Term fund is highly popular among investors, asset management companies and commercial banks. As of the end of Q1/2019, the total net asset value was approximately 770,000 million baht and 96 percent of the term funds were offered to retail investors. The key specific characteristics of term fund are the inability to redeem investment units before maturity date and the possibility of concentration risk due to investment in products of any single issuer. Under such conditions, a credit ri...
Currently, asset management companies have roles in reporting their portfolio outward foreign and derivatives of mutual funds and provident funds to both SEC and BOT on a monthly basis. In order to reduce the asset management companies’ reporting burdens, SEC held a discussion with BOT and reached a joint decision that BOT would use information in the report that mutual fund and provident fund operators file with SEC, instead of using BOT’s portfolio and derivative investment aboard (PI...
To avoid disruption to economic activities as securities companies and derivatives business operators are key intermediaries for providing investment services to businesses and the public, the SEC
permissible products are more complicated, risky and similar to those AIs have been allowed to invest domestically such as unrated bond and foreign sukuk. Moreover, all investors will have more investment
listing, foreign ETFs must have non-complicated features and investment policies tracking commonly accepted securities indices or price indices such as those whose underlyings are a basket of securities
) Reducing debt securities notifications to ensure less complicated rules and more convenience for stakeholders; (2) Reviewing regulations to be up-to-date and consistent with other regulations on other types
corporate bond business that is usually subject to high costs and time-consuming, complicated processes. The DLT platform can reduce costs and increase efficiency, transparency and competitiveness of
capital market are complicated and finding the evidence is difficult, especially electronic evidence which requires assistance from specialized agencies. Therefore, this cooperation between SEC and the
effective cybersecurity plans. SEC Secretary-General Rapee Sucharitakul said: ?Cyber threats are evolving very fast and becoming more complicated. Preventive measures alone may not be enough. It is therefore
those who offer for sale of complicated instruments including DW to provide investors with the fact sheet as well.? concluded Mr. Thirachai. ?