19 Institutions Honored, Wealth Management Award Debuts
The futures exchange held the 12th Futures Diamond Awards ceremony on the 27th at the International Conference Hall of the CPBA, National Chengchi University, with 19 institutions winning a total of 26 awards. The awards cover Trading Volume Diamond Awards, Trading Volume Growth Diamond Awards, Market Making Performance Diamond Awards, OTC Centralized Clearing Volume Diamond Awards, Wealth Management Diamond Awards and Special Contribution Diamond Awards, recognizing firms' performance in trading volume, market liquidity, OTC clearing business, wealth management and overall contribution.
This year saw the debut of the Wealth Management Diamond Award to encourage firms engaged in high-asset wealth management business, won by 兆豐銀行 and 台新銀行. Financial Supervisory Commission Vice Chairman 陳彥良, Securities and Futures Bureau Chief Secretary 王秀玲, and Futures Association Chairman 詹正恩 presented the awards, with senior executives from major futures, securities and financial firms attending to receive awards, witnessed by over 100 industry participants.
FSC: Futures Market Supports Asset Management Hub
陳彥良 said in his remarks that after 12 years of development, the Futures Diamond Awards have become an annual highlight. The price discovery and hedging functions of the futures market are important tools for risk management of the real economy and financial assets. He noted that the FSC is promoting Taiwan as an Asian asset management center, with high-asset management business growing manifold, and the futures market plays an indispensable key role. Futures firms can integrate across banking, securities, insurance and investment trust sectors to jointly build a complete asset management ecosystem.
Foreign Share Rises to 41.36%, Night Session Shows Resilience
TAIFEX Chairman 吳自心 said that since its launch 12 years ago, the Futures Diamond Awards have presented a total of 467 awards, with 26 awards presented this year. He thanked 兆豐銀行 and 台新銀行 for issuing NT-dollar-denominated structured products, and hoped firms will make full use of TAIFEX products for hedging, enrich wealth management product lines and expand business scale, and promote the joint prosperity of spot and futures markets.
吳自心 noted that from January to September this year, foreign investors' share in Taiwan's futures market rose to 41.36%, up sharply from 32.46% in the same period last year, mainly benefiting from the mature night-session trading system, which provides ample liquidity and comprehensive international risk controls, boosting foreign investor confidence to actively use the futures market for hedging and asset allocation, demonstrating international competitiveness and market resilience. TAIFEX also continues to hold product promotion incentive programs based on the principle of financial common good, and has introduced product and system optimization measures to improve capital allocation flexibility and market efficiency.
台新銀行 Wins Two Awards for Third Consecutive Win
Among the winners, 凱基證券 won the Securities Industry Trading Volume Growth Diamond Award, accepted by Vice Chairman 糜以雍; 永豐銀行 won the Banking Industry Trading Volume Growth Diamond Award, accepted by Chairman 曹為實; 群益期貨 won the Special Contribution Diamond Award, accepted by Chairman 賈中道. 兆豐銀行 won the Wealth Management Diamond Award, accepted by Vice President 陳昭蓉 on its behalf. 台新銀行 won both the Wealth Management Diamond Award and the Banking Industry Trading Volume Diamond Award, with the trading volume award marking a three-peat, accepted by Financial Markets Division Executive Officer 詹景翔 on its behalf. President 林淑真 said it will implement the strategy of retaining capital and attracting investment, contributing to the development of the Asian asset management center.