29 July 2019
ICMA has prepared a short briefing paper on the importance of integrated capital markets and CMU. To access the briefing, click here.
10 March 2017
ICMA responded to the commission consultation on capital markets union mid-term review. To view the response, click here.
20 January 2016
ICMA responded to the European Commission’s Call for Evidence: EU regulatory framework for financial services. To view the response, click here.
11 January 2016
Click here to read ICMA’s Paul Richards article on ‘Assessing Capital Markets Union’ from the ICMA Quarterly Report First Quarter 2016.
30 April 2015
ICMA has responded to the European Commission Green Paper: Building a Capital Markets Union. To view the response, click here.
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Welcome to the International Capital Market Association
For over 50 years ICMA and its members have worked together to promote the development of the international capital and securities markets, pioneering the rules, principles and recommendations which have laid the foundations for their successful operation.
A global community for the capital markets
ICMA has over 600 members located in 66 jurisdictions drawn from both the sell and buy-side of the market.
ICMA engages with its global membership on market practice and regulatory policy issues through its expert forums.
Here are the key sections covering our work programmes, including contact details of ICMA staff responsible for each area.
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Primary Markets
- ICMA Primary Market Handbook - Home
- Primary Market Committees ‣
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Primary Market Topics
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- Accounting and Auditing
- Benchmark Reform and Transition to Risk-Free Rates
- MiFID II/R in Primary Markets
- Primary Markets Conduct (non-MiFID)
- Electronification
- Primary Markets Technology Mapping Directory
- Dialogue with Investors
- Prospectuses
- PRIIPs KIDs
- Retail Access to Bond Markets
- Market Infrastructure and Asset Servicing
- Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) - Primary Market Aspects
- Periodic Reporting / Continuing Obligations
- Taxation (Primary Markets)
- Other ICMA Primary Market Advocacy Materials
- Primary Market Products ‣
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Secondary Markets
- ICMA’s Rules and Recommendations for the Secondary Market ‣
- Secondary Market Practices Committee (SMPC) and related Working Groups ‣
- Central Bank Corporate Bond Purchase Programmes
- Electronic Trading ‣
- “T+1” – the shortening of standard settlement cycles
- Market Transparency ‣
- Market Data ‣
- Market Liquidity ‣
- Secondary Markets Regulation ‣
- Euro Safe Assets
- Archive
ICMA serves as Secretariat to the GBP, the SBP, the SBG and the SLBP, providing support while advising on governance and other issues.
ICMA also leads numerous other initiatives in sustainable finance. ICMA is at the forefront of the financial industry’s contribution to the development of sustainable finance and in the dialogue with the regulatory and policy community.
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Other Sustainable Finance Initiatives & Regulatory Issues
- Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Products Providers
- The Hong Kong ESG Ratings and Data Code of Conduct Working Group
- Singapore Code of Conduct for ESG Rating and Data Product Providers
- Global Sustainable Finance Council (GSFC)
- International Policy Initiatives
- ICMA Publications
- Regulatory responses & commentary
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