ICMA on the Asian International Bond Markets: Growth, Sustainabilty and Trends

Hong Kong-based Mushtaq Kapasi is a Managing Director and ICMA's Chief Representative for the Asia- Pacific region. Having graduated from Yale Law School, he went on to work for Goldman Sachs, Citi Group and UBS before bringing his wealth of knowledge to the ICMA. “Industry bodies have a responsibility to ensure effective market development” says Mushtaq in this exclusive interview.

He tells us why he’s devoted to ensuring best market practices, fairness and efficiency in the debt capital markets. Mustaq discusses financial innovation’s role in sustainable bond issuance and what factors have led to such a boom in the Asian international market as well as why his predictions don’t always prove to be right!