Monetary Authority of Macao signs cooperation protocols with Portugal’s ASF and Angola’s ARSEG and launches ASEL supervisors training in Macao

The Monetary Authority of Macao, together with Portugal’s Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority, has launched the 13–24 April 2026 Training Programme for Supervisors of the Association of Lusophone Insurance Supervisors (ASEL), opening with a conference on modern international financial supervision. Alongside the programme, the Monetary Authority of Macao signed new cooperation protocols aimed at deepening supervisory capacity building and technical collaboration. The Monetary Authority of Macao and Portugal’s Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority signed a protocol on training for ASEL technical staff, intended to underpin the creation of an ASEL Advanced Training Centre in Macao. A separate cooperation protocol was signed with Angola’s Insurance Regulatory and Supervisory Agency to strengthen insurance market supervision and technical cooperation. The opening events drew around 120 representatives from the insurance and banking sectors in Hong Kong and Macao, and the training programme includes 18 ASEL supervisors from Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Timor-Leste and Macao, with content covering IFRS 17 implementation, actuarial supervision, and sessions on fintech and cybersecurity. The programme runs through 24 April 2026 and includes planned study visits to the Guangdong–Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin and to Zhuhai.