Financial institutions’ exposure to China falls 13.44%By Chen Cheng-hui / Staff reporterTaiwanese financial institutions’ aggregate exposure to China fell 13.44 percent year-on-year at the end of February as firms adopted a prudent and conservative strategy regarding investment in the world’s second-largest economy, data released by the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) on Thursday last week showed. Financial institutions include banks, insurance companies, securities and futures brokerages, and investment trusts. The financial firms’ combined exposure to China was NT$781.255 billion (US$24.44 billion) at the end of February, down NT$121.32 billion from NT$902.575 billion a year earlier, the data showed. The decline primarily came from securities brokerages, while futures brokerages and investment trusts saw no significant changes in their China exposures, the commission said. It underscored securities brokerages’ shrinking financial portfolios in China over concerns about tariff impacts, credit spread changes and interest rate fluctuations, it said.

Source: Taipei Times April 05, 2026 17:13 UTC