ICMA co-operates globally and regionally with other securities organisations and trade associations, whose members collectively represent the vast majority of the institutions active in the world's equity, bond and derivatives markets.
ICMA has established collaboration, either through reciprocal membership or MoU with the following organisations:
Globally:
- Emerging Market Traders Association (EMTA)
- FIA Global
- International Council of Securities Associations (ICSA)
ICMA is one of the key member associations of ICSA, the global organization of securities industry associations. Founded in 1988, ICSA provides a forum for member associations to understand developments, exchange views, and collaborate to work for better global capital markets. ICSA advocates appropriate regulatory policies, regulations, and initiatives across jurisdictions to promote efficient securities markets and the flow of cross-border capital. - International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
- International Securities Services Association (ISSA)
Europe:
- ACI UK - The Financial Markets Association
- Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME)
- ASSIOM FOREX - The Financial Markets Association of Italy
- Bundesverband der Wertpapierfirmen an den deutschen Börsen e.V. (bwf), Germany
- International Capital Market Services Association (ICMSA)
- Nordic Capital Markets Forum (NCMF)
Middle East:
- Arab Federation of Capital Markets (AFCM)
- Capital Market Authority (CMA) of the Sultanate of Oman
- Gulf Capital Market Association (GCMA)
- International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM), Bahrain
- Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA)
- Securities & Commodities Authority (SCA), United Arab Emirates
- United Arab Emirates Financial Markets Association (UAE FMA)
Asia Pacific:
- Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
- Asia-Pacific Financial Forum
- Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA)
- Asia Securities Forum (ASF)
- Association of National Exchanges Members of India (ANMI)
- Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA)
- Bombay Stock Exchange Brokers' Forum (BBF)
- Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India (FIMMDA)
- Hong Kong Green Finance Association
- Indonesia Securities Companies Association (APEI)
- Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA)
- Malaysian Investment Banking Association (MIBA)
- Mongolian Association of Securities Dealers (MASD)
- National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (NAFMII), China
- Singapore Sustainable Finance Association
- Thai Bond Market Association (ThaiBMA)
- Treasury Markets Association (TMA), Hong Kong
ICMA also has observer status on ASEAN+3 Multi-Currency Bond Issuance Framework (AMBIF)'s Documentation Recommendation Board (ADRB), which provides recommendations on best market practice and standard documentation for professional bond markets for the ASEAN + 3 region (refers to the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus the People’s Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea).
Latin America:
