PLATFORM TO BOOST CONNECTIVITY
Move towards regional collaboration for interconnected, inclusive and resilient mart
ASEAN capital market regulators and leading industry experts will convene for the inaugural Asean Capital Market Conference 2017, here, today.
The event is hosted by the 10 regulators under the Asean Capital Markets Forum (ACMF).
The ACMF is a grouping of capital market regulators comprising Asean member countries, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, and is currently chaired by Securities Commission Malaysia (SC).
Themed “Strengthening Asean Capital Market Connectivity”, the conference is a platform highlighting ACMF’s concerted efforts towards regional collaboration for an interconnected, inclusive and resilient Asean capital market for sustainable regional growth, as set forth in the ACMF Vision 2025.
The conference, which is a collaboration with Asian Development Bank (ADB), will feature networking sessions, panel discussions and presentations by speakers from within and outside the Asean bloc.
SC chairman and ACMF chair Tan Sri Ranjit Ajit Singh will present his keynote address.
The conference would feature discussions on key capital market development areas, reflecting initiatives and the work streams by ACMF to further drive investments and business opportunities into the region, said the SC in a statement.
Past initiatives launched to drive this included the ACMF Market Development Programme, Asean Corporate Governance Scorecard, Asean Disclosure Standards and Streamlined Review Framework and the Asean Collective Investment Scheme Framework, it said.
Panel discussions will showcase market specialists such as ADB, International Capital Markets Association, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, BNP Paribas and Maybank Kim Eng deliberating on topics such as Asean’s infrastructure financing to meet accelerating demand, the current global and Asean green bond landscape, the changing market dynamics in the age of digitisation to facilitate more regional connectivity, as well as the importance of corporate governance practices in meeting capital market needs.
In driving the next phase of the regional integration agenda, ACMF’s Vision 2025 supports the Asean Economic Community’s vision to be highly integrated and cohesive; competitive, innovative and dynamic; with enhanced connectivity and sectoral cooperation; and a more resilient, inclusive and people-oriented, people-centred community, integrated with the global economy.