In recent years, Taiwan has emerged as one of the most competitive markets in the global capital landscape, driven by its robust economic fundamentals and leading industrial advantages. Its strong economic performance and significant asset potential have long made it an unmissable investment destination for global investors.

✅ Steady Economic Growth: Taiwan’s real GDP growth reached 8.63% in 2025, a 15-year high. The region has maintained positive GDP growth for five consecutive years, underpinned by strong core industries, providing solid fundamental support for its capital market and delivering a unique combination of stability and growth.

✅ Unmatched Industrial Strength: As a global hub for the semiconductor and electronic technology industries, Taiwan boasts a complete technology supply chain, with leading companies setting global industry standards. The manufacturing sector grew by 17.24% year-on-year, and the trends and volatility of its semiconductor-related segments exert a profound influence on the global technology landscape.

✅ Sustained Capital Inflows: Benefiting from a stable economic environment and high-quality core assets, Taiwan’s market continues to attract global capital inflows, ensuring ample liquidity. At the end of 2025, the Taiwan Weighted Index closed at 28,963.6 points, hitting an all-time record high.

Two Core Instruments to Access Taiwan’s Core Assets with One Click

FTSE Taiwan Index Futures and Micro FTSE Taiwan Index Futures are both benchmarked against the FTSE Taiwan Index, accurately tracking the performance of Taiwan’s core market assets. Balancing convenient access to the Taiwan market and high liquidity, they represent an attractive choice for positioning in Taiwan’s market.

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📊 FTSE Taiwan Index Futures

• Trading is available nearly around the clock throughout the year except for New Year’s Day, spanning Asian, European and U.S. trading sessions with outstanding liquidity;

• The underlying index - FTSE RIC Capped Index - boasts a 99.2% correlation and an annualised tracking error of 2.11% over 5 years compared to the Taiex index as of March 2024, closely replicating the performance of the Taiwan stock market. It serves as an efficient tool for hedging Taiwan equity exposures and capturing opportunities in the Taiwan market.

📱 Micro FTSE Taiwan Index Futures

• The micro contract is just one-tenth the size of the standard TWN (FTSE Taiwan Index Futures) contract. The contract multiplier is USD 4 (as opposed to USD 40 of the TWN contract), with significantly lower margin and clearing costs, enabling retail regular investors to access the Taiwan market at a lower cost and catering to small-capital and high-frequency trading needs.

• Its smaller contract size allows more precise position sizing and risk hedging to better align with investors’ cash holdings. It offers greater flexibility in position and risk management, whether for hedging Taiwan equity risks or swing trading.

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