ICMA

ICMA Quarterly Report for Q2 2026 Now Available

ICMA announces the availability of its Q2 2026 Quarterly Report on its website. The report covers the association's work across primary markets, sustainable finance, fintech and digitalisation, and other capital market topics through expert forums and member committees. ICMA has over 630 members located in 71 jurisdictions drawn from both the sell and buy-side of the market.

Joint Associations Urge ECON to Reject Dedicated Sanctions Under EU Securitisation Framework

ICMA joined other industry associations in signing a joint letter to members of the European Parliament's ECON Committee regarding the review of the EU Securitisation Framework. The letter, dated 20 April 2026, calls on policymakers to adopt a proportionate regulatory approach and urges against introducing a dedicated sanctioning regime under the Securitisation Regulation, citing that investors in securitisations are already subject to sanctions under existing sectoral and national legislation. The signatories caution that additional duplicative sanctions could deter existing and prospective investors, and that linking sanctions to exposure size could disproportionately affect holders of senior tranches representing the largest notional exposures.

ICMA Responds to Eurosystem Consultation on Appia Roadmap

ICMA submitted its response on April 22, 2026 to the Eurosystem's feedback questionnaire on the Appia roadmap, a strategic initiative for developing a European tokenized financial ecosystem. The response reflects views from ICMA's DLT Bonds Working Group comprising issuers, banks, investors, market infrastructures and law firms across international debt capital markets. Key positions include support for legal certainty, international interoperability as integral to market access, and a market-led approach to building the proposed technologically neutral network layer.