Taiwan Stock Exchange - Rules & Regulations Directory

Article NO. Content

Title:

Regulations Governing Responsible Persons and Associated Persons of Securities Firms 

Amended Date: 2024.03.06 (Articles 18 amended,English version coming soon)
Current English version amended on 2022.10.28 
Article 11-1
    A responsible person of a securities firm may not serve as a responsible person of a bank, financial holding company, trust company, credit cooperative, credit department of a farmers' (fishermen's) association, bills finance company, futures enterprise, insurance enterprise, or another securities enterprise. However, this restriction shall not apply in the following circumstances:
  1. When it serves the purposes of an investment relationship between the securities firm and such an institution, there is no overlapping of the chairmen and managerial officers between the two, and the FSC has granted approval.
  2. When there is a special need and the FSC has granted approval, a responsible person of a securities firm may serve as the chairman of such entities.
  3. When a securities firm is a subsidiary of a financial holding company, a responsible person of the securities firm may serve as a responsible person of such financial holding company or of another of its subsidiaries, provided that there is no overlapping of managerial officers between the subsidiaries.
  4. When a securities firm is a juristic-person director or supervisor of a financial holding company, the responsible person of the securities firm, in order to serve as a responsible person of the holding company, may concurrently serve as a director or supervisor of a subsidiary of that holding company.
    When there is an investment relationship between a securities firm and a non-financial institution that is a public issuer, no responsible person of the securities firm may concurrently serve as the chairman or a managerial officer of such an investee company.
    A securities firm shall establish internal audit and control mechanisms for any concurrent holding of positions by a responsible person of a securities firm to ensure effective execution of the responsible person's principal duties and concurrently held duties, and for maintaining the normal business operations of the securities firm; it may not involve conflicts of interest or violation of securities regulations or the internal control system, and the rights and interests of shareholders shall be protected.
    A securities firm shall, based its investment management needs, risk management policies, and the provisions of these Regulations, regularly evaluate the performance of any responsible person holding a concurrent position. The evaluation results shall serve as an important reference to determine whether the concurrently held position(s) will be maintained or reduced in number.

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