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On this website we aim to keep you up to date with progress made by the ABMF and to invite your views and opinions on the issues raised.

Events

Upcoming
42nd ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum (ABMF) Meeting and other Events

Hybrid Event
10 - 13 February 2025

Recent
41th ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum (ABMF) Meeting and other Events

Hybrid Event
28 - 29 October 2024

Publications
ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum (ABMF) Briefs
ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum Brief No. 5—Principles and Practices of Due Diligence in Bond Underwriting

Dec 2024

This brief highlights the role of bond underwriting and shows how it helps reduce risk and ensure fair pricing to maintain the credibility and stability of international capital markets.

Cross-Border Settlement Infrastructure Forum (CSIF) Briefs
The Cross-Border Settlement Infrastructure Forum Brief No. 4: Key Aspects of UNIDROIT Principles on Digital Assets and Private Law

Aug 2024

This CSIF Brief shows that the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law’s (UNIDROIT) Principles on Digital Assets and Private Law (the Principles) aim to achieve high predictability in transactions and provide common ground and global legal certainty in the treatment of digital assets by unifying and harmonizing essential parts of private law. UNIDROIT recommends each jurisdiction adopt rules that conform to these Principles. In response, each jurisdiction may formulate laws and regulations that reflect the Principles.

Cross-Border Settlement Infrastructure Forum (CSIF) Briefs
The Cross-Border Settlement Infrastructure Forum Brief No. 3: An Introduction to Digital Assets

Aug 2024

This CSIF brief explains the challenge to uniformly define fast-emerging digital assets, shows how it risks sparking legal conflicts, and underscores the need to develop common principles to support growing cross-border transactions.

ASEAN+ 3 Bond Market Forum (ABMF) Briefs
ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum Brief No. 4—Acceptance and Use of English in the Bond Market

Dec 2023

This brief explains why ASEAN+3 bond markets should consider using English as a common language to attract more professional investors, boost liquidity, and support the future creation of an intraregional market.

ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide
The Bond Market in Thailand: An ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide Update

15 Dec 2021

This publication provides updates on the bond market in Thailand since 2016.

ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide
The Bond Market in Indonesia: An ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide Update

15 Dec 2021

This publication provides updates on the bond market in Indonesia since 2017.

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