In recent times, investment management companies are significant and connected to country’s economic system and have been growing continuously. By the end of June 2018, the net asset value, including the mutual funds, private funds, and provident funds, is approximately 7.08 trillion Thai baht, or about 44 percent in comparison to the overall GDP of the country. Therefore, if there were any events leading to fluctuations in the investment management business, a significant impact could pro...
Essentially, the new rules allow securities brokers and derivatives agents to provide two types of trading services of capital market products that respond to investors’ demands more efficiently, namely (1) program trading service that automates trading order execution according to clients’ selected investment strategy* and (2) portfolio advisory with execution service.** Both of the services are exempted from the securities business license in the category of private fund management and...
enhance the efficiency of the existing provident funds. Essentially, the key principles of the amendments are as follows: 1. Fund management and structure: e.g., revising provisions to support the
efficiency of enforcement.The Advisory Committee on Listed Company Monitoring comprises: (1) Secretary-General as Chair; (2) Deputy Secretary-General in charge of corporate finance as member;(3) Deputy
The SEC Secretary-General together with the Management Team convened a joint meeting yesterday with the Investment Banking Club led by President Mr. Somphop Keerasuntonpong to discuss cooperation in the development and enhancement of fundraising regulations, emphasizing the mutual assistance in screening companies offering securities for sale to the public and applying for listing on the stock exchange. The two parties also discussed the enhancement of fundraising supervision and the roles of fi...
SEC Secretary-General Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol, SEC Assistant Secretary-General Jomkwan Kongsakul and team met Mr. Claude Marx - Director General of Luxembourg’s financial market watchdog CSSF, Ms. Daniele Berna-Ost - CSSF Secretary-General and team. Both parties achieved an agreement to arrange a cooperative framework on fintech for exchange of information involving major developments and issues on fintech supervision and oversight. This framework was similar to those CSSF agreed with capi...
SEC is proposing amendment to the guidelines for supervising auditors and audit firms in the Thai capital market to enhance the audit quality oversight of audit firms and promote the development of audit quality of auditors. In preparing for the amendment proposal, SEC has assigned Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) to study and analyze laws and mechanisms related to supervision on auditors and audit firms in the Thai capital market in comparison to foreign counterparts and to...
branch managers, and (4) enhance efficiency of investor protection by requiring business operators to ensure office branches appropriately accessible to investors, and inform clients sufficiently in