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
International Banks, the Thai Life Assurance Association, and investment unit selling agents. This is the first time that the single form will be used for opening an investment account for capital market products
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...
become an important factor for stocks and mutual funds investment in recent times, but opening a trading account, which is the first step towards the services in the capital market, still takes a long
Mr. Jessada Sookdhis, President of Thai Fintech Association, said “Thai Fintech Association is very pleased to work with SEC in the project “SEC FinTech Challenge” to strengthen new fintech startups. We would like to invite startups or interested persons to propose ideas, concepts or projects related to fintech to the contest. Or if anyone is seeking a topic, Thai Fintech Association has contacted universities and business operators who support the project and they can present solutions t...
opening an investment account cross the industry, to be applicable for all types of investment products.* The draft regulations take into account the comments and suggestions gathered from the previous
Central Institute of Forensic Science is a new dimension that will increase the chances of success in law enforcement and the deterrence of offenses in the capital market.”Police Lieutenant Colonel