ASEAN Capital Markets Forum advances regional integration efforts through roadmap for sustainable capital markets
Bangkok, Thailand - 18 March 2019: The ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) today met in Bangkok to endorse the Roadmap on ASEAN Sustainable Capital Markets to promote ASEAN asset classes for sustainable investment, in line with ASEAN’s theme on “Advancing Partnership for Sustainability”.
The Roadmap will be proposed to the ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Meeting in Chiang Rai for acknowledgment in April 2019.
The Roadmap, whose development involved consultations with various stakeholders, ranging from issuers, institutional investors, information providers and ESG-related organisations via the ACMF Industry Consultative Panels process, outlines key strategies and mechanisms to strengthen capital markets as a driving force for sustainable development. It provides clear and concrete direction for moving the whole ecosystem involving issuers, investors, disclosure of information, development of indices, capacity building, and enhanced inter-agency coordination.
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