Bangkok, July 7, 2014 ? The SEC revised rules on mutual fund selling agents to allow additional channels for investment in mutual funds, expected to put into effect by early August 2014.Vorapol

funds into 5 classes, namely equity fund, fixed income fund, mixed fund, property fund and commodity fund where the classification will be revised every one and a half year. For newly-registered mutual

seeking unitholders? resolutions. The rules governing debt-liked investment units and the rules on seeking unit-holders? resolutions for capital reduction will also be revised with the aim of clarifying and

from the  release of OECD revised Principles of Corporate Governance, the roundtable panels will discuss the main topics including corporate governance developments in Thailand, the challenges in

would improve the financial reporting forms used by such intermediaries to meet the following objectives: ?1.? To comply with the revised financial reporting standards of the Federation of Accounting

offered at the market price during the offering period. The revised provisions cover the key areas, as follows: 1) Approval: to screen the applicant?s corporate governance records whether or not

case with hedge funds. Meanwhile, the investor qualifications would also be revised to ensure that only accredited investors with matching risk profiles would be eligible to invest in higher risk mutual

-making.Meanwhile, certain rules governing advertisement and sale promotion of mutual funds are also being revised to enhance clarity and flexibility.The SEC supports intermediaries in their offering of diverse

facilitate the private sector.  The revised rules are expected to become effective soon.With a view to increasing the variety of investment choices, underlying securities for DW will be expanded from the

Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countries, namely, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. Under the revised rules, investment diversification will be relaxed while clear and adequate information on GMS instruments must be