Regulations Governing the Scope of Business, Restrictions on Transfer of Beneficiary Rights, Risk Disclosure, Marketing, and Conclusion of Contract by Trust Enterprises Article 2

The term "foreign securities" as used in these Regulations shall mean foreign stocks, foreign bonds, foreign warrants, foreign depositary receipts, foreign exchange-traded funds (ETF), offshore funds, and foreign securitized products. The provisions in these Regulations concerning foreign securities shall apply to offshore structured products issued in the form of bonds.The terms "professional investor, professional institutional investor, and non-professional investor" as used in these Regulations shall refer to Paragraphs 3 and 4, Article 3 of the Regulations Governing Offshore Structured Products.With the exception of professional institutional investors, a professional investor may apply to a trust enterprise in writing to change his or her status to non-professional investor. Non-professional investors that do not meet the criteria set forth in the preceding paragraph may not apply to change his or her status to professional investor.A trust enterprise is responsible for conducting reasonable investigation that a professional investor meets the qualification requirements and obtaining reasonable and credible corroborative evidence from the investor. The evaluation method of a trust enterprise for assessing whether a professional investor has sufficient professional knowledge and trading experience in financial products should be included in the “Know Your Customer” procedure and be approved by the Board. If a trust enterprise does not have a Board, it should be approved by the responsible person in the ROC.
中文原文 信託業營運範圍受益權轉讓限制風險揭露及行銷訂約管理辦法第2條
本辦法所稱外國有價證券,指外國股票、外國債券、外國認股權證、外國存託憑證、外國指數股票型基金(ExchangeTradedFund,ETF)、境外基金、外國證券化商品。
本辦法有關外國有價證券之規定,於以債券方式發行之境外結構型商品準用之。
本辦法所稱專業投資人、專業機構投資人及非專業投資人,適用境外結構型商品管理規則第三條第三項及第四項規定。
除專業機構投資人外,專業投資人得以書面向信託業申請變更為非專業投資人,但未符合前項規定之非專業投資人不得申請變更為專業投資人。
有關專業投資人應符合之資格條件,應由信託業盡合理調查之責任,並向委託人取得合理可信之佐證依據。
信託業針對專業投資人具備充分金融商品專業知識、交易經驗之評估方式,應納入瞭解客戶程序,並報經董事會通過。
但信託業無董事會者,由在中華民國境內負責人同意之。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.