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Investors can ride Taiwan’s AI boom with Singapore depository receipts

Several are available, offering an option to tap the sizzling stock market

Tay Peck Gek
Published Wed, May 27, 2026 · 07:00 AM
    • If there are Singapore depository receipts for Taiwan stocks, their accessibility for Singapore investors will be improved.
    • If there are Singapore depository receipts for Taiwan stocks, their accessibility for Singapore investors will be improved. PHOTO: REUTERS

    [SINGAPORE] In April, Taiwan overtook Canada, the United Kingdom and France to become the world’s sixth-largest stock market by market capitalisation, at US$4.7 trillion. On Monday (May 25), it knocked India off its position, rising to fifth place.

    Back in 2004, Taiwan ranked just 12th globally, with a market capitalisation of about US$500 billion.

    JPMorgan recently raised its targets for Taiwanese stocks for the second time in less than a month, recommending the market as “the most pure-play exposure to the global artificial intelligence build-out”.