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Issue no.: Financial-Supervisory-Securities-Firms-1110381058 |
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Order of the Financial Supervisory Commission
Issue date: 28 March 2022
Issue no.: Financial-Supervisory-Securities-Firms-1110381058
1. This Order is issued pursuant to Article 4, paragraph 2 of the Regulations Governing Investment in Securities by Overseas Chinese and Foreign Nationals.
2. Offshore overseas Chinese and foreign nationals investing in government bonds, corporate bonds, financial bonds, exchange traded notes, debt-type security tokens (“debt tokens”), money market instruments, and money market funds, and engaging in trades of
over-the-counter (OTC) equity derivatives, OTC NT dollar interest rate derivatives, OTC structured instruments, and option-part trades on convertible bond asset swaps, shall comply with the restrictions set out in Point 4 herein. Investments in money market
instruments are limited to bills within 90 days of maturity.
3. The "OTC NT dollar interest rate derivatives" referred to in the preceding point include NT dollar forward rate agreements, interest rate swaps, and interest rate options; "OTC equity derivatives" include options and equity swaps of Taiwan equities which
are denominated in either NT dollars or foreign currency, and options and equity swaps of foreign equities which are denominated in either NT dollars or foreign currency; "OTC structured instruments" includes structured instruments linked to domestic or overseas
equities or interest rates which are denominated in either NT dollars or foreign currency.
4. The total amount invested by an offshore overseas Chinese or foreign national in government bonds, corporate bonds, financial bonds, exchange traded notes, debt tokens, money market instruments, and money market funds, plus all NT dollar premiums paid for
trades of OTC equity derivatives, OTC NT dollar interest rate derivatives, OTC structured instruments, and options-part transactions on convertible bond asset swaps, plus NT dollar margins for central clearing of domestic OTC derivatives and the net settlement
amount on price differences of swaps, must not exceed 30 percent of the net inward remittance; provided, investment in privately placed convertible corporate bonds will not be counted in the aforesaid total amount. If, after adding corporate bonds or financial
bonds that were held prior to 22 April 2015, or government bonds with maturities over one year that were held prior to 11 November 2010, the amount exceeds the limit stated above, the bonds may be held to maturity, but no new positions in such bonds are permitted
to be added.
5. An offshore overseas Chinese or foreign national that writes options must not apply, prior to maturity, for foreign exchange settlement for the premiums collected. This restriction shall not apply, however, for transactions linked to foreign equity products
that would thus require application for foreign exchange settlement.
6. This Order is effective from this day forward. The 19 January 2022 Order No. Financial-Supervisory-Securities-Firms-11103801221 of the FSC is repealed from this day forward.
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