At present, money market funds are used by investors as a tool to manage liquidity and a place to park money for a short time, besides keeping it in banking accounts. As of February 2018, the size of money market funds was 240 billion baht, or 3% of savings deposit. In the future the Deposit Protection Agency would reduce the maximum insured amount of bank deposit to only 1 million baht. Hence, money market funds are likely to grow in size and emerge as an alternative for people looking for the...
To ensure that asset management companies primarily manage funds for the investors’ benefits, SEC has revised the regulations in order to control and monitor mutual fund management by requiring asset management companies to authorize persons to mornitor and control mutual fund. The persons performing the duty must have the qualifications as follows(1) Be independent from the asset management company, (2) Be under the supervision of high-level management, (3) Have knowledge, ability and...
, for example, has changed significantly recently. Since last December, SEC has informed SET to monitor the trading activities of such shares closely to protect investors and prevent distortion of the
blocked from these platforms immediately to protect the public from further harm and loss. The Investment Scam Hotline initiative is part of the SEC’s continuing efforts as a participant in the
Pursuant to the MOU, SEC and TGO will cooperate in sharing knowledge, communicating and giving advice to listed companies, securities issuers or business operators under SEC supervision regarding the importance and the benefits of reporting carbon footprint for organization. Both parties will also ensure to have Carbon Footprint for Organization monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system in place in accordance with international standards. On 19 August 2020, SEC in cooperation with TGO,...
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In this regard, by virtue of Paragraph 1 of Section 35of the Emergency Decree on Digital Asset Businesses B.E. 2561 (2018), the SEC Board, at the Meeting No. 2/2564 dated 18 January 2021, has passed a resolution requiring Bitkub to submit a rectification plan to the SEC and complete the rectification of the relevant problematic work systems within five days in the following areas: 1) Rectifying the operation under work systems, i.e., the trading system, the deposit and withdrawal s...
The spread of COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020 has resulted in severe volatility in debt and equity markets around the world, and consequently stimulated investment outflows from mutual funds and affected the stability of the global financial system. Due to this circumstance, international regulators have decided to issue liquidity measures.Realizing the importance of liquidity risk management process of mutual funds, the SEC encourages asset management companies to strengthen the effic...
The Derivatives Act The Derivatives Act B.E. 2546 SECTION 18. In order to protect customers, maintain stability of the financial system or control the risks arising from derivatives, the SEC shall