Bangkok, October 30, 2015 ? The Thai capital market is making progress toward adoption of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)?s revised Principles of Corporate Governance, which have been released at the 2015 OECD-Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance in Bangkok today. Co-hosted by the OECD, the SEC, the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and the Thai Institute of Directors Association (IOD) in partnership with the Government of Japan, the roundtable is a forum f...
. Furthermore, the SEC has implemented preventive measures against investment scams from the start, such as issuing alerts and educating the public about investment scam tricks and collaborating with relevant
The Passport is intended to provide significant benefits to investors through more fund choice, while maintaining effective legal and regulatory arrangement for investor protection. It is also intended to strengthen the capacity, expertise and international competitiveness of financial markets and the funds industry in the region.Implementation ProgressThe participating economies have progressed with legal and regulatory requirements in their respective jurisdictions. Japan and Thailand have com...
investment was made. Therefore, the general public could not utilize the capital market to create financial freedom.”“The Five Steps toward Investment Confidence project was initiated from the intent of SEC in
Bangkok, June 30, 2016 ? The SEC has become one of the first signatories to the Memorandum of Cooperation on the Establishment and Implementation of the Asia Region Funds Passort (MoC), which prescribes the framework and conditions for public offerings of cross-border mutual funds under the Asia Region Funds Passport (ARFP).Together with the other first participating economies ? namely, the Republic of Korea, Japan, New Zealand and Australia ? Thailand is making preparations for the launch of pa...
The afore-mentioned Capital Market Development Plan, acknowledged by the Cabinet on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, consists of the following five strategic directions for continued growth of the capital market which is envisioned to become: Strategic Direction 1 Capital market for competitiveness (Competitiveness), in which potentiality and competitiveness of all sectors in the capital market and economic system will be reinforced. Strategic Direction 2 Capital market accessible to all (Accessibili...
interactive communication forums with market participants to encourage information/view sharing and team-based problem solving; Preventive: setting a healthy balance between punitive and preventive approaches
to the SET’s proposal to amend the regulations on qualifications of companies seeking SET listing and supervision of listed companies. This regulatory amendment is part of the SEC’s Preventive Measures
on listed companies’ disclosure of material information, issuing investor warning messages, and/or posting trading signs to alert investors. For next steps, the SET is in the process of revising the
supervise the capital market, while demonstrating good governance characteristics and compatibility with the SEC Code of Ethical Conduct. Individuals lacking appropriateness or displaying traits that