Kaohsiung Asset-Management Pilot Zone Forges New Model for Finance and Industrial Investment

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission and the Kaohsiung City Government inaugurated the Asian Asset Management Center’s Kaohsiung pilot zone on July 22, 2025. The initiative links banking, legal, accounting and other professional services through financial-service trials and regulatory easing. Its priorities are to retain wealth held by high-net-worth clients, channel capital into industries including semiconductors, AI and electric vehicles, and narrow the financial-development gap between northern and southern Taiwan.

At the Asian Asset Management Summit on July 8, 2026, Kaohsiung Deputy Mayor Lo Ta-sheng said the zone had completed its first year of operation. Its family-office services had served 161 clients, with nearly NT$71.2 billion in assets under management. The next phase will support the FSC’s expansion of cross-border financial services, build a cluster of financial and professional-service providers, and steer long-term capital toward Taiwan’s emerging industries.