Market analysis and research

Financial services, namely, granting loans, providing lines of credit, purchasing bonds and financing recapitalizations of financial institutions; financial consultancy relating to the creation, development and maintenance of loan schemes; subscription, purchase, sale and issuance of financial instruments, namely, purchasing bonds; providing financial support to governments; building up of financing arrangements and credit support mechanisms, namely, providing loans and lines of credit to governments and purchasing bonds issued by governments; services provided by an association to its members in the fields of finance, namely, providing assistance to such members in the form of granting loans, providing lines of credit, purchasing of their bonds and financing recapitalizations of financial institutions; economic evaluation of capital markets for financial purposes

Provision of rules and regulations relating to finance; legal representation services for legislative and executive bodies; reviewing standards and practices to assure compliance with public financial market; association services, namely, proposing policies and legislation, and encouraging concerned members to take action through lobbying and other means to help shape such policies and legislation; drawing up of a professional code of ethics in the field of finance