Taiwan formosa bonds

Formosa bonds seem to be a good fit for Taiwan’s life insurers: The bonds must be rated triple-B or higher, and yields lately are topping 4%. Indeed, Taiwanese life insurers, with more than US$600 billion in assets, own about 80% of outstanding Formosa bonds.

9 Mar 2020 To widen the investor base, Formosa bonds can also be listed on overseas exchanges and may be traded over-the-counter between bond  16 Jan 2020 Formosa bonds are sold in Taiwan by foreign borrowers and are denominated in currencies other than the Taiwanese dollar. Morgan Stanley  Formosa swaptions trade under pressure from new Taiwan rules. Limit on investment by insurers is hitting issuance of Formosa bonds and related options. 25 Jan 2019 Yuanta Securities Investment Trust Co., the largest ETF provider in Taiwan, launched the island state's first Formosa bond ETF in 2015. Market 

A Formosa bond (Chinese: 福爾摩莎債券; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hok-ní-mô͘-sá Chè-kǹg) is a bond issued in Taiwan but denominated in a currency other than the New Taiwan Dollar. They are issued by the Taiwan branches of publicly traded overseas financial institutions and to be traded must have a credit rating of BBB or higher.

8 Aug 2017 Export-Import Bank of India sold dual-listed dollar bonds in Taiwan's Formosa debt market. Morgan Stanley's $400 Million “Formosa Bond” Offering. Euroclear and Clearstream and offered in Taiwan to professional institutional investors, are listed on  20 May 2015 A Formosa bond is issued in Taiwan but denominated in a currency other than the New Taiwanese dollar. They are issued by the Taiwan  Formosa bonds are sold in Taiwan by foreign borrowers and are denominated in currencies other than the Taiwanese dollar. First Abu Dhabi Bank priced the 

18 Feb 2020 A flood of fund raising by American blue-chip firms in Taiwan is putting Record redemptions suggest wave of Formosa bond sales ahead.

The Formosa market relies heavily on local life insurers, and foreign issuance has rocketed since 2014, when Taiwan’s Financial Services Commission reclassified Formosa bonds as domestic debt. Taiwan could be the next go-to place for dollar funding for bond issuers, after authorities loosened regulations on debt issuance. The government expanded from this month the roster of issuers that can sell Formosa bonds without prior approval, to all units of lenders listed on bourses Taiwan’s offshore bond market is set to continue experiencing growing pains. After a record year of activity in 2018 in the country’s so-called Formosa bond market, following a series of moves to open it up to a widen pool of investors through looser regulation, we expect 2019 to herald

Following the deregulation of Taiwan’s Formosa bond market in mid-January, a number of issuers have seized the opportunity to tap this market, with its abundant dollar liquidity and strong local demand. Qatar National Bank and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank issued dollar bonds in Taiwan immediately after the policies changes.

Formosa bond terms are generally less favorable now for investors than for issuers. Formosa bonds seem to be a good fit for Taiwan's life insurers: The bonds  10 Oct 2019 Taiwan's insurers may face trouble as a series of Formosa bonds are set to be called by issuers. The firms purchased over US$180 billion of  Taiwan's Formosa bond market was rejuvenated following the deregulation in mid-January. Market participants expect Taiwan to become the next go-to place 

Taiwan's Formosa bond market has taken off in 2015, helped by regulatory changes and a favourable cross-currency swap. Issuers from all over the world have flocked to take advantage of keen

Morgan Stanley's $400 Million “Formosa Bond” Offering. Euroclear and Clearstream and offered in Taiwan to professional institutional investors, are listed on  20 May 2015 A Formosa bond is issued in Taiwan but denominated in a currency other than the New Taiwanese dollar. They are issued by the Taiwan  Formosa bonds are sold in Taiwan by foreign borrowers and are denominated in currencies other than the Taiwanese dollar. First Abu Dhabi Bank priced the  10 Oct 2018 Formosa 1 Offshore Wind Project2, Taiwan's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm. This bond is aligned with the Green Bond Taiwanese  22 Sep 2017 CFE (BBB+/BBB+) was also the first issuer in the Formosa market to take advantage of a relaxation of capital requirements for Taiwanese life  15 Jan 2018 Formosa bonds are sold in Taiwan by foreign borrowers and are denominated in currencies other than the Taiwanese dollar. First Abu Dhabi 

Taiwan could be the next go-to place for US dollar funding for bond issuers, after authorities loosened regulations on debt issuance. The government expanded from this month the roster of issuers that can sell Formosa bonds without prior approval, to all units of lenders listed on bourses belonging to the World Federation of Exchanges — an association that represents 64 exchanges, including The so-called formosa bond market has been growing rapidly in Taiwan. Issuance in the first quarter of this year reached 11.8 billion yuan ($1.90 billion), compared to 1.5 billion yuan a year ago. The clampdown follows a surge in Taiwan-targeted debt offerings from overseas entities, with firms from Goldman Sachs to Air Liquide issuing Formosa bonds in recent months. A total of four bonds worth $6.34bn and printed in US dollars were completed in Taiwan by foreign corporates in the year to September 8, against nine prints worth $6.66bn in the same period a year