bond liquidity, investors’ knowledge on debt securities, intermediaries and market professionals’ duty performance, the development of shared infrastructures and market database, and high-risk debt
The SEC has reviewed the regulations concerning the SPO shares offering and the mai/SET listing requirements for LiVEx-listed companies to better accommodate small and medium-sized enterprises and enable LiVEx-listed companies to conduct business with more flexibility, while continually maintaining appropriate levels of investor protection. Another proposed amendment is a revision to the mai/SET listing regulations to facilitate mai/SET listing for LiVEx-listed companies. The proposed amendments...
fairness and transparency, to supervising capital market professional to elevate their role of inspection and preventing listed company fraud. The proposed amendments also aim to enhance the reporting of
session was delivered by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suriyadeo Tripathi, Director of the Moral Center, aiming to enhance the understanding of ethical and moral standards of government officials as well as the SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), led by Mrs. Pornanong Budsaratragoon, Secretary-General, along with SEC executives, held a meeting with the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations (FETCO), led by Dr. Kobsak Pootrakool, Chairman, along with FETCO members, and the Thai Digital Asset Operators Trade Association (TDO), represented by Mr. Att Thongyai Asawanan, President, and TDO members, to discuss and exchange key perspectives on enhancing the competitiveness of the Thai stock...
The SEC has amended the regulations concerning supervision of personnel in capital market businesses by extending the renewal application submission period from September 1st to December 15th each year to September 1st to the last business day of each year. This is to provide greater flexibility for business operators and capital market business personnel in applying for an approval renewal through the ORAP system, which has recently been updated. The extended submission period will take...
On 15 November 2022, the Capital Market Supervisory Baord Meeting No. 11/2565 passed a resolution approving the proposal for amendment to the regulations on equity allocation to promote clarity. The SEC later conducted a public hearing to gather views and suggestions on the matter from stakeholders during February – March 2023. The finalized amendment to the equity allocation regulations* has recently been issued. Essentially, an equity issuing company is required to comply with the following pr...
During the joint meeting held at the SEC Building yesterday, the SEC, led by Secretary-General Pornanong Budsaratragoon and the management, and the SET, led by President Dr. Pakorn Peetathawatchat and the management, discussed approaches that the SET could adopt to review rules relating to securities trading in cash account, particularly in placing asset as collateral before purchasing in securities. This is to ensure fair treatment between retail investors and foreign institutional investors ex...
The SEC’s policy is to strengthen the oversight of digital asset business operators with a focus on quality and reliability enhancement of such business operator to protect investors. This means the records of investors’ assets under custody of the business operators must be accurate, complete and updated while the assets must be properly protected from relevant risks. In September 2021, the SEC conducted a public hearing on a proposed amendment to the regulations on custody of clients’ assets....
The SEC had reviewed the criteria related to report on securities (i.e., shares and convertible securities) or derivatives holding of listed companies’ directors, executives, and auditors** and proposed amendments to such criteria to reduce redundancy and inject flexibility for reporting parties while ensuring that data users receive sufficient information within an appropriate time. Having received comments and recommendations from the public consultation at the end of 2022, the SEC has refined...