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Chinese Translations of the GMSLA and GMRA通用证券借贷主协议 - 中文版 Global Master Securities Lending Agreement (GMSLA): Chinese version (pdf)
通用回购主协议 - 中文版 / Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA): Chinese version (pdf)
Women In Finance
Asia's Women in Finance recently launched it's inaugural event in Hong Kong. The networking and personal branding event was attended by well over 100 women in the industry; representing banks, securities and finance houses, trading platform providers, rating agencies, government organisations and lawyers. ASIFMA and a committee of member firms (Barclays Capital, Citi, Credit Suisse, Deutsche, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ING Bank, JP Morgan, Moody's, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Reuters and UBS) were instrumental in initiating the forum as well as coordinating this successful and well received launch for women in finance in Asia. For more information please contact Christina Ellerker at cellerker@sifma.org or +852 2537 3895.
What is ASIFMA?
ASIFMA stands for the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association. ASIFMA is a broadly based professional advocacy organization that seeks to promote the growth and development of Asia’s debt capital markets and their orderly integration into the global financial system.
We believe that more open domestic capital markets, more standardized market practices and a more stable and transparent regulatory environment will help mobilize and redirect the region’s considerable financial savings to support Asia’s continued economic growth and development.
What is ASIFMA’s mission?
ASIFMA’s mission is to enhance the size, liquidity, integrity and transparency of local and regional over-the-counter (OTC) markets in fixed income securities and other financial instruments. To do so, we aim to:
- Build a consensus among private sector market participants on issues of broad importance to the growth and development of Asia’s capital markets.
- Advocate and advance members’ principled and well reasoned positions on critical issues affecting the marketplace, chiefly by interacting with appropriate governmental, regulatory, legislative and other policy making bodies.
- Educate market participants, investors and public policymakers regarding artificial barriers to the growth of the region’s capital markets, and to sponsor high-quality conferences and educational programs.
- Promote more efficient markets through the adoption of robust investor protection rules, the standardisation of market practices, the harmonisation of regulatory requirements and the principal of self-regulation.
- Ensure efficient communication, coordination and interaction between market participants and public policymakers in Asia, Europe and North America regarding capital markets development issues.