In 2016, the BIS Asian Office suggested Asia-Pacific fixed income markets as a research theme, in recognition of the need to assess the role of such markets and their future development. The BIS Asian Consultative Council(ACC), comprising the central banks in the Asia-Pacific region, also judged this work as timely and has been actively supporting it through the participation of its researchers.
After an interim workshop held in Hong Kong in September last year, I am pleased that we have reached the final stage where we can share and discuss the results with each other at today’s conference.