Asia Securities Forum

Name

Asia Securities Forum

Legal name

Asia Securities Forum

Website

https://asiasecuritiesforum.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Securities Industry Association

NAICS

Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation (523150), Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation (52315)

SIC

Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

Capital Markets Advisory (IPO Readiness, SPAC, ECM/DCM Advisory) (BPAHAOAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

ESG Reporting, Disclosure & Regulatory Compliance (SFDR, EU Taxonomy, TCFD/ISSB) (FSAAALAK)

Keywords

• Securities industry associations
• Regional capital markets
• Cross-border cooperation
• Industry self-regulation
• Sustainable finance forums

Headquarters

HQ city

Admiralty

HQ country

Hong Kong SAR China

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Asia Securities Forum (ASF) is a non-profit regional industry association that brings together securities associations, self-regulatory organizations, and stock exchanges across the Asia-Oceania region to exchange information and foster cooperation. It operates a private members-only forum for industry discussions, hosts the Annual General Meeting and Tokyo Round Table events, and produces SDG-related surveys and declarations such as the Bali Declaration (2018) and Ulaanbaatar Declaration (2025).

Product overview

Asia Securities Forum (ASF) is a regional industry association, not a technology product company. It operates a unified platform of services comprising a private members-only forum for securities industry discussions, the ASF Tokyo Round Table for experience-sharing and capability building, and Annual General Meetings for regional dialogue. ASF also produces research publications including SDG surveys and declarations (Bali Declaration on SDGs, Ulaanbaatar Declaration), along with an event information service for ASF and member organization events. The organization connects securities associations across Asia-Oceania but does not offer standalone software products, APIs, or AI-powered features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ASF Members Area Forum A private online forum for ASF member organizations to discuss Asia-Oceania securities markets and industries, including topics such as Response to COVID-19, The New Normal, and Transition Finance.
• ASF Tokyo Round Table A recurring platform for sharing experiences and capability building among ASF members on securities industry topics, held in Tokyo.
• ASF Annual General Meeting An annual regional gathering of ASF member organizations for dialogue, collaboration, and adoption of declarations such as the Bali and Ulaanbaatar Declarations.
• ASF SDG Survey Surveys and resulting reports on member SDG and ESG finance initiatives across the Asia-Oceania region, including a 2019 ESG finance status report and a 2020 survey on member initiatives.
• ASF Bali Declaration on Commitment to SDGs A declaration adopted at the 23rd AGM representing the first concerted effort of ASF members to promote the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
• ASF Ulaanbaatar Declaration A declaration adopted at the 30th AGM marking three decades of ASF progress and outlining a shared vision for the next 30 years of regional securities cooperation.
• ASF Resource Library Online resource hub providing access to ASF publications, surveys, declarations, and member-related materials for knowledge sharing across the Asia-Oceania securities community.
• ASF Event Information Service An information portal that lists upcoming ASF and member organization events covering capital markets, liquidity, and sustainable finance topics.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

31 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1995ASF was established in 1995 based on an initiative by the Japan Securities Dealers Association. JSDA served as the founding organization and has been a core member representing Japan's securities industry in the Forum.
• Securities Association of China (SAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the 12 original founding members of ASF established in 1995. Represents China's securities industry in the Forum.
• Hong Kong Securities Association (HKSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the 12 original founding members of ASF established in 1995. Represents Hong Kong's securities industry.
• Association of National Exchanges Members of India (ANMI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the 12 original founding members of ASF established in 1995.
• Bombay Stock Exchange Brokers' Forum (BBF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the 12 original founding members of ASF established in 1995. Joined ASF in 2015.
• Association of Indonesian Securities Companies (APEI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the 12 original founding members of ASF established in 1995. Hosted 2018 ASF AGM in Bali.
• Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the 12 original founding members of ASF established in 1995.
• Association of Stockbroking Companies Malaysia (ASCM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the 12 original founding members of ASF established in 1995. Joined ASF in 2012.
• Philippine Association of Securities Brokers & Dealers, Inc. (PASBDI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the 12 original founding members of ASF established in 1995. Hosted 2016 ASF AGM in Manila.
• Chinese Taiwan Securities Association (CTSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the 12 original founding members of ASF established in 1995.
• Association of Thai Securities Companies (ASCO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the 12 original founding members of ASF established in 1995.
• Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the 12 original founding members of ASF established in 1995.
• Turkish Capital Markets Association (TCMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoined ASF in 2009. Hosted 2019 ASF AGM in Istanbul.
• Vietnam Bond Market Association (VBMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoined ASF in 2007.
• Mongolian Association of Securities Dealers (MASD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoined ASF in 2012.
• Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBecame a member in 2014.
• Vietnam Association of Securities Business (VASB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoined ASF in 2015.
• International Capital Market Association (ICMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoined ASF in 2016.
• Thai Bond Market Association (ThaiBMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoined ASF in May 2016.
• Iran Securities & Exchange Brokers Association (ISEBA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoined ASF in September 2017 along with SAS.
• Securities Association of Singapore (SAS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoined ASF in September 2017 along with ISEBA.
• National Finance Association (NFA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoined ASF in October 2018.
• Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association (SAFAA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoined ASF in October 2019 along with CSBA.
• Colombo Stock Brokers Association (CSBA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoined ASF in October 2019 along with SAFAA.
• Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association (SIAA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoined ASF in 2019.
• Iranian Institutional Investors Association (IIIA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoined ASF in January 2020 (stated as 2019 in one source, 2020 in another).
• National Association of Investment Institutions (NAII)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoined ASF in April 2021.
• Pakistan Stock Brokers Association (PSBA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoined ASF in September 2023.
• DSE Brokers Association of Bangladesh (DBA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoined ASF in January 2024.
• Cambodia Association of Securities Firms (CASF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoined ASF in October 2024.
• New Zealand Financial Markets Association Inc. (NZFMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of ASF representing New Zealand's financial markets.

Scale indicators2 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council: Regional multilateral forum covering Asia-Pacific economies; APEC is a broader governmental-economic body that occasionally addresses capital markets coordination, and serves as an indirect policy-level counterpart to ASF's industry dialogue mandate.
• Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA): Founding member and current secretariat anchor of ASF; JSDA is both a member and a structural dependency, providing the Japanese market's securities industry representation within ASF and underpinning its administrative operations.

Broad incumbents

• AFME - Association for Financial Markets in Europe: European securities industry association; AFME is the European regional peer, addressing a different geography but operating the same industry-association model for broker-dealers, exchanges, and capital markets participants.
• International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO): Global securities regulator body; IOSCO is the established global counterpart focused on regulators rather than industry associations, and represents the institutional benchmark for cross-jurisdictional securities coordination that ASF's regional scope complements.
• Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA): US securities industry trade association; SIFMA is the North American counterpart, providing an analogous industry-association model and a comparable structure of forums, research, and policy advocacy that ASF mirrors at the Asia-Oceania level.
• World Federation of Exchanges (WFE): Global exchange industry association; WFE represents the stock exchange side of the same ecosystem ASF covers and is a structural peer for many of the exchange members within ASF's roster.
• International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): Global derivatives trade association; ISDA serves an overlapping capital markets industry membership in Asia through regional bodies and conferences, functioning as a thematic peer on a specific asset class within ASF's broader securities remit.

Direct peers

• International Capital Market Association (ICMA): Global trade association for capital markets; ICMA is an ASF member and operates as a peer-level industry body, with a broader cross-regional scope covering bond and syndicated loan market participants.
• Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA): Pan-Asian capital markets trade association; ASIFMA is itself an ASF member and is the closest direct peer, serving securities industry participants across the same Asia-Oceania region with a more sell-side / fixed-income focus.

Regional players

• ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF): ASEAN-focused capital markets coordination body; ACMF is a sub-regional peer whose member countries substantially overlap with ASF's ASEAN members, providing a more formalized regulator-led counterpart to ASF's industry-led approach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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