Upon the instruction of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), TDCC built a corporate IR platform based on the FSC’s New Corporate Governance Roadmap (2018-20). On March 15, 2019, TDCC organized the IR Platform Launch Ceremony & ESG Conference to promote the commencement of the IR platform. Experts from at home and abroad were invited to give speeches or engage in panel discussions on the latest shareholder meeting trends, ESG and IR practices. Almost 200 representatives of listed companies attended the forum, alongside major institutional investors, including the Labor Insurance Fund, Labor Pension Fund, Public Service Pension Fund, Postal Savings Fund, insurance companies and securities investment trust companies.
In his opening remarks as a guest of honor, FSC Chairman, Mr. Wellington Koo said the establishment of the IR platform by TDCC plays a crucial role in promoting corporate governance as the platform facilitates real-time communication between investors and issuers.
TDCC Chairman and CEO, Mr. Sherman Lin also noted that following the launch of STOCKVOTE in 2009, TDCC has rolled out many peripheral services that are essential to building a complete ecosystem of e-voting, and now, TDCC has extended its service offerings to IR services from e-voting previously in response to the competent authority’s policy objectives. The newly launched bilingual (Mandarin and English) IR Platform is the result of collaboration with ISS Corporate Solutions and Sustainalytics, aiming to serve both issuers and investors. Moving forward, the platform will keep evolving for the purposes of communication, ESG and international collaboration, allowing Taiwan to connect more extensively with overseas markets, consequently creating value for businesses and strengthening the implementation of corporate governance in Taiwan.