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Financial Assets at Fair Value Through Other Comprehensive Income - 2018
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
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Financial Assets at Fair Value Through Other Comprehensive Income - 2018
8. FINANCIAL ASSETS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - 2018

 

    December 31, 2018
    NT$   US$ (Note 4)
         
Investments in equity instruments at FVTOCI   $ 580,399     $ 18,961  
Investments in debt instruments at FVTOCI     1,016,924       33,222  
                 
    $ 1,597,323     $ 52,183  

 

a. Investments in equity instruments at FVTOCI

 

    December 31, 2018
    NT$   US$ (Note 4)
         
Unquoted ordinary shares   $ 532,047     $ 17,381  
Limited partnership     39,669       1,296  
Unquoted preferred shares     8,683       284  
                 
    $ 580,399     $ 18,961  

 

Investments in equity instruments were classified as available-for-sale under IAS 39. Refer to Notes 3 and 10 for information relating to their reclassification and comparative information for prior periods.

 

b. Investments in debt instruments at FVTOCI

 

    December 31, 2018
    NT$   US$ (Note 4)
         
Unsecured subordinate corporate bonds   $ 1,016,924     $ 33,222  

 

In June 2016, the Group acquired 1,000 units of perpetual unsecured subordinate corporate bonds in the amount of NT$1,000,000 thousand. The corporate bonds are all in denomination of NT$1,000 thousand with annual interest rate at 3.5% and with effective interest rate at 3.2% as of December 31, 2017 and 2018. The bonds were classified as other financial assetsnon-current under IAS 39. Refer to Notes 3 and 14 for information relating to its reclassification and comparative information for prior periods.