the types of escrow agents permissible for crowdfunding portals; and ?4) To allow non-retail investors and crowdfunding portals to form a mutual agreement on selection of escrow agent.? The consultation

2014. Starting from January 1, 2014, provident funds are allowed to invest in derivatives for the purpose of efficient portfolio management (EPM) up to a permissible proportion. The funds were previously

and derivatives business operators to support the government’s policy above and align with the holiday schedule established for financial institutions and specialized financial institutions.   

emissions through the Low Emission Support Scheme (LESS) and the Thailand Voluntary Emission Reduction Program (T-VER), which are part of Thailand’s initiative to support voluntary emission reduction. The

principle proposes revision to the types of permissible investment products and the qualifications of commercial banks eligible to provide investment and deposit services in relation to asset custody of

required to have inclusive measure to prevent conflicts of interest. In addition, permissible securities trading will be limited to that executed with a view to managing risks associated with issuance of

to have inclusive measure to prevent conflicts of interest. In addition, permissible securities trading will be limited to that executed with a view to managing risks associated with issuance of

allowed to offer the service permissible under their licenses on overseas financial instruments. The revision not only aims at increasing the investors? readiness for overseas investment but also enhancing

establishment of property fund permissible to be filed no later than the end of this year, the fund to be set up must be in form of specific property fund.The consultation paper is available on the SEC website at

foreign companies must be substantially comparable to Thai law, in particular, the material issues such as shareholder rights. In case of DRs, the permissible issues must satisfy that the DR underlying