31st ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum (ABMF) Meeting 2019 | XBRL | 23 June 2019 | Daito Bunka University Campus, 1 Chome-9-1 Takashimadaira, Itabashi City, Tokyo 175-8571, Japan

The ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum (ABMF) was established in May 2010 by the finance ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus the People’s Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea—collectively known as ASEAN+3—under the Asian Bond Markets Initiative (ABMI). The Forum is the only regional platform of which actions and recommendations are reported to the ASEAN+3 policy discussion. It functions to integrate the ASEAN+3 markets through standardization and harmonization of regulations and market practices as well as market infrastructures relating to cross-border bond transactions.

ABMF meetings are held three times a year, bringing together more than 100 experts from the ministries of finance, central banks, securities market regulators, central securities depositories, securities exchanges and market operators, financial market associations as well as major financial institutions and IT vendors in the region. The forum is open to experts who are interested in bond market developments and regional financial cooperation.

The 31st ABMF will be organized jointly by the APEC Business Advisory Council/Asia Pacific Financial Forum, XBRL International, and kindly hosted by Daito Bunka University. Tentatively, the Forum plans to discuss:

• the recent bond market developments in the region;
• good practices to develop a local currency bond market;
• regulatory issues such as the benchmark reform and its impact on Asia;
• technology to improve regulation and regulatory reporting;
• the account structure study to contribute to standardization of know-your-customer (KYC) procedures;
• other issues relevant to bond market development.

2019 Sponsors

• ADB
• XBRL
• ABAC
• Daito Bunka University