On 26 November 2020 at 10 am CET, the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) is organising an online event entitled "ICMA FinTech Forum - Digitisation in bond markets against the backdrop of COVID-19".
The recent advances in digitisation of global bond markets in the context of COVID-19 will be discussed, taking into consideration, regulatory developments, such as the EU's Digital Finance Package.
Agenda
Welcome remarks
Martin Scheck, Chief Executive, ICMA
Keynote: A Digital Euro, opportunities and challenges
Ignacio Terol, Adviser, Market Innovation & Integration Division, Directorate General Market Infrastructure & Payments, European Central Bank
Panel – Digitisation in bond markets against the backdrop of Covid-19: standardisation, innovation and tokenisation
Moderator: Armin Peter, Global Head of Syndicate, Head of Sustainable Banking, EMEA, UBS
Panellists:
Shruti Ajitsaria, Partner, Head of Fuse, Allen & Overy
Douglas Arner, Kerry Holdings Professor in Law, University of Hong Kong