ICMA has over 600 members located in 66 jurisdictions drawn from both the sell and buy-side of the market.
Through members’ representation on ICMA’s various professional committees and working groups, members actively participate in shaping the market’s future. Collectively, ICMA members have a very real voice in the representation of the market that is listened to by regulators and governmental agencies alike.
ICMA’s membership consists of full and associate members.
Full members are firms who actively deal in securities, namely investment banks and issuers, securities dealers and brokers, regional and commercial banks; private banks, and asset managers. Full members also include trading venues such as recognised stock exchanges and multilateral trading facilities, and central counterparties, clearing and/or settlement systems.
Associate membership is open to organisations that play an important role in the market and maintain close relations with ICMA, including government institutions, central banks, credit rating agencies and legal firms.
This section of the web site includes an overview of the general benefits of membership; and provides details of eligibility for ICMA membership and how to apply to become an ICMA member firm.
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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 ‣
- 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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ICMA Education has been setting the standard of training excellence in the capital markets for almost five decades with courses covering everything from market fundamentals to latest developments and more.
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