Taiwan
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47FSC Eases Listings for Taiwan Owned Foreign Companies
Emma Zhou, Regulation Asia July 13, 2018New rules to attract overseas companies to list in Taiwan include the removal of a profitability requirement and a shortening of the...
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29TAIFEX Launches Crude Oil Futures
Garima Chitkara, Regulation Asia July 4, 2018Crude oil futures started trading on 2 July following an agreement with ICE Futures Europe; contracts denominated in NTD are targeted towards...
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74Rules Relaxed for Chinese Investment in Taiwan-Listed Foreign Firms
Garima Chitkara, Regulation Asia June 14, 2018Regulator does away with rules requiring Chinese investors to apply for QDII license to invest in foreign firms listed in Taiwan; foreign...
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61Taiwan To Ease M&A Rules For Financial Holding Companies
Garima Chitkara, Regulation Asia June 14, 2018New rules lower the threshold for initiating a tender offer from 25 percent to 10 percent; new rules to only apply to...
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60Taiwan, S. Korea Launch ETF Cross Listings
JP Reimann, Regulation Asia June 13, 2018Cross listed ETFs track tech stocks traded in the two countries; following 2015 MoU that sought to expand cooperation between the TWSE...
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Taiwan to Launch Crude Oil Futures in July
Manesh Samtani, Regulation Asia June 5, 2018Taiwan Futures Exchange chairman says crude oil futures will allow domestic investors to trade without adverse currency fluctuations; also exploring the application...
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109Taiwan’s Fubon Bank Launches Blockchain Payment System
JP Reimann, Regulation Asia May 16, 2018Fubon becomes first Taiwanese bank to launch blockchain-based retail payment system, cutting transaction times to less than one second.
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101Taiwan to Debut Internet Only Banks by End-2019
JP Reimann, Regulation Asia April 30, 2018Internet only banks must be at least 50 percent owned by a traditional lender, and subject to the same capital requirements.
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Taiwan to Release AML Crypto Regulations This Year
JP Reimann, Regulation Asia April 23, 2018Cryptocurrencies to be regulated under new AML rules before a bilateral AML evaluation by APG in November; banks ordered to label crypto...
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Taiwan Regulator Censures 54 Managers at State Owned Banks
Editors, Regulation Asia April 12, 2018Taiwan FSC censured and demoted 54 managers at seven state banks for their involvement in a $679mn syndicated loan-fraud scandal.
