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Larissa Ku

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Sep 15, 2026
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Jul 24, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Larissa Ku

    Loans boom for Taiwan brokers fizzles | IFR (opens the original)

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    Taiwan’s securities firms have raised NT$202.5bn (US$6.42bn) from 16 syndicated loans this year, but liquidity-constrained lenders are now pressuring borrowers to cut deal sizes, shelve transactions and pay up for funding. With Taiwan's stock market up more than 50% this year, brokerages have hit the loan market to fund margin lending and proprietary trading, even as their aggregate net profits surged 325% year on year in the first half. A couple more loans totalling NT$12bn are in the pipeline.

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Larissa Ku

    Taiwan broker loan boom fizzles | IFR (opens the original)

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    Taiwan’s securities firms have raised NT$203.7bn (US$6.42bn) from 16 syndicated loans this year, but liquidity-constrained lenders are now pressuring borrowers to cut deal sizes, shelve transactions and pay up for funding. With Taiwan's stock market up more than 50% this year, brokerages have hit the loan market to fund margin lending and proprietary trading, even as their aggregate net profits surged 325% year on year in the first half. A couple more loans totalling NT$12bn are in the pipeline.

  3. Article · Jul 24, 2026 · Larissa Ku

    Taiwan credit scheme to help banks fund US investment push | IFR (opens the original)

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    Taiwan is making it easier for its banks and corporates to participate in a planned US$500bn investment programme in the US with a credit guarantee scheme that will be the first from Asia Pacific to support such partnerships. In return for the promise of lower tariffs, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea have each pledged large investments in the US of US$500bn, US$550bn and US$250bn, respectively, but Taiwan is the only one of the trio to have built a state mechanism to deliver on its pledge. Half Ta

  4. Article · Jul 24, 2026 · Larissa Ku

    Taiwan credit scheme to help banks fund US investment push | IFR (opens the original)

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    Taiwan is making it easier for its banks and corporates to participate in a planned US$500bn investment programme in the US with a credit guarantee scheme that will be the first from Asia Pacific to support such partnerships. In return for the promise of lower tariffs, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea have each pledged large investments in the US of US$500bn, US$550bn and US$250bn, respectively, but Taiwan is the only one of the trio to have built a state mechanism to deliver on its pledge. Half Ta

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