OREANDA-NEWS. October 15, 2012. The heads of a group of Asian financial institutions (refer to list below) gathered on October 13 in Tokyo to discuss Asian bond markets.
There was a common recognition at the meeting of the need to develop bond markets within the Asian region as an important part of the infrastructure to support the ongoing economic development in each Asian nation and of the need for each financial institution to play a role in that development.

Based on deliberations at the meeting, agreement has been reached for the participating financial institutions to mutually cooperate toward further development of bond markets within the region and to continue conducting discussions going forward.