Bangkok, August 17, 2011- Chalee Chantanayingyong, Acting SEC Secretary-General and Chairman of the Capital Market Supervisory Board (CMSB) revealed that the CMSB approved to relax regulations to support industry business operation, remove obstacles and clarify certain governing regulations. The revisions to become effective in September include:1. Licensed derivatives dealer will be allowed to enter into derivatives contract with non-institutional counterparty, providing that the derivatives mu...
Bangkok, April 10, 2014 ? The SEC is seeking public comment on relaxing a unit holding limit where any person or group of persons is allowed to hold not exceeding one-third of all units in a mutual fund ("One-Third Rule"). As there is no such One-Third Rule in other ASEAN countries, the proposed revision aims to facilitate Thai investment management companies by exempting the said Rule from unit holding of mutual funds set up by Thai investment management companies under the ASEAN Collective Inv...
Bangkok, May 29, 2014 ? The SEC is seeking public comment on 2 draft notifications to facilitate offering of mutual funds set up by Thai investment management companies under the ASEAN Collective Investment Schemes (Thai ASEAN CIS). To begin with, the first one provides an exemption of unit holding limit up to one-third of all units sold (the One-Third Rule) for Thai ASEAN CIS in the portion offered to non-Thai nationals and omnibus account in other ASEAN countries to non-Thai nationals and omni...
According to investors’ tips and SEC’s investigation, there are public solicitations for investment with Argyll Technologies via individuals and online media channels such as company website and Facebook. SEC hereby notifies that Argyll Technologies is not licensed to undertake securities business or derivatives business or digital asset business; therefore, the company is not subject to SEC’s supervision. In this regard, investors are advised to exercise discretion in case of encounte...
Following the tips from various sources to SEC, it has been found that there are several solicitations via social media platforms such as Facebook and YouTube for investment in seven products that may be liable to be digital assets (called by many names such as coin, token or digital coin), as follows: (1) REALASSET (RACOIN)(2) CTE Token by CT Online Services (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (3) CXA by Cryptovation Co., Ltd. (4) EXW by EXW GLOBAL AG or VIVAEXCHANGE OÜ (5) AEC point, AECrichs, AEC...
Bangkok, 25 January 2019 ? The SEC advises the public to be cautious with the solicitation to invest in the initial coin offering (ICO) of BSmart digital tokens as it has not been approved by the SEC.According to the tip and the SEC's further findings, BSmart digital tokens have been solicited to the public through online channels such as the issuer's website, YouTube and Line Application.However, no application for approval of the BSmart ICO has been submitted, nor an approval has been granted...
Following the tips from various sources to SEC, several investment solicitations have been found via online channels such as websites, Facebook and YouTube regarding the products that may be liable to be digital assets (called by many names such as coin, token or digital coin), as follows: (1) Every Coin(2) Orientum Coin or ORT Coin(3) One Coin and OFC Coin(4) Tripxchain Coin or TXC Coin(5) TUC Coin(6) ICO by G2S Export(7) ICO by Singhcom Enterprise(8) ICO by A...
Following the tips from various sources to SEC, it has been found that DB Hold had been soliciting people via social media to invest in newly issued shares alongside with products that may be liable to be digital tokens. With a claim to be around 500 million baht worth, these funds were said to be used for investing in several projects such as a digital platform for exchanging goods and services that may involve with electronic units named "DB coin" or "DB token", blockchain systems and ot...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), led by Ms. Archinee Pattamasukhon, SEC Assistant Secretary-General, participated in a press conference on “Warning of Online Investment Scams,” hosted