Writing from an interdisciplinary perspective that is both theoretical and practical, Brian Semkow analyses and discusses the scope and direction financial and capital market reform has taken in Taiwan, and its implications for existing and newly emerging financial institutions.

The author examines in detail the various financial markets, including the financial, money, offshore banking, foreign exchange and securities (equity, debt and derivative) markets, and the major recent and imminent legislative and regulatory initiatives undertaken to reform these markets and elevate Taiwan's status as a regional, and by implication, a global financial centre. This book should serve as a useful legal and financial guide to the rapidly emerging and increasing significance of Taiwanese banking and finance in this decade and forward into the next century.

Sources of Taiwanese Financial Law
Regulators
Overview of Taiwanese Financial System and its Financial Markets and Institutions
Banking Law and its Reform
Insurance Law and Its Reform
Money Markets
Offshore Banking Market
Foreign Exchange System and its Reform
Securities Markets Including Equity
Debt and Derivative Markets, and Their Reform.