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Following the success of ICMA’s 2007 Primary Market Forum, this year’s event once again brought together the international fixed income community, including borrowers, issuing banks, investors and law firms to debate the business issues and regulatory developments affecting the issuance of international debt.
Inevitably the central focus of the forum was on recent market events and their impact on issuing trends, such as the increasing popularity of convertibles and equity hybrids, developments in covered bonds and the future of structured products.
The Forum also included a session on the changing regulatory landscape, including proposed changes to the Capital Requirements Directive, the UK Special Resolution Regime, EU rating agency regulation and Prospectus Directive gold plating, amongst other initiatives. The need for global regulatory harmonisation & cooperation was also considered.
The Primary Market Forum took place in London on the afternoon of 11 November and was open to both members and non-members of ICMA. The event was of interest to compliance officers, lawyers, syndication teams, borrowers, issuers and investors in the global capital markets.
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