The ICMA Financial Institution Issuer Forum (FIIF) gathers the heads or senior members of the capital raising, funding and treasury departments of ICMA member firms active in capital markets issuance in Europe.
Discussions focus on: industry and regulatory interventions, and their effects on the day-to-day treasury function, primary subscriptions, investor behaviour, spreads and secondary market liquidity; practical matters associated with new issues processes and transaction execution; suitability and development of debt capital markets products and alternative issuance markets as part of treasury strategy; initiatives towards improving market efficiency and liquidity; technical briefings; and information exchange on interesting features of recent deals.
ICMA supports the Financial Institution Issuer Forum through a secretariat based in London, as well as through its other resources and, in particular, its Market Practice and Regulatory Policy team. Direct dialogue between the sell-side, underwriters and the buy-side is encouraged, as to which, ICMA regularly leverages its extensive network and the collective experience of its various committee members to provide relevant expertise.
Membership of the Financial Institution Issuer Forum spans Europe, with members regularly attending the three meetings per year.
The current composition of the FIIF is as follows:
Kris Middleton (Co-chair)
Lloyds Bank plc
Mark Whelan
Allied Irish Bank plc
Sarah Boyce
The Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT)
Redmond O'Leary
Bank of Ireland
Stuart Frith
Barclays Bank PLC
Ignacio Echevarria
BBVA
Valérie Brunerie
BNP Paribas
Antoine Caudrillier
BPCE
Lorenza Di Cintio
Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A.
Rainer Mastenbroek
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
Benthe Leferink
Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. (trading as Rabobank)
Nadine Fedon
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
Bent Callisen
Danske Bank A/S
Jonathan Blake
Deutsche Bank AG
Mathieu Midrier
HSBC Bank plc
Fabio Ferrari
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.
Pawel Szczpaniak
mBank S.A.
Cathy Rallinson
Natixis
Scott Forrest
NatWest Markets plc
Maria Härdling
Nordea Bank Abp
Katarzyna Kapeller
Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Rajneesh Sharma
RBC Europe Limited
Christopher Heath
Santander
Vincent Robillard
Société Générale S.A.
Anthony Simpson
Tesco Bank
Christopher Chadie
UBS AG
Nicola Gerundino
UniCredit Bank AG
Matthew Harrison
Virgin Money plc
Contact:
Katie Kelly
Senior Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy
Direct line: +44 20 7213 0331
