Event Details:

HYBRID Event
22 – 24 October 2025 ǀ Tokyo, Japan

Registration:

This event is by invitation only. Registration will be closed by COB 10 October 2025. For Inquiry, please send an email to ADB Secretariat:

• 2nd DBMF and 33rd CSIF Meeting (22-23 October): Ms. Yvonne Osonia, yosonia.consultant[at]adb.org
• 44th ABMF Meeting (24 October): Ms. Sheila Sombillo, ssombillo.consultant[at]adb.org

Overview

The event is co-organized by the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) 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.

Cross-Border Settlement Infrastructure Forum (CSIF) was established in 2013. The members of CSIF are composed of the central banks and central securities depositories of the ASEAN+3 economies. Officials from the ministries of finance and securities and exchange commissions of ASEAN+3 may join as observers.

The Digital Bond Market Forum (DBMF) was proposed by KMOEF as a collaborative platform where stakeholders can conduct research, share knowledge and experiences, and develop business models for regional adoption. DBMF will first focus on legal issues related to digital assets and digital bonds to establish a common understanding of how to approach new financial products. Then, it will discuss a possible business case. As stated in the ABMI Medium-term Road Map 2023-2026, “promoting digital transformation to integrate the ASEAN+3 financial markets” is considered one of the pillars of the roadmap. Therefore, DBMF and CSIF will collaborate closely to achieve tangible results through regional discussions. Basically, DBMF will focus on digital assets while CSIF will focus on actual business cases to promote cross-border transactions, especially government bonds, and to realize the linkages between the central banks and central securities depositories in ASEAN+3.

Asian Development Bank Institute. The Asian Development Bank Institute was established in 1997 in Tokyo, Japan, to help build capacity, skills, and knowledge related to poverty reduction and other areas that support long-term growth and competitiveness in developing economies in Asia and the Pacific.

EVENT OUTLINE:

*Asia Day – On October 22, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) will organize “Asia Day,” an event aimed at promoting investment in Asia. The event is co-hosted by the Financial Services Agency (FSA), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA), and the Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX). Asia Day is part of the Japan Weeks 2025 event. Japan Weeks 2025 is held as part of government initiatives to establish Japan as an international financial center and a leading asset management center