Investment & Capital Markets is one of the main policy areas around which the IA’s industry work is organised. Our team’s key tasks are to:

  • Assist IA members as investors and users of capital markets to the benefit of their clients;
  • Facilitate and support our members’ ability to invest in a diverse range of asset classes – including Equity, Derivatives, Fixed Income, FX, Infrastructure and Private Markets;
  • Engage on matters directly affecting the practice of dealing/trading for investment management firms, including market structures and their relationship with other market participants, such as banks, exchanges, settlement agents, clearing houses, other vendors and agents; 
  • Assist our members as investors in specific instruments via IA Special Committees; 
  • Represent industry on ETFs through education and necessary regulatory engagement;
  • Assist industry with embracing Sustainability as one of the defining features of investing and the wider role investment managers play in a sustainable world;

 
Our work is varied, often changing, but always reflecting market sentiment, the broader macro-economic environment and most importantly, our members’ investment and capital markets priorities. 

Please see below for our latest publications and positions:

Investment & Capital Markets Q4 2023


Investment & Capital Markets

Q1 2024

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Latest Positions: view here

Latest Guidelines: view here

Latest Reports: see below:

IA Position Paper on how to manage exchange outages

IA Position Paper on how to manage exchange outages

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IA Briefing Paper on Sub-Custodian Timestamping in FX

April 2022
Private Markets: A Policy Explainer from the Investment Association

Private Markets: A Policy Explainer from the Investment Association

A Policy Explainer setting out the key features of Private Markets and the reasons for their growth.
February 2022
Front cover image of Libor report

Time to Act Now

LIBOR transition for investment managers
July 2020
Front cover of climate change report

The path to net zero

Investing in a carbon neutral future
November 2020
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LIBOR Transition Roadmap For Investment Managers

February 2019