SEC Secretary-General Pornanong Budsaratragoon said: “The Thai capital market has developed in line with the global emphasis on climate change initiatives. The Thai version of the TCFD Recommendations, prepared by the SEC with support from the TCFD, is a vital tool for listed companies, investment analysts and asset managers to gain a better understanding of climate-related financial disclosures that involve risks and opportunities concerning climate change, enabling them to analyze secur...
Bangkok, 4 March 2024 – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released a handbook for convening effective and transparent bondholders’ meetings while promoting the exercise of bondholders’ rights. A bondholders’ meeting serves as a crucial platform for bondholders to stay informed of important developments and to engage in decision-making on matters that may affect debt repayment. The newly launched Bondholders’ Meetings Handbook provides comprehensive guidance to bond issuers, bondho...
Bangkok, June 17, 2013 ? The SEC has reintroduced mobile application ?start-to-invest?, providing more information on new products, inflation-adjusted investment calculator and business operator quick contact. SEC Secretary-General Vorapol Socatiyanurak said the SEC has developed ?start-to-invest II?, the ready-to-download mobile application for investors and interested people after its predecessor launched in May 2012 has been well-receptive. The new version includes additional categories of fi...
Increasingly, Thai investors tend to gain more interest in investing in foreign products to diversify their investments and seek more opportunities to generate returns. As a result, securities companies and derivatives business operators (“business operators”) including those from foreign countries show growing interest in providing such foreign products to Thai investors as well. The SEC has published a statement to enhance the understanding of foreign business operators interested in provi...
questionable corporate governance issues that could lead to a conflict of interest. (Normally, institutional investors may use several measures such as seeking clarification in writing, meeting with independent
, starting with ?Check-in? to update hot issues, following by ?Street Stang? to share with the audiences the interviews of people from all walks of life concerning their life style and financial management
issues.?Nowadays, only 219 companies have issued bonds, comprising 124 listed and 95 non-listed firms. Bond issuance could help diversify fund raising for cost restructuring while interest rates are low
SEC Assistant Secretary-General Praoporn Senanarong said: “The debt crowdfunding* scheme is part of the SEC’s regulatory efforts to support the governmental policy on promoting greater access to alternative financing resources for SMEs and startups to raise fund and expand their business growth. The new scheme follows a similar regulatory framework governing the existing equity crowdfunding rules. Pursuant to the new regulations, an eligible fundraiser for the crowdfunding scheme must...
SEC Secretary-General Rapee Sucharitkul stated that SEC has issued notifications related to the offering of digital token through ICO process and the the approval of ICO portal under the Royal Decree on Digital Asset Businesses, B.E. 2561. The regulation will come into force since 16 July 2018.Since the royal decree stipulates that the issuance of ICO must be done only through ICO portals which will act as initial screener of ICO issuer. After the related notifications come into effect, S...
SEC Secretary-General Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol said “SEC prioritizes the protection of investors against fraudulent solicitations, which is one of the core policies of SEC. Therefore, we started the development of the application that would be beneficial for investors, with which basic information can be convenient found and inspected. This application is another one of the measures preventing investors to fall victims for fraudulent solicitations, as well as being a mean of elevating the...