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Title:Regulations Governing Foreign Exchange Business of Securities Enterprises Open new window for Chinese

Announced Date:December 26, 2013

Date:Amended on December 28, 2017(effective from December 30, 2017)

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Subsection 3  Offshore or Foreign Currency Warrant Business

〈Scope of offshore or foreign currency warrant business〉
Article 25 
The business scope of call (put) warrant issued by securities enterprises involving foreign exchange (hereinafter referred to as “offshore or foreign currency warrant business”) includes the following: 1.For domestic call (put) warrants involving foreign securities or indices of  foreign securities markets, the scope of the underlying shall conform to  relevant regulations stipulated by the FSC. 2.For offshore call (put) warrants involving domestic securities or indices,  the scope of the underlying shall be limited to domestic stocks or baskets of  stocks, domestic exchange traded securities investment trust funds, offshore  ETFs, and Taiwan depositary receipts.

〈Application to engage in offshore or foreign currency warrant business〉
Article 26 
A securities enterprise that intends to engage in offshore or foreign currency warrant business shall apply to the Bank for approval by submitting documents provided in Article 7 herein, and in addition, documents specified below: 1.Qualification certificates issued by the FSC and the competent authority in  the place where the offshore warrants will trade; and 2.Business plan (including product profiles, operational guidelines and risk  management).
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