萬國法律事務所

Taiwan’s Securities and Futures Bureau of the Financial Supervisory Commission announced on September 7, 2004 that securities dealers will be permitted to cooperate in and to collect fees for the financial planning, assessment, and consultation in connection with private participation in infrastructure (BOT) projects. This liberalization is expected to facilitate the enlargement of the scope of business that securities dealers are permitted to handle and to enhance flexibility and increase options associated with investing.

According to the previous regulations, securities dealers were limited to offering financial planning services to privately owned enterprises. Under the new regulations, however, securities dealers will be authorized to participate in infrastructure projects and to provide financial feasibility assessments and planning to both government and private enterprises in connection with infrastructure projects.