Publications and Events
Asia Bond Monitor
The Asia Bond Monitor (ABM) is AsiaBondOnline’s quarterly publication released every March, June, September, and November. The report reviews recent developments in East Asian local currency bond markets along with the outlook, risks, and policy options. The ABM covers the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations member countries plus the People’s Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; and the Republic of Korea.
Monthly Debt Roundup
The ABO Monthly Debt Roundup provides a snapshot on changes in financial prices such as foreign exchange, yields, equity as well as recent monetary policy rate movements in the region. In addition, the ABO Monthly Debt Roundup provides data on foreign investor bond flows of local currency government bonds for the PRC, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.
Weekly Debt Highlights
The Weekly Debt Highlights Report provides a summary of the relevant key macroeconomic data and monetary policy updates released in the previous week in the various economies covered by ABO. The report also includes select government and corporate debt issuances, credit rating upgrades, and other relevant regulatory developments. The report is published every Monday.
ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guides
The ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guides is a series published by the ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum in collaboration with ADB as its secretariat. Each country-specific guide provides information on the investment climate, rules, laws, opportunities, and characteristics of the local bond market. The guides are produced in close consultation with local policymakers and market players.
Other Publications
This section contains other relevant reports, studies, policy briefs, and papers from the ADB Economics Working Paper Series.
Good Practices for Developing a Local Currency Bond Market: Lessons from the ASEAN+3 Asian Bond Markets Initiative
This report shares the experiences of ASEAN+3 and provides a comprehensive picture on fostering a local currency bond market. Although every market is unique, some lessons from the region's varied experiences could still be drawn on how to expedite the process of bond market development in a developing economy
33rd ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum Meeting and Other Relevant Events ABM November 2019 Launch 32nd ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum Meeting and 19th Cross-Border Settlement Infrastructure Forum (CSIF) Meeting Workshop on Bond Market Development in Emerging East Asia Workshop on Green Finance in Viet Nam ABM June 2019 Launch 31st ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum Meeting and Other Relevant Events 13th Asia Bond Markets Summit 2019 Asia Bond Markets Summit - European Edition ABMF January 2019 13th Asian Bond Markets Summit 2018 2018 Bond Market Workshop ABMF September 2018 2018 ABO Website Launch Asia Bond Monitor June 2018 Launch ABMF June 2018 2017 ABM November Launch 2017 Capacity Building 2017 ABM June Launch 2016 ABM November Launch 2016 Capacity Building 2016 ABM June Launch
Event Details:
Asian Development Bank HQ Manila, Philippines 5-7 February 2020
Registration:
Registration Deadline: 15 January 2020, to register click here Download A1 - Registration Form
Information Sheet for Visa assistance, download here Download A2 - Info Sheet (Visa Assistance)
For visa assistance, please fill-out the A2-INFO SHEET and send the completed form together with the scanned copy of your passport data/biographical page to ADB Secretariat, Ms. Yvonne Osonia (yosonia.consultant@adb.org). Please note that visa assistance request will be forwarded to the ADB GR Office on a weekly basis and processing of visa assistance will take fifteen (15) working days. Kindly allocate enough time for the processing of visa assistance request before your visa application schedule and ensure that your passport is still valid for at least six (6) months beyond your intended period stay in the Philippines and have at least two (2) blank passport pages.
Deadline for Visa Assistance Request: 18 December 2019
Hotel registration form, download here Download A3 - Hotel Reservation Form
Fifty rooms in Discovery Suits has been blocked for participants (first come, first served basis). Should you wish to stay in Discovery Suites, kindly fill out the Reservation Form and email it directly to the hotel on or before 17 January 2020.
Point Person:
Ms. Sheila Sombillo (ssombillo.consultant@adb.org)
Preliminary Agenda:
33rd ABMF Invitation Letter & Preliminary Agenda
ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum (ABMF)
The 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.
33rd ABMF Meeting
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.
Full migration to ISO 20022
- Green bond;
- Financial benchmark reform;
- Full migration to ISO 20022
In addition, we will have a joint meeting with ABAC/APFF and ACRAA on 5 February:
- Data usage and data protection in relation to ABAC recommendation to APEC finance ministers
- Green bond market and role of rating agencies