FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION

Securities / Derivatives

Taiwan Plans Cross-Border Stock Trading with Japan

By Editors | 22/08/2014

Taiwan will study the possibility of launching a cross-border stock trading scheme with Japan in a bid to boost internationalization of the local bourse, said the country’s top financial regulator.

Securities / Derivatives

Taiwan Regulator Eyes Pan-Asian Growth for Financial Sector

By Editors | 22/08/2014

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission vowed to support financial institutions’ bid to expand into other Asian markets by easing a number of regulatory hurdles in the banking, insurance and securities brokerage industries.

Securities / Derivatives

Taiwan Regulator to Get Tough on Leaks at Brokerages

By Editors | 05/08/2014

The Financial Supervisory Commission is taking a tougher stand on the release of client notes by securities houses involving listed companies and their stock prices in a bid to curb market speculation.

Securities / Derivatives

Taiwan Relaxes Rules on Private Equity Funds

By Editors | 15/07/2014

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission has relaxed regulation on private equity by allowing domestic asset managers to raise funds for commodity-linked PE investments.

Securities / Derivatives

Taiwan Regulator Allows Banks to Open Branches in Myanmar

By Editors | 26/06/2014

Taiwan’s financial regulator, the Financial Supervisory Commission, has approved applications of three local banks to open branches in Myanmar.

Securities / Derivatives

Taiwan to Ease Rules on Securities Houses

By Editors | 18/06/2014

The Financial Supervisory Commission plans to ease investment restrictions on securities houses, allowing them more flexibility to expand overseas and grow into regional champions.

Securities / Derivatives

Taiwan Regulator Okays Draft Bill on Third-Party Payments

By Editors | 19/05/2014

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission has given its go-ahead for non-financial companies to engage in online-to-offline payment services amid growing use of electronic stored-value cards for third-party payments.

Securities / Derivatives

Taiwan Regulator Conducts Test on Banks, Says Can Survive Housing Crash

By Editors | 16/05/2014

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) said it has conducted stress tests on banks that revealed lenders’ ability to survive a potential housing crash.

Securities / Derivatives

Taiwan’s Regulator Plans Supervisory Mechanism Restricting TRF Sales Volume

By Editors | 15/05/2014

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission chairman William Tseng said the country’s companies have a total of US$4.97 billion in exposure to renminbi-linked target redemption forward (TRF) financial derivative products with unrealized losses valued at US$2 billion.