Event Details:

HYBRID Event
28 - 29 October 2024 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Registration:

This event is by invitation only. Should you wish to attend, please send an email to ADB Secretariat.
Registration will be closed by COB 21 October 2024. Registration to the meeting is free of charge.

Overview

The 41^st ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum (ABMF) Meeting will be held on 28-29 October 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event is co-organized by The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

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 on 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 financial market developments and regional financial cooperation.

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) was established on 1 March 1993 under the Securities Commission Act 1993 (SCA). A self-funded statutory body entrusted with the responsibility to regulate and develop the Malaysian capital market.

The SC has direct responsibility for rulemaking, enforcing regulations pertaining to the capital market, ensuring sustainable market growth and development, supervising capital market activities and market institutions including the exchanges, clearing houses and registered market operators, and regulating all entities and persons licensed under the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007. Based on the SCA, the SC reports to the Minister of Finance and our accounts are tabled in Parliament annually.

In addition to the regular updates on the ABMF activities, the 41st ABMF Meeting will also discuss Sustainable Financing and the Role of Ethics. According to the International Sustainable Standards Board , “sustainability is the ability of a company to sustainably maintain resources and relationships with and manage its dependencies and impacts within its whole business ecosystem”. “Sustainability is a condition for a company to access over time the resources and relationships needed, such as financial, human, and natural, ensuring their proper preservation, development, and regeneration”. “By referring to this articulation of the value creation process, a company will be better placed to explain to its investors how it is working sustainably within its business ecosystem—addressing the impacts, risks, and opportunities that can affect its performance and prospects—to ultimately deliver financial value for investors”. In other words, there is no conflict between seeking monetary return and social well-being. ESG entails transparency, fairness, and high moral in business that will shape a company’s reputation and success. In this context, the meeting will discuss recent discussions in Islamic finance and traditional social values in East Asia.