AOP President Dr. Thachapol Kanchanakul said “The PVD Contest has been held for the 8th year now, graced with the presences of honorable professors from Chulalongkorn University and Thammasat University, who will serve as ad-hoc contest committees and will set out the requirements for scoring, as well as rank the participants as had been done every time before. Additionally, this year’s contest will grant a special award for first-time participants. The contest is with the objective to se...
Bangkok, 28 April 2017 ? The SEC has ordered the Board of Directors of Polaris Capital Public Company Limited (POLAR) to further clarify individually within 15 days on the company's failure to hold
SEC and the AOP are accepting application for the 7th PVD Contest 2018 with the royal plaque award from Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. The objective of the contest is to select the provident fund with good management, which will be qualified by various factors, including good governance in investment, the standard of control and management of investment, the roles of the investment management companies towards to promotion of knowledge to their members, and the devel...
In her opening remarks at the online seminar on 25 November 2020, Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol, Secretary-General of SEC, stated: “The aims of the online seminar are (1) to help listed companies gain a better understanding of climate risks so that they can combine their knowledge and relevant available information to enhance their capability to deal with climate change; (2) to make asset management companies, as an institutional investor, understand the risks and effects of climate change on b...
In recent times, crimes regarding the capital market have become significantly more intricate, which is why SEC firmly believes that there must be an upgrade in the cooperation between related state departments regarding the process of law enforcement. SEC has signed in various MOUs between relevant state departments. However, the operation requires more than a mere close cooperation, it also requires that the operatives are thoroughly acknowledged and of understanding in their roles and...
SEC held the “SMEs’ Road to the Thai Capital Market” seminar on Thursday, 19 December 2019. SEC Deputy Secretary-General Sirivipa Supantanet, delivered an opening speech, and Miss Ariyaporn Amnucksoradej, acting Director of the Division of Industrial Business Capability Development, Department of Industrial Promotion, presided over the seminar. SEC Deputy Secretary-General Sirivipa Supantanet stated that “This seminar is the first event where SEC had the opportunity to meet with industria...
SEC Secretary-General Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol said: “This seminar is the first opportunity of SEC to welcome SME entrepreneurs from all over the country that are members of the Federation of Thai SME. The main purpose of this seminar is to raise SMEs’ awareness about the role of capital market and how to access funds in capital market through various types of financial instruments. We view that our cooperation with the Federation of Thai SME will help SMEs access funds in the capital marke...
Upon the review of the Securities and Exchange Act, SEC finds that certain provisions of the law do not support the issuance of debt securities under the current economic situations. For example, the legal requirement on minimum face value of debentures may be too high and hinder retail investors to access debt markets, or the prohibition of set-off can cause unnecessary procedures and fees to issuer who wants to rollover the matured debt into a new one or who wants to restructure terms and cond...
Remark: Regulatory Guillotine is the regulatory review of the existing laws and regulations. The reviewed laws and regulations that are not necessary or do not keep pace with situations or remain
necessary or do not keep pace with situations or remain obstacles to livelihoods or engagement in occupations will be abolished or revised to lessen burdens on people. By doing so, methods used must be done