Taiwan plans to relax the 99-investor cap for offshore private equity and private credit funds offered in its dedicated wealth-management zone by October, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday, citing Financial Supervisory Commission Chairman Peng Jin-lung.
The funds are currently available to Taiwanese individual investors through licensed banks or asset managers, with each investor required to have at least NT$30 million in assets, according to the report.
The regulator also plans to expand family-office advisory services and ease restrictions on certain life insurance products in the wealth zone next month, Peng said.
Taiwan is seeking to develop the island into a regional wealth-management hub amid rising private wealth and strong capital markets, Bloomberg said.
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