The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) supported the Thai Investor Association (TIA)’s Kick Off - AGM Checklist 2024, as part of the continuous endorsement for the project which presents an important opportunity for company executives, management teams, and shareholders to discuss various company matters and address key issues beneficial to the company and shareholders. Mrs. Pornanong Budsaratragoon, SEC Secretary-General, presided over the opening ceremony and gave a lecture to sha...
Bangkok, August 26, 2014 ? The SEC supports commercial banks and their subsidiaries to expand their businesses in relation to new capital market products by taking roles of financial advisors
Bangkok, February 21, 2014 ? The SEC and the PwC Thailand co-hosted the seminar ?Challenges facing audit committees on listed companies? sustainable development? to provide a venue for discussion and exchange of views and experiences between audit committee members and experts. Vorapol Socatiyanurak, SEC Secretary-General said that the seminar aimed at help preparing audit committees to perform their roles in line with sustainable development roadmap. The seminar allowed sharing of experiences a...
Bangkok, February 9, 2012 - The SEC has closely monitored the incident on December 30, 2011 where net asset value ("NAV") of domestic mutual funds investing in offshore ETF was irregularly high. The regulator also discussed with Association of Investment Management Companies (AIMC) and Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University (Sasin) on the review on AIMC guideline for NAV calculation.It was found that the calculation of NAV of domestic mutual funds investi...
Mrs. Pornanong Budsaratragoon, SEC Secretary-General, said: “This legislative amendment involves improvements across multiple areas, from increasing efficiency in short-selling supervision to ensure fairness and transparency, to supervising capital market professional to elevate their role of inspection and preventing listed company fraud. The proposed amendments also aim to enhance the reporting of creation of obligations in securities to ensure that investors receive essential, comprehensive,...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) supported the Digital Library Project initiated by the Department of Children and Youth (DCY), the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS). As part of this initiative, the DCY co-organized a donation of computers and equipment to a group of Phiang Luang School and Border Patrol Police School (a total of 13 schools in the northern region of Thailand). The donation was presented by Mr. Thaneadpon Thanaboonyawat, Secretary to the...
The current situation regarding investment scams through online channels has become increasingly concerning and has caused widespread harm to the public. Various deceptive tactics are being used, with constant evolution in their forms and the use of new technologies. As a result, the public and investors are increasingly falling victim to these schemes. In Thailand, online investment scam cases have caused the highest amount of financial damage compared to other types of online crime cases.IOSCO...
SEC Secretary-General Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol said: “The SEC Board Meeting No. 2/2565 held on 3 February 2022 has passed a resolution approving the draft regulations and the Notification of the Stock Exchange of Thailand regarding Amendment to the Regulations on Depository Receipts to allow DR to be bought in decimal point or Fractional DR (DRx).* The DR is a financial product linked to a foreign counterpart (cross-border product).” The SET has developed a new trading platform to support DR trad...
Previously SEC had a policy to support securities companies and derivatives business operators in Thailand (or intermediary business operators) to expand their scope of services for Thai investors to invest in products denominated in foreign currencies, which will enable Thai investors to have channels and options in making an investment based on their investment strategies in a more efficient manner. Based on previous statistics of foreign investment, it is found that investment by Thai investo...
Earlier, the SEC Management led by Secretary-General Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol had a meeting with Mr. Robert Scharle, CEO of LuxSE, and executives on 31 January 2020 to discuss and share experiences in establishing a sustainable bond data platform as well as to explore the possibility of displaying Thai sustainable bonds (Green Bond, Social Bonds and Sustainability Bonds) on LGX, a platform exclusively for green, social and sustainable securities, to allow global investors a convenient infor...