At present, money market funds are used by investors as a tool to manage liquidity and a place to park money for a short time, besides keeping it in banking accounts. As of February 2018, the size of money market funds was 240 billion baht, or 3% of savings deposit. In the future the Deposit Protection Agency would reduce the maximum insured amount of bank deposit to only 1 million baht. Hence, money market funds are likely to grow in size and emerge as an alternative for people looking for the...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), led by Mrs. Pornanong Budsaratragoon, Secretary-General, and SEC executives, held a meeting with the Association of Thai Securities Companies (ASCO), led by Mr. Pichet Sithi-Amnuai, ASCO Chairman, along with representatives from 42 securities and derivatives businesses. This meeting aimed to discuss and exchange views on strategies to advance the securities and derivatives industry and the Thai capital market. Key topics included the implementation o...
in line with the current average period wherein an auditor is entrusted to be the engagement partner or the auditor affixing signature to express an opinion to financial statements on behalf of the
Pursuant to the MOU, SEC and TGO will cooperate in sharing knowledge, communicating and giving advice to listed companies, securities issuers or business operators under SEC supervision regarding the importance and the benefits of reporting carbon footprint for organization. Both parties will also ensure to have Carbon Footprint for Organization monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system in place in accordance with international standards. On 19 August 2020, SEC in cooperation with TGO,...
with business operators to protect investors in the current situation was emphasized. This discussion focused on policy matters for the first half of 2024, marking the initial meeting of the year, apart
financial statements via the Electronic Information Transmission System of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) in August 2018. The misconduct of the four current and former executives and directors* is
The proposed amendments aim to improve the rules and guidelines for operating digital asset businesses to be more timely and appropriate in line with the industry developments and the current
The SEC aims to improve the PVD supervision to be more suitable for the current context, providing protection to PVD members in a fair and transparent manner. Related business operators are
The evaluation of the legal effectiveness of the Emergency Decree is due under the Act on Legislative Drafting and Evaluation of Law B.E. 2562 (2019) (“the 2019 Act”), which requires that government agencies evaluate the effectiveness of a law at least every five years from the effective date of the law or every other periods as specified in the governing ministerial regulations or upon occurrence of other cases as specified in the 2019 Act.The SEC is therefore conducting this public hearing on...