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Rankings & dataApril 2 2015

Asean capital markets integration: around the corner?

As the Association of South-east Asian Nations enters the last year in the run-up to its planned economic integration, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia are on track to harmonise their capital markets, while others are dragging their feet.
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By the end of 2015, the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) expects to make significant progress in paving the road for integration of its capital markets and financial services by 2020. The group aims to achieve this through progressive liberalisation and harmonisation of markets. In particular, Asean has in its crosshairs capital market development, harmonisation of settlement systems, bond issuance and governance.

One of the hallmarks of integration so far was the launch of Asean Exchanges in 2011, a collaboration between six Asean member countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines and Vietnam. 

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