Line chart showing the appreciation of the Taiwan dollar against the US dollar this year The island's central bank supports local life insurers by funding a "decent chunk" of their hedging costs ...

The Taiwan dollar’s rapid appreciation in the second quarter led to speculation of a “Plaza Accord 2.0”. Click to read.

Taiwan’s Central Bank strengthened its warning to local trading companies over their currency purchases as it seeks once ...

Nan Shan Life Insurance and Taiwan Life Insurance on "Rating Watch Negative" due to the "substantial currency mismatch" produced by their "sizeable" U.S. dollar holdings, the ratings agency said ...

Gyrations in the Taiwanese dollar have dented appetite for trading its derivatives in offshore markets, making it costlier ...

The Best’s Commentary, "Taiwan Dollar Rallies, Life Insurers More Exposed to Foreign Exchange Risk," notes that the local currency surged by a combined 8% against the U.S. dollar over a two-day ...

The Taiwan dollar’s unexpected strength bodes ill not just for exporters but also for local insurers with massive, largely unhedged holdings of US assets. “Since March, negative earnings ...

Taiwan’s life insurers are of course a central part of this story. They didn’t cause the initial move in the Taiwan dollar. But they are enormously exposed to any large move in the Taiwan dollar.

The challenge faced by Taiwan’s life insurers is grabbing global attention given their huge pile of US Treasuries and corporate debt, much of which is unhedged. Their relatively low currency ...

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Taiwan dollar has rallied against the U.S. dollar at an unprecedented pace over the past few days, which holds implications for domestic life insurers that have ...