Event Details:

HYBRID Event
2 – 6 November 2026 ǀ Busan, Republic of Korea

Registration:

This event is by invitation only. Registration will be closed by COB 19 October 2026. For Inquiry, please send an email to:

• 4th DBMF and 36th CSIF Meetings: Ms. Yvonne Osonia, yosonia.consultant@adb.org
• 47th ABMF Meeting and related events: Ms. Sheila Sombillo, ssombillo.consultant@adb.org

Overview

The 47^th ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum (ABMF) Meeting and Other Events is co-organized by Busan Metropolitan City, Busan Financial Center (BFC), BNK Financial Group, the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Korea, 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 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.

The Busan Finance Center (BFC) was established by Busan Metropolitan City together with major financial public institutions, with the aim of developing Busan into a leading financial hub in Northeast Asia. BFC develops and implements the medium- and long-term strategies through which Busan is growing into an international financial city. It conducts research, develops strategies to attract financial institutions and international financial organizations to Busan, trains financial professionals, and hosts international financial forums and meetings. BFC published the report "Developments in Maritime Finance & Maritime Financial Centers" jointly with Z/Yen, the publisher of the Global Financial Centers Index, and has built ties with financial centers abroad, including a partnership with Frankfurt Main Finance. Maritime finance is at the center of its work, and its research has recently extended to where the transition of the maritime industry meets the carbon market.

The BNK Financial Group was launched in March 2011 as the first financial holding company in the Republic of Korea built on a regional bank. It is the leading integrated financial group of the southeastern region of Korea, centered on Busan. Built around its two banks, Busan Bank and Kyongnam Bank, the Group covers the range from securities to asset management, and has extended its business into Southeast Asia through local subsidiaries in Myanmar, Cambodia, and Lao PDR. It is moving its center of gravity from interest margins towards non-interest income and specialized investment. Maritime finance is a core pillar of its growth: based in Busan, Korea's largest port city and the center of its shipbuilding and shipping industries, BNK has built expertise in ship finance and in financing for the shipping and port sectors.

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