Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides various financial products and services in Taiwan, rest of Asia, and internationally. The company operates through five segments: Banking, Life Insurance, Property Insurance, Securities, and Other segments. It offers banking, foreign exchange, guarantee, foreign exchange investment and consulting, trust, offshore banking units, and other financial services. The company also provides traditional, investment-linked, and annuity insurance products; financial planning and policy loan services; and various insurance products, such as fire, marine, land and air, liability, financial guarantee, and other insurance products. In addition, it offers securities brokerage, dealership, underwriting, and security financial services, as well as other financial products and futures services. Further, the company provides real estate investment and management, real estate and office leasing, asset management, fund management, venture capital, private equity service, and risk management software, as well as electric power supply, electric transmission, and power distribution, and machinery manufacturing services. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Taipei City, Taiwan.