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The Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) was established in 1998. It offers futures and options on major Taiwan stock indices, government bond futures, equity options and 30-day CP interest rate futures.

The development of Taiwan's futures market may be divided into two stages. In the first stage, foreign futures were allowed for trading; the second stage marked the creation of a domestic futures market. The Foreign Futures Trading Law was enacted in June 1992 to provide a legal basis for investors to trade at foreign futures markets. The Futures Trading Law was enacted in March 1997, which replaced the Foreign Futures Trading Law and established the legal guidelines for the domestic futures market. This paved the way for the establishment of Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) in September of the same year.

Along the years the TAIFEX have sought to diversify its products seeking to offer more hedging vehicles for investors.

Products introduction timeline

Jul 21, 1998	The Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Stock Index (TAIEX) futures.
Jul 21, 1999	The Taiwan Stock Exchange Electronic Sector Index futures and the Taiwan Stock Exchange Finance Sector Index futures.
Apr 9, 2001	The Mini-TAIEX futures.
Dec 24, 2001	The TAIEX options.
Jan 20, 2003	Equity options with physical settlement.
Jun 30, 2003	The Taiwan 50 Index Futures.
Jan 2, 2004	The Government Bond Futures.
May 31, 2004	The 30-Day Commercial Paper Interest Rate Futures.
Mar 28, 2005	The Electronic Sector Index Options and Finance Sector Index Options.
Mar 27, 2006	The MSCI Taiwan Index Futures, MSCI Taiwan Index Options and Gold Futures (all US dollar-denominated).

External links

• TAIFEX official site (in English)