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...
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 financial knowledge and foster the development of financial skills within the educational system. The MOU also seeks to improve financial literacy among teacher trainees, teachers, school
association and the directors of TIA’s Shareholder Rights Protection Volunteer Club, and discussed the ways to enhance shareholder and investor rights protection in response to the changes in capital market
On 15 November 2022, the Capital Market Supervisory Baord Meeting No. 11/2565 passed a resolution approving the proposal for amendment to the regulations on equity allocation to promote clarity. The SEC later conducted a public hearing to gather views and suggestions on the matter from stakeholders during February – March 2023. The finalized amendment to the equity allocation regulations* has recently been issued. Essentially, an equity issuing company is required to comply with the following pr...
During the joint meeting held at the SEC Building yesterday, the SEC, led by Secretary-General Pornanong Budsaratragoon and the management, and the SET, led by President Dr. Pakorn Peetathawatchat and the management, discussed approaches that the SET could adopt to review rules relating to securities trading in cash account, particularly in placing asset as collateral before purchasing in securities. This is to ensure fair treatment between retail investors and foreign institutional investors ex...
bond does not specify a redemption period and thus may require that investors hold such bond longer than general debt securities. Additionally, SEC aims to enhance the efficiency of the sale process