Round Table on Securities Market Reforms in the face of the Asian Financial Crisis: Is there Light at the End of the Tunnel?

Abstract

A Round Table on Securities Market Reforms in the Face of the Asian Financial Crisis was held at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Institute in Tokyo from 8 to 9 April 1999. The meeting was jointly sponsored by the ADB Institute and the OECD. The Round Table was attended by a number of chairpersons and other top-level representatives of securities market regulatory bodies from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, China and Taipei,China. Senior officials from ADB and OECD member countries, international organisations and experts in this field from stock exchanges, industry and a rating agency also participated in the meeting.