Formosa bond

Formosa bond
Traditional Chinese福爾摩莎債券
Simplified Chinese福尔摩莎债券
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFú'ěrmóshā Zhàiquàn
Wade–GilesFu²-êrh³-mo²-sha¹ Chai⁴-ch′üan⁴
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳFuk-ngì-mô-sâ Chai-khién
Southern Min
Hokkien POJHok-ní-mô͘-sá Chè-kǹg
Tâi-lôHok-ní-môo-sá Tsè-kǹg

A Formosa bond (Chinese: 福爾摩莎債券; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hok-ní-mô͘-sá Chè-kǹg) is a bond issued in Taiwan but denominated in a currency other than the New Taiwan Dollar. They are issued by the Taiwan branches of publicly traded overseas financial institutions and to be traded must have a credit rating of BBB or higher.