The Asia Region Funds Passport (“Passport”) Joint Committee (“JC”) held its fourth face-to-face meeting in Sydney Australia on 25 and 26 April 2018, hosted by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. The meeting was attended […]
Expressions of interest are being sought to participate in a Pilot Program for the Asia Region Funds Passport (ARFP) in early 2018 from: Home country fund operator (exporter); Host country distributor (importer); and Key legal […]
The Asia Region Funds Passport ("Passport") Joint Committee ("JC") held its third face-to-face meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, on 3 – 4 October 2017, hosted by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand, and was attended […]
Release of Annual Report The Asia Region Funds Passport (ARFP) Joint Committee has published its first Annual Report on its website. The Annual Report provides updates on each participating economy’s progress in implementing the ARFP […]
The Asia Region Funds Passport (“Passport”) Joint Committee (JC) held its second face to face meeting in Tokyo, Japan on 20-21 April 2017. The JC was established under the Memorandum of Cooperation for the Passport. An important […]
The Asia Region Funds Passport (“Passport”) Joint Committee (JC) launched its first face to face meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 23-24 November 2016. The JC has been established under Paragraph 6 of the Memorandum […]
The Memorandum of Co-operation (MoC) on the establishment and implementation of the Asia Region Funds Passport (ARFP) comes into effect today. Representatives from Australia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Thailand have signed the MoC. These […]
On 28 April 2016, representatives from Australia, Japan, Korea and New Zealand signed the Asia Region Funds Passport’s Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC). Signing of the MoC is an outcome of more than six years international […]
Consultations to establish an Asia Region Funds Passport have successfully concluded. The breakthrough paves the way for ratification to make it easier for financial services professionals in a participating APEC economy to sell investment products […]
On 11 September 2015, Finance Ministers from Australia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines and Thailand signed a Statement of Understanding at the APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting in Cebu, the Philippines on the Asia Region […]
