{"id":144,"date":"2015-06-05T00:40:24","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T14:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.griffithasiainsights.com.au\/?p=144"},"modified":"2016-06-14T12:46:43","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T02:46:43","slug":"asia-region-funds-passport-on-track-for-2016-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/asia-region-funds-passport-on-track-for-2016-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Region Funds passport on-track for 2016 launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Issued by the APEC Finance Ministers&#8217; Process<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/APEC-Logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-145\" src=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/APEC-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"APEC Logo\" width=\"160\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/APEC-Philippines.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-146\" src=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/APEC-Philippines.png\" alt=\"APEC Philippines\" width=\"157\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Singapore, 4\u00a0June 2015<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0An APEC initiative to make it easier for financial services professionals to market investment products such as mutual funds to retail customers in other Asia-Pacific economies, and boost job creation in the region, is on-track for a launch in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Finance officials and regulators from the six APEC member economies leading the development of the Asia Region Fund Passport just concluded a week of meetings in Singapore to iron out the details. They include Australia, Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand\u2014its pilot participants at present.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative aims to cut down on incompatible or overlapping regulation that may hinder the marketing of managed funds between participating economies.<\/p>\n<p>Once the passport is fully up and running, it could save the region\u2019s investors USD20 billion annually in fund management costs, offer higher investment returns at the same or lower degree of risk, and encourage the establishment of locally domiciled funds which could create 170,000 jobs in APEC economies within five years, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/apec.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=659cda5df05da94188f4acaae&amp;id=69b0433f60&amp;e=d05fe413a8\" target=\"_blank\">according the APEC Policy Support Unit<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working to finalize the rules and governing arrangements of the Asia Region Funds Passport for participating APEC members to sign on to by the end of 2015 and to begin piloting the scheme next year,\u201d said Manuel Gaite, Commissioner of the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Officials and regulators from participating APEC members discussed feedback submitted during a second round public consultation period from the end of February to mid-April as well as possible amendments to a draft multilateral memorandum of understanding that outlines the rules and arrangements of the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Those from six other APEC members \u2013 Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Chinese Taipei; and Viet Nam \u2013 joined parallel discussions on the passport\u2019s rules and arrangements, and were provided an opportunity to raise regulatory issues of concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore the pilot is launched, participating APEC members will need to facilitate necessary legislative changes and policy settings that will allow funds to be \u2018passported\u2019 through their economies,\u201d Commissioner Gaite explained.<\/p>\n<p>Australia, which helped to originate the passport, along with Korea, New Zealand and Singapore, provided targeted policy and technical training to help economies join and implement it. The training was conducted in partnership with Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTargeted capacity building has been a central component of this initiative from the outset,\u201d said Leslie Williams, Director of Reform, Security and Economic and Technical Cooperation, APEC Branch for Australia\u2019s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. \u201cOur strategy is to ensure that those APEC economies that are not ready to join the passport in 2016 are given the opportunity to develop their capacity in order to meet the passport regulatory and membership requirements in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Participating APEC members will provide an update on the initiative\u2019s progress when APEC Finance Ministers meet on <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">10-11 September 2015<\/span><\/span> in Cebu, the Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issued by the APEC Finance Ministers&#8217; Process Singapore, 4\u00a0June 2015\u00a0\u2013\u00a0An APEC initiative to make it easier for financial services professionals to market investment products such as mutual funds to retail customers in other Asia-Pacific economies, and boost job creation in the region, is on-track for a launch in 2016. 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