Leaders from eleven stock exchanges from across the Asia-Pacific region will gather at the inaugural ‘Asian Exchange Forum’ on Friday, 24 July 2015 in Taipei, hosted by the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation (TWSE).
The Forum will provide a unique platform for these leaders to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing stock exchanges in the region, recent business developments and strategies, as well as their views on the different ways exchanges can cooperate with each other.
Lawrence Shan, Senior Vice President of TWSE said: “Improving technology and increasingly open capital markets around the world are compelling investors and companies to seek better investment and fundraising opportunities across global borders. The Forum provides a unique opportunity for regional exchanges to exchange ideas on how to cater to this trend.”
Forum attendants will include senior leaders from Japan Exchange Group, Korea Exchange, Shanghai Stock Exchange, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Taiwan Futures Exchange, Taiwan Stock Exchange, Hanoi Stock Exchange, Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, Indonesia Stock Exchange, Singapore Exchange and Taipei Exchange.
Mr. Ming-chung Tseng, Chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), will also attend the Forum.
Mr. Shan, said: “TWSE and the FSC are both committed to increasing the competitiveness of the Taiwan capital market by expanding its global links with the Asia-Pacific region. In addition to this, the FSC’s recent decision to relax trading rules and other policies has moved the Taiwan market closer to international practice. TWSE is also taking proactive steps to expand its international links with global financial centers such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, New York and London, as well as its links with emerging markets such as Vietnam, Poland and Bulgaria.”
TWSE is also on the verge of opening Global Link Securities Corp., a special purpose vehicle and wholly-owned subsidiary of TWSE, which will greatly ease cross-border trading between Taiwan and overseas markets. TWSE also plans to launch new ETFs that track the Japanese and U.S. markets in the second half of 2015.
