The Asian Financial Cooperation Association held a round - table forum on "Interest Rate Trends and

On the afternoon of January 31, 2024, the Asian Financial Cooperation Association held a round - table forum titled "Interest Rate Trends and Asset Allocation" in Beijing. The meeting invited Yu Jiangyan, Deputy Head of the Policy Review Department of the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office, Zeng Xuewen, Chief Economist of the Agricultural Bank of China, Ding Shuang, Chief Economist for Greater China and North Asia at Standard Chartered Bank, Song Xuetao, Chief Macroeconomic Analyst at Tianfeng Securities, and Yang Chao, Chief Strategy Analyst at China Galaxy Securities, etc. to give keynote speeches. Lu Wei, Deputy Director - General of the International Department of the National Financial Regulatory Administration, and Yang Liyu, Executive Deputy Secretary - General of the Asian Financial Cooperation Association, attended the meeting. More than 60 representatives from member and cooperative institutions, including those from financial regulatory authorities, industry associations, banks, insurance companies, securities firms, trusts, and asset management companies, participated in the meeting offline.
　　During the meeting, the participating guests conducted in - depth exchanges and discussions on issues such as the global economic trends, forecasts of the Fed's interest - rate cut cycle, inflation and employment, global asset allocation, trends in the domestic real - estate market and capital market, and banks' net interest margins.

　　Next, the Asian Financial Cooperation Association will, in line with the needs of its members, successively organize various forums and research activities around financial hot - spot issues such as high - quality co - construction of the "Belt and Road" and the promotion of high - level opening - up.