Other economists estimate that Taiwan's pensions, insurance, and government sectors now hold around US$1.7 trillion in total US dollar denominated debt - hedged or unhedged - across security ...

My InsiderYou might want to hold that thought: Summer vacations in Asia may get more expensive than you think, as the US dollar continues to come under pressure. The typically stable Taiwan dollar ...

Taiwan Life Insurance Co.'s losses more than doubled in May to NT$2.83 billion due to the local currency's rally against the US dollar, which pummeled its foreign investments.

Fitch estimates the insurers have sufficient capital buffers to withstand a 10% rise in the Taiwan dollar against the U.S. dollar from the start of 2025. Currently, the local currency is up about ...

The Taiwan dollar's surge has led to record-high hedging costs, with three-month costs jumping to 14% this week, and life insurers are taking different approaches to managing their US bond holdings.

The Best’s Commentary, “Taiwan Dollar Rallies, Life Insurers More Exposed to Foreign Exchange Risk,” notes that the local currency surged by a combined 8% against the U.S. dollar over a two ...

Setser stressed in his 2019 and early 2025 studies, Taiwan’s holdings of US dollar-denominated assets were the result of life insurers acting as “ the primary intermediator for Taiwan’s ...

In this case, Taiwan life insurers over the years have put their assets into U.S.-dollar-denominated bonds - which was and even is not a terrible strategy - but they have done so without hedging ...

An unprecedented two-day surge in Taiwan's currency is the latest leg of a scramble out of the U.S. dollar and signal of disquiet in markets as U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war rattles ...