Asian Securities and Investments Federation (ASIF) is an association of finance and investment professionals throughout

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

and

Oceania Oceania (, , ) is a region, geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern Hemisphere, Eastern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of ...

with 7 member societies. The association seeks to serve the finance and investment community by fostering high professional standards, including examinations and accreditation, and facilitating communication among member societies. ASIF also promotes

education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

through such activities as annual

conferences A conference is a meeting of two or more experts to discuss and exchange opinions or new information about a particular topic. Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always decisions, are the main pu ...

publications To publish is to make content available to the general public.Berne Conve ...

and educational programs.

History

Formed in 1979 under the name Asian Securities Analysts Council (ASAC), it was subsequently renamed to Asian Securities Analysts Federation (ASAF) in 1995 and to its present title in December 2008.

ASIF Member societies

* Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) * The

Securities Analysts Association of China Securities Analysts Association of China (SAAC; 对中国证券分析师协会) is a specialized organisation working under the leadership of the Securities Association of China, a nationwide self-regulatory organisation for the Chinese securitie ...

(SAAC) * Securities Analysts Association, Chinese

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

(SAA, CT) *

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

Securities and Investment Institute (HKSI) * The Securities Analysts Association of

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

(SAAJ) * The

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

Certified Investment Analysts Association (KCIAA) * Securities Analysts Association, in

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

(SAA, Thailand)

Executive committee

;Chairman: * Yasuhiro Maehara, President & CEO, The Security Analysts Association of Japan (SAAJ), (Deputy Chairman of ACIIA) ;Deputy Chairman: * Lin Yixiang, President, The Securities Analysts Association of China (SAAC) (Chairman of ACIIA) ;Directors: * Craig Lindsay, President, Hong Kong Securities Institute (HKSI) * Russell Thomas, CEO & MD, Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) ;Standing Committees: * Education Committee, Chair, Naoko Mori (SAAJ) * Advocacy Committee, Chair, Russell Thomas (Finsia) * Communications Committee, Chair, Kazumichi Karita (SAAJ)

References

Asian Securities and Investment Federation

External links

Asian Securities and Investment Federation

Financial Services Institute of Australasia

The Securities Analysts Association of Chinese Taipei

The Securities Association of China

The Council for Portfolio Management and Research

Iranian Institutional Investors Association

The Securities Analysts Association of Japan

The Korea Certified Investment Analysts Association

Institute of Finance Professional New Zealand Inc

The Association of Certified International Investment Analysts
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