘understanding the construction and operation of BBA LIBOR – strengthening for the future’

 

July 9, 2008 The ERC has just sent its response to the BBA ‘understanding the construction and operation of BBA LIBOR – strengthening for the future’ paper. For more information and a copy of the document, click here.

 

 

Code of Conduct On Disclosure in the ABCP Market

 

July 2, 2008 The asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market in Europe proposes to adopt a Code of Conduct on disclosure as a standard of best practice. The Code of Conduct is designed to ensure that investors in ABCP have timely access to information through different sources. The code is available here.
 

 

 

BondMarketPrices.com

 

Price and liquidity information for retail investors on liquid and highly rated bonds.

 

Click on the links below to download a copy of our website guide or to access the site.

 

PDF...

BondMarketPrices.com Overview

758.9 KB; 2 mins @56K

 

Click here to access the site.

 

 

 ICMA Skills:

 

NEW "ICMA Skills" courses

Mastering Mandates
December 2 to 4, 2008
London

Management and Mentoring
December 9 to 11, 2008
London

 

 Conferences and Exhibitions:

2nd Annual Collateral Management
October 9-10, 2008
London

Euro50 Group Annual Breakfast Meeting

October 12, 2008
Washington

MEED Middle East Capital Markets 2008
October 20-22, 2008
Dubai, UAE

 
 

 

Announcement - Lehman Brothers

 

Questions regarding the application of the ICMA Rules and Recommendations as well as those regarding the GMRA in relation to transactions with Lehman Brothers should be directed to the ICMA Legal Team on + 41 44 363 42 22.

A document containing FAQs is available to ICMA members from
this link
(A username and password is required to access, please contact the ICMA Principal Delegate at your firm for details or the ICMA Membership Department at + 41 44 363 4222)
 
 

 

Secondment opportunity to ICMA Regulatory Policy

 

ICMA is offering member firms the opportunity to second a professional from the member firm’s staff to ICMA’s Regulatory Policy Department at ICMA’s offices in London under ICMA’s inward secondment programme, which was successfully launched last year.  We are now seeking one secondee, preferably with experience of asset management, for a period of one year from the beginning of 2009.
 
If you are interested in receiving more details, please e-mail your CV as soon as possible to Angela Turner at ICMA on angela.turner@icmagroup.org
 
 

 

Save the date!

 

The 2009 ICMA AGM and Conference will take place at the Montreux Palace Hotel, Switzerland from June 3 to 5.

For more information contact:
ICMAEvents@icmagroup.org

 

 

ICMA Events

 

German and EU capital markets - the new competitive and regulatory landscape
October 16, 2008
Frankfurt

Europe and Latin America - Working towards the Development of the Global Capital Market
October 27-28, 2008
Sao Paulo

Primary Market Forum
November 11, 2008
London

 

 

ICMA Regional Events

 

ICMA Benelux Meeting 2008
October 10, 2008
Bourglinster

 

 

Educational Courses:

 

International Fixed Income and Derivatives Certificate Programme (IFID)
October 19 to 25, 2008
Sofitel, Budapest

Primary Market Certificate (PMC)
November 17 to 21, 2008
London, UK

FINRA Programme in Compliance and Regulation - Presented in association with ICMA
November 25 to 26, 2008
Zurich, Switzerland

Financial Markets Foundation Course (FMFC)
January 27-29, 2009
London

Financial Markets Foundation Course (FMFC)
March 2-4, 2009

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