Asian Prime Collateral Forum (APCF) is a regional forum to get the bonds issued within the ASEAN+3 region recognized as the prime collateral in the global repo market, contributing to the global financial stability. The forum has been launched based on the Joint Statement of 19th ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting (AFMCGM+3), May 2016. The forum is established under Task Force 4 of Asian Bond Markets Initiative.

The Asian Prime Collateral Forum (APCF) aims to; Provide opportunities to exchange knowledge, expertise, and experience on the prime collateral issues among the global and regional financial market experts. Assess existing criteria for prime collateral and identify the requirements to expand the pool of eligible collateral. Find a way to achieve the goal of gaining global recognition for Asian bonds as prime collateral. Through the APCF, the experts shall exchange their views and find a way to achieve the goal above. The APCF is supposed to be an electronic discussion group consisting of experts based on volunteers from member countries and international organizations.

Each ASEAN+3 member country has a right to nominate expert members on a volunteer basis. The expert members, regardless of their nationality, shall contribute to enhance the region-wide common welfare and global financial stability in dealing with the various collateral issues based on their expertise.

Each member and observer is provided with a unique ID and password. Each member and observer can make access to the electronic discussion network of APCF and suggest opinion with an authorized ID and password on the network.