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...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) supported the Digital Library Project initiated by the Department of Children and Youth (DCY), the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS). As part of this initiative, the DCY co-organized a donation of computers and equipment to a group of Phiang Luang School and Border Patrol Police School (a total of 13 schools in the northern region of Thailand). The donation was presented by Mr. Thaneadpon Thanaboonyawat, Secretary to the...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), represented by the Organization Transformation and Data Management and Analytics Department, welcomed officials from the Office of the Administrative Court (OAC) in support roles, at the professional level, for a study visit. This visit was part of a training program for OAC officials in support roles who are preparing for promotion to the senior professional level. During the visit, the officials participated in a knowledge-sharing session...
Bangkok, November 5, 2015 ?The SEC is seeking public comments on the proposed relaxation to the rules governing investment policy of mutual funds offered for sale to accredited investors, i.e
CPN Retail Growth Leasehold REIT (CPNREIT). CPN currently manages 33 shopping malls with the net leasable area (NLA) of approximately 1.8 mn sqm. At the end of 2Q19 the average occupancy rate for CPN’s
securities, namely green bond, social bond and sustainability bond. Issuers of such bonds are entitled for the fee exemption from 17 May 2019 to 31 May 2020. This relaxation of the filing rules aims to
January 2022, the regulations allow relaxation and prevent excessive burdens by, for example, waiving the application filing and the appointment of financial advisor, and allow initial public offering (IPO