While the number of companies that listed their shares for the first time on the Taiwanese market rose slightly to 60 last year, from 58 in 2015, funds raised from initial public offerings (IPOs) dropped more than 30% annually. According to Pricewaterhouse ... ( read original story ...)
Funds raised from IPOs down more than 30% in 2016; new listings up
The capital market in Taiwan has been shrinking and lagging behind its neighbors in terms of IPO funds, PwC Taiwan said, citing the examples of Hong Kong, which raised US$25.11 billion last year, and Shanghai US$15.12 billion. Commenting on the PwC report ... ( read original story ...)
DocuSign hires new CEO, in latest sign it's headed for an IPO
Springer led Responsys through an IPO in 2011 and Oracle’s $1.5 billion acquisition ... contracts and most other documents in regions such as China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. A partnership with Japanese stationery provider Shachihata announced in late ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysian restaurant chain PappaRich mulls Singapore IPO: Report
The chain now has 106 outlets around the world, including locations in the United States, Taiwan and New Zealand. PappaRich Malaysia aims to conduct the offering as soon as this year, Bloomberg reported. If it does list, PappaRich would be following the ... ( read original story ...)
A rocky visit to Taiwan for Hong Kong pro-democracy leader Joshua Wong
discusses Hong Kong's IPO market, the Hong Kong-Shenzhen stock connect and his outlook for Hong Kong IPOs. He speaks to Bloomberg's Rishaad Salamat on "Bloomberg Markets." Hong Kong student activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung was under Taiwan police protection ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan envoy hails US ties after Trump inauguration
The leader of a Taiwanese delegation that defied Chinese anger to attend US President Donald Trump's inauguration said Friday that US-Taiwan ties were at a "historic high." Former premier Yu Shyi-kun, who headed the Taiwanese government between 2002 and ... ( read original story ...)
Woojer Full-Surround Location-Specific Haptic Vest will be demonstrated at the Taipei Game Show at the HTC VIVE booth
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Woojer is showing the world's first location specific haptic game vest at the Taipei Game Show (20-24th Jan.). Located at the HTC VIVE booth, visitors will be able to actually FEEL the game and be ... ( read original story ...)
GOLFZON Donates Golf Practice Simulators to National Golf Team of Taiwan
GOLFZON held the GDR donation ceremony with Chinese Taipei Golf Association on January 19, 2017 at Sunrise Golf & Country Club in Taoyuan, Taiwan. The ceremony was attended by over 200 golf industry leaders in Korea and Taiwan, including Kim Joo-Hyun ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stocks rebound; techs up
The electronics subindex rose 0.3 percent, while the financials subindex gained 0.1 percent. Among the most actively traded, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world's top contract chip maker, jumped 0.3 percent. Flat-panel maker AU Optronics added ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan tells Beijing to grow up over Trump ceremony row
A former premier will lead Taipei's delegation as foreign dignitaries from around the world descend on the US capital for the president-elect's swearing in. But Beijing has asked the US to bar the self-ruling island it sees as a renegade province and part ... ( read original story ...)
Thales Wins Kaohsiung Light Rail Transit Signalling Contract in Taiwan
This second Transportation project follows the contract signed in April 2015 for the design and manufacture of signalling, communications and Operational Control Centre (OCC) systems for the Danhai LRT project in Danhai, North of Taipei. With almost 2.8 ... ( read original story ...)
Innodisk Introduces The World's Smallest Embedded RAID 1 Solution
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Innodisk, the service-driven provider of flash, memory and peripheral modules for industrial and embedded systems has introduced the world's smallest RAID 1 solution. As embedded systems and devices became ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stocks track Wall Street lower; financials weigh
TAIPEI, Jan 18 TAIPEI Jan 18 Taiwan stocks fell on Wednesday tracking overnight weakness on Wall Street and pressured by financials such as Cathay Financial Holding. As of 0230 GMT, the main TAIEX index was down 0.2 percent at 9,338.14 points. The ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to limit insurers' investments in global corporate bonds
TAIPEI Jan 17 Taiwan's financial regulator on Tuesday said it would curb investments by domestic insurers in international corporate bonds redeemable by issuers within five years, as it moves to clamp down on risk. Taiwan has sought to attract such bond ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stocks rise; TSMC, HTC rebound
TAIPEI Jan 17 Taiwan stocks rose on Tuesday as investors snapped ... The electronics subindex rose 0.5 percent, while the financials subindex gained 0.3 percent. The Taiwan dollar softened T$0.038 to T$31.740 per U.S. dollar. (Reporting by Faith Hung ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan simulates China attacks as tension rises
Taiwan began two days of military drills Tuesday simulating an attack by China as the government sought to reassure the public in the face of deteriorating relations with Beijing. The island's armed forces gathered in central Taiwan for annual drills that ... ( read original story ...)