-oriented support to the fund industry to promote long-term investment in mutual funds, aiming to foster financial well-being for youth education as well as post-retirement living. Additionally, a focus is

the development of digital financial innovations. Most respondents agreed with the draft amendments. The SEC has therefore issued notifications* specifying the amendments with the key points as

Digital asset business operators have expanded their business to cover services related to the use of digital assets as a means of payment for goods and services. Some have solicited businesses by

SEC Thailand, as the host of the 30th ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) on 18 March 2019, and other ASEAN regulators endorsed the Roadmap on ASEAN Sustainable Capital Markets to provide clear

SEC has a plan to revise the relevant notification to allow investment consultants of  operators of securities and the derivative contract business, who have expertise in investment and keeping abreast of the market situation, to be able to make decisions to trade capital market products on behalf of their clients, provided that consent from the clients must be obtained and such investments must be within the scope agreed by the clients in advance, in order to expand the service scope of t...

the customer must place cash or listed securities as initial margin with securities company . However, bonds or investment units are not permitted to be place with securities company as collateral to

additional client information;  - The provision of services relating to investment analysis and consultancy so as to specify the plan for investment allocation for clients by distributing investments in

SEC is conducting a public hearing on the principle excluding promulgation of research analysis among investors in ASEAN countries from being regarded as the activity of investment consultant, in

SEC has opened for public comments to revise the regulations on supervision of fintech as there are some business operators applying fintech to improve their service efficiency for investors. For