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Taiwan SBL Updates 2014.3.4 Disclaimer: This report can be merely considered as discussion, and does not represent the opinions, comment, statement or policy of TWSE. Data cannot be guaranteed to be error-free. TWSE is therefore not liable for any mistakes or omissions in the content of this report.
Securities Lending in Taiwan • Borrow/Lend via TWSE SBL System • Fixed-rate/Competitive Bidding • Negotiated Trade • Borrow from Securities Firms securities securities Borrower Lender TWSE (CCP) fee collateral, fee securities securities Lender Borrower TWSE collateral, fee securities Lender Borrower collateral, fee
Recent market reform • Increase underlying securities eligible for short selling at prices below previous day’s close from 150 stocks to 1200+ stocks • Allow buy-and-sell day trades for 200 stocks which are major ETF composite stocks • Allowing securities dealers to buy/ sell at daily 7% ceiling price • Exempt securities dealers’ hedging activities, ETF and warrant market making from daily short selling quantity ceiling
Top concerns for SBL in Taiwan • Daily SBL short selling limit • Collateral ratio of 140% for competitive bidding • Cash collateral other than USD for competitive bidding for FINIs
Short selling limit • Effective from November 22nd ,2011 • Intraday limit: 3% of total outstanding shares 20% of 30-day average trading volume • Helpful for liquidity if can be removed • Consensus among broker’s community to remove the ceiling • Regarded as prerequisite of recent market reform by SFB
Collateral Ratio for Competitive Bidding • 140% vs. 105% • TWSE is informed: • Too expensive for borrowers in BASEL III • Local lenders are disadvantage vis-a-vis foreign lenders • Not supported by local brokers community
Cash collateral • Cash collateral other than USD for competitive bidding for FINIs is requested by some European borrowers • TWSE’s system is ready to support multi-currency collateral