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TAIPEI, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Even if Chinese funds are allowed on the Taiwan stock market, speculation using such funds would not be possible as a well-devised supervisory mechanism has been in place, a Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) official said Thursday.
FSC Vice Chairman Wu Tang-chieh said an FSC-initiated plan to relax restrictions on investments of overseas funds in the Taiwan bourse is expected to draw an initial NT$30 billion (US$979.4 million) when it is implemented, hopefully in October.
The Executive Yuan gave the green light Thursday to the plan to allow firms in which Chinese institutions control more than 20 percent of the stakes and China-based Taiwanese companies to trade their shares on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) market and to permit qualified domestic institutional investors (QDII) from China to invest in the Taiwan bourse.
Wu estimated that since Taiwan has not yet signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China on this proposal, only 3 percent of Chinese QDII investment is expected to be channeled into the Taiwan stock market, representing an investment of NT$30 billion.
"The Taiwan-bound Chinese QDII ...
Source: HighBeam Research, CHINESE SPECULATION ON TAIWAN BOURSE WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE: FSC.