The call was introduced by Martin Scheck and the briefing was provided by ICMA’s market practice and regulatory policy team on the following topics:
- Impact of COVID-19 on capital markets: Martin Scheck
- Post-Brexit: should the transition period be extended?: Paul Richards
- Time to Act: ICMA’s third corporate bond secondary market study: Andy Hill
- Impact of COVID-19 on primary markets: Ruari Ewing and Charlotte Bellamy
- Extended timetable for SFTR implementation: Alex Westphal
- Social bonds as part of the response to COVID-19: Nicholas Pfaff
- Impact of COVID-19 on asset management: Arthur Carabia
- Bond market conventions: lags, shifts and the SONIA index: Katie Kelly