Essentially, the amendments would apply to digital asset business operators, i.e., exchanges, brokers and dealers, and cover the licensing process, from change to the fee payment time frame to extension to the time frame of readiness preparation for business commencement in case of necessity. In addition, the regulations governing key aspects of digital asset business operation would be amended. For example, data storage system, management system and custody of client assets. This is to pr...
Following the initial launch earlier this year, the ESG Product Platform in its second phase features extensive coverage and details related to sustainability-themed financial products, especially SRI Funds and bonds.* Additional details for SRI Fund include investment policy, investment unit value, net asset value, dividend policy, fund fees and past performance. The information is available bilingually, in Thai and English, for the public’s convenience. The SEC introduced the ESG Pro...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has convened a meeting with the Association of Investment Management Companies (AIMC) to discuss policy directions for developing asset management
SEC Secretary-General Pornanong Budsaratragoon, along with the SEC Management Team, held the joint meeting with AIMC President Chavinda Hanratanakool and senior executives from 26 asset management companies on 30 October 2023 at the SEC Building. The meeting’s discussion focused on policy directions to enhance competitiveness in conjunction with the development of asset management businesses towards sustainability goal, and the promotion of long-term savings to support the aging society, an impo...
increase purchasing power. SEC therefore proposes the inclusion of additional securities classes for margin lending by securities company to the customer for investments apart from listed securities. Such
SEC plans to review the operation system that the securities business operators and derivative contract business operators have adopted for some time in the operation and provision of services in order that the operation system will be more appropriate and flexible and in line with various types of business models. The operation system will also reduce burdens and obstacles in the business operations, with a view to grouping the relevant regulations of the operation system and the provisi...
general shareholders’ meeting on 23 February 2024 and exercise their voting rights on a proposed capital increase to be offered to the existing shareholders in proportion to their shareholding (rights
The meeting was chaired by Sirivipa Supantanet, SEC Deputy Secretary-General, along with distinguished members such as Emeritus Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn, Associate Professor Thongthippa Wiriyaphan, Dr. Netithorn Praditsan, Deputy Secretary of Global Compact Network Thailand (GCNT), and Pimpan Diskul Na Ayudhya, Director of Thailand Responsible Business Network (TRBN). The working group believes that this kind of training course will help the business sector to seamlessly integrate human...
Today, development of technology is rapid and continuous. It disrupts development of services in the capital market. However, SEC views that many provisions in the Securities and Exchange Act B.E. 2535 (1992) and the Derivatives Act B.E. 2546 (2003) do not keep pace with these rapidly changing environments which may unintentionally limit the area that business operators can make use of technology, such as provision that requires business operators to disclosure its financial statements to...