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TriOptima terminates $194bn of Taiwan dollar swaps
TriOptima has completed its maiden termination cycle for new Taiwan dollar interest rate swaps (IRS) this month by tearing up 14,140 transactions worth NTD6.4 trillion ($194 billion) in notional value....
If all regions in Asia have suffered as a result of the Lehman Brothers collapse, then Taiwan, where sales have almost ground to a halt more than once over the past 12 months, might well be the toughest...
Taiwan's life insurers are again resorting to desperate measures to remain solvent - but the moves only heighten the underlying profitability problems. Does the creation of this latest financial timebomb...
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Taiwan's life insurers are again resorting to desperate measures to remain solvent - but the moves only heighten the underlying profitability problems. Does the creation of this latest financial timebomb counter the regulator's hopes of improved risk...
Regulatory backlash
Equity markets have rallied sharply since mid-March. The Nikkei 225 has risen by 37.2% to 9,680.77 by July 6; while the Hang Seng Index has beaten that, soaring 58.5% from March 9 to 17,979.41. Meanwhile, volumes of accumulator products - which where...
Dark clouds descend
Taiwan's financial regulator is moving at breakneck speed to introduce rules aimed at better governing the country's retail structured products business. But its efforts to protect investors have cast a pall on the future of the market. Georgina Lee reports...
Taiwan FSC backs down on structured products rules
Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has scrapped a controversial proposal that would have required foreign banks to park 70% of the proceeds from the sale of structured notes with Taiwanese trust banks. The country's financial sector regulator...
Foreign insurers continue their exodus from Taiwan market-place
Funding issues faced by the Taiwanese insurance sector due to its failure to address legacy problems of negative interest spread (where income earned on assets is lower than income promised on liabilities) look set to continue for the foreseeable future....
TriOptima targets swaps tear-up for mainland China and Taiwan
Swedish post-trade services group TriOptima plans to launch renminbi and new Taiwan dollar interest rate swaps (IRS) termination services in the second half of this year. The company currently offers its services across 19 currencies, including seven...
New regulations stunt Taiwanese insurance sector
The rules governing investment-linked insurance products in Taiwan, that came into effect in July have had a detrimental impact on the sale of structured products. The Investment Linked Policy Self Regulations were served by the Taiwanese regulator, the...
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