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Prelude – Cultivate your business growth by listing on TWSE
As globalization accelerates, there are various sources of finance available and enterprises no longer select their country of incorporation as the place of listing. Thus, selecting an ideal market in anticipation of a successful listing becomes a crucial business development strategy for enterprise-operators. Located at the center of an archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, Taiwan is close to Japan, mainland China, and the ASEAN market and is poised to benefit from its unique cultural, geographic, and economic situation. With diverse industry sectors and a comprehensive industrial supply chain accompanied with a sizeable research-and-development talent pool and outstanding innovation, many companies in Taiwan have developed into world leaders. Along with the overseas deployment and global expansion of Taiwanese Merchants, Taiwan plays a pivotal role in the economic development of the Asia-Pacific Region.
The capital market lists numerous high-tech enterprises in Taiwan. Conventional companies and financial corporations, as well as other industries, continue to grow and flourish. Taiwan ranks high globally on several indices such as the turnover ratio, P/E ratio, P/B ratio, and yield rate. Meanwhile, foreign investors have increased their shareholdings in Taiwan stocks over the years which contributes to a high level of internationalization of the stock market. For listed companies in Taiwan, the stocks possess a high liquidity ratio and the easy comparison of different companies in the same industry has resulted in the formation of an industry cluster and a diversified stock market. The aforesaid features are the strengths of the capital market of Taiwan.
For companies that contemplate listing in Taiwan, they may improve their corporate governance and advance the goal of sustainable development from the counseling continuously provided by intermediary institutions before and after the listing. As the policy in connection with foreign issuers' listing in Taiwan was implemented in 2008, the TWSE, based on the vision of "enhancing the circulation of securities and economic dynamics", has endeavored to assist foreign issuers, including Taiwanese Merchants, to finance in a more convenient way, which benefits the transformation, innovation and expansion of their business. As a consequence of the growth of the listing companies, the local industries will expand, more job openings will be created which will in turn promote economic development. Furthermore, foreign issuers that list their stocks in Taiwan will provide investors with more investment options and contribute to the accumulation of funds within Taiwan.
The capital market lists numerous high-tech enterprises in Taiwan. Conventional companies and financial corporations, as well as other industries, continue to grow and flourish. Taiwan ranks high globally on several indices such as the turnover ratio, P/E ratio, P/B ratio, and yield rate. Meanwhile, foreign investors have increased their shareholdings in Taiwan stocks over the years which contributes to a high level of internationalization of the stock market. For listed companies in Taiwan, the stocks possess a high liquidity ratio and the easy comparison of different companies in the same industry has resulted in the formation of an industry cluster and a diversified stock market. The aforesaid features are the strengths of the capital market of Taiwan.
For companies that contemplate listing in Taiwan, they may improve their corporate governance and advance the goal of sustainable development from the counseling continuously provided by intermediary institutions before and after the listing. As the policy in connection with foreign issuers' listing in Taiwan was implemented in 2008, the TWSE, based on the vision of "enhancing the circulation of securities and economic dynamics", has endeavored to assist foreign issuers, including Taiwanese Merchants, to finance in a more convenient way, which benefits the transformation, innovation and expansion of their business. As a consequence of the growth of the listing companies, the local industries will expand, more job openings will be created which will in turn promote economic development. Furthermore, foreign issuers that list their stocks in Taiwan will provide investors with more investment options and contribute to the accumulation of funds within Taiwan.