SEC Secretary-General Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol announced that SEC has issued a measure allowing asset management companies to borrow money or enter into a repurchase transaction agreement to better manage liquidity of fixed income funds and mixed funds that invest at least 60 percent of the net asset value in debt securities. The limit for such transactions is increased from 10 percent to 30 percent of the NAV at daily closing. This liquidity boosting option is valid until 30 April 2020, as...
The amended rules on approval of ICO portals give the applicants more flexibility and reduce risk on developing/investing in high-cost work systems while the approval process is underway. Pursuant to the amended rules, the approval process is now divided into two steps, namely: (1) examining the qualifications and appropriateness of the required work systems according to the application supporting documents within 90 days from the date of filing the application with SEC, and (2) inspecti...
capital increase of 1,076.51 million baht (from the existing 358.84 million baht to reach the new amount of 1,435.35 million baht) by issuing additional 21,530,245,323 shares at the price of 0.05 baht per
Handbook on ACMF Pass under ASEAN Capital Market Professional Mobility Framework Handbook on ACMF Pass under ASEAN Capital Market Professional Mobility Framework Issued: January 2019 Updated
The proposed amendments aim to streamline and simplify mutual fund disclosure which currently requires numerous details and, in some parts, repetitive information is disclosed in other documents that asset management companies are already required to prepare and disclose to the unitholders. In drafting the regulations, the SEC took into account the feedbacks received from the business operators during the public hearing on the proposed amendments to the regulations and the concerns raised by ass...
The proposed amendments aim to streamline and simplify mutual fund disclosure which currently requires numerous details and, in some parts, repetitive information is disclosed in other documents that asset management companies are already required to prepare and disclose to the unitholders. In drafting the regulations, the SEC took into account the feedbacks received from the business operators during the public hearing on the proposed amendments to the regulations and the concerns raised by ass...
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...
, Thailand (SEC) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a Streamlined Review Framework for the ASEAN Common Prospectus. The Streamlined Review Framework
the Cabinet on 29 October 2019. Thailand was the first country in Asia to be able to push for the said plan of action.The implementation of the guiding principles framework is consistent with the