Bangkok, May 28, 2015 ? The SEC revised regulations for more flexibility to promote cross-border offerings of debt securities and collective investment schemes (CIS). The revision aims to increase opportunity and alternatives for fund raisers and investors as well as enhance the Thai capital market readiness for international linkages. The revised regulations will become effective by the third quarter of this year. The Capital Market Supervisory Board approved the revision of regulations concern...
Bangkok, October 18, 2012 ? The SEC and the Asian Development Bank today co-hosted a seminar on ?Financial Literacy: Road to the Nation?s Prosperity? to update the SEC implementation of its financial education strategy in line with Thailand?s Capital Market Development Master Plan and in preparation for the imminent aging society. ?Financial literacy, income generation, smart spending, saving discipline and investment are all parts of the circle of economic growth. Larger fund flows in the capit...
Bangkok, August 28, 2012 ? ?It is necessary to expand access to sources of fund for business of all sizes, especially SMEs. The capital market can offer diverse financial vehicles and one of the suitable sources for new businesses with high growth potential is private equity (PE),? said SEC Secretary-General Vorapol Socatiyanurak at today?s seminar on ?Private Equity: Business Alliances for Business Growth.?PE is an investment of institutional investors or high net worth individuals who commit t...
supports life assurance firms to follow the proxy voting guidelines by voting for fair and useful agenda and against those with unfairness and non-transparency. The implementation of guidelines will enhance
Bangkok, January 12, 2015 ? The SEC supports asset management companies to raise their competitiveness with more distribution channels, new types of mutual funds and join business development in the
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) supported the Thai Investor Association (TIA)’s Kick Off - AGM Checklist 2024, as part of the continuous endorsement for the project which presents an important opportunity for company executives, management teams, and shareholders to discuss various company matters and address key issues beneficial to the company and shareholders. Mrs. Pornanong Budsaratragoon, SEC Secretary-General, presided over the opening ceremony and gave a lecture to sha...
Bangkok, August 26, 2014 ? The SEC supports commercial banks and their subsidiaries to expand their businesses in relation to new capital market products by taking roles of financial advisors
Bangkok, February 21, 2014 ? The SEC and the PwC Thailand co-hosted the seminar ?Challenges facing audit committees on listed companies? sustainable development? to provide a venue for discussion and exchange of views and experiences between audit committee members and experts. Vorapol Socatiyanurak, SEC Secretary-General said that the seminar aimed at help preparing audit committees to perform their roles in line with sustainable development roadmap. The seminar allowed sharing of experiences a...
Bangkok, February 9, 2012 - The SEC has closely monitored the incident on December 30, 2011 where net asset value ("NAV") of domestic mutual funds investing in offshore ETF was irregularly high. The regulator also discussed with Association of Investment Management Companies (AIMC) and Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University (Sasin) on the review on AIMC guideline for NAV calculation.It was found that the calculation of NAV of domestic mutual funds investi...