The SEC has been coordinating and holding discussions with the TDO, digital asset business operators, and relevant agencies including the Bank of Thailand, the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO), and the Thai Bankers’ Association to prevent the use of digital assets as a means for money laundering by criminals. The SEC has updated the progress of the joint efforts with the TDO in developing the preventive meas...
details in SEC News No. 31/2024 headlined, SEC updates on the Strong Securities Issuers Project and law enforcement.
Bangkok, 6 February 2024 – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has provided an update on the progress of initiatives aimed at enhancing the quality of listed companies and the duty performance of personnel in the capital market. These initiatives fall under the Strong Securities Issuers Project and focus on preventing, deterring and suppressing inappropriate behaviors and misconduct. A recent development in this area is the SEC Board’s approval of amendments to the Stock Exchange of Tha...
news updates and prepare documentation regarding their bondholding in case it becomes necessary to confirm their bondholder status. Additionally, the bondholders should study their rights under the
On 11 December 2019, the SEC Board passed a resolution approving ThaiBMA as a licensed securities depository under the regulatory sandbox project whereby blockchain technology is implemented to enhance the speed and efficiency of the trading process of corporate bond. Currently two companies have issued and offered corporate bonds for sale using the blockchain system of ThaiBMA, namely (1) Toyota Leasing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. offering corporate bonds exclusively to institutional investors...
Bangkok, 28 February 2019 ? The SEC has updated the list of cryptocurrencies eligible for initial coin offering (ICO) investment or value comparison as base trading pair against other digital assets traded on digital asset exchanges. As a result, the current list comprises four cryptocurrencies, namely Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP) and Stellar (XLM).In any case, it should be noted that the announcement of such cryptocurrency list is not a certification of their legal tender status....
With reference to the recent occurrence, a foreign private digital wallet service provider has solicited investors in Thailand via social media to trade digital assets by linking investor trading activities with another foreign digital asset trading platform and allowing payment for the transactions made in Thai baht through Prompt Pay and Thai QR. Such provision of services may be deemed the undertaking of digital asset business without license, subject to the offenses under the Emergenc...
Increasingly, the public and listed companies begin to take interest in performing transactions related to digital assets in various forms such as investment in digital assets, accepting cryptocurrency payment for goods and services, and initial coin offering of utility tokens for exchange of goods and services of listed companies. This includes dissemination of news related to such investment or payment for goods or services of listed companies.In addition, on 8 July 2021 the Bank of Thailand (...
Mrs. Pornanong Budsaratragoon, SEC Secretary-General, said: “After the Thai ESGX regulations took effect on 16 April 2025, the SEC is currently reviewing applications for the establishment of 37 Thai ESGX submitted by 19 AMCs.* We anticipate that all of these new funds will be ready for initial public offerings as scheduled on 2 May 2025. Thai ESGX will accommodate both the transfers of existing LTF units and new investments. However, transfers of LTF units can only proceed once the registration...
On 14 August 2019, the SEC and 12 organizations in the capital market officially co-launched the Capital Market Governance Promotion Initiative in Celebration of HM the King’s Coronation with the objective of inviting all sectors in the capital market to declare the intention to operate with social and environmental responsibility in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Laid out as a three-year plan, the Initiative has already led to further collaboration bet...