The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), led by Secretary-General Pornanong Budsaratragoon along with executives, and the Thai Digital Asset Association, led by President Nares Laopannarai, held a joint meeting to discuss and exchange views on strategies for promoting, developing, and supervising digital assets, including the involvement of the government, the Thai Digital Asset Association, and Thailand digital asset community. The joint meeting took place at the SEC building on 26...

During January – March this year, the SEC conducted a public hearing on proposed amendments to the PVD Act to support the development of fund structure, enhance the member protection mechanism with fair treatment and transparency, and increase flexibility for management of member contribution. Most respondents agreed with the proposed amendments and suggested further details for the amendments. The SEC has taken the public and stakeholders’ comments and recommendations into consideration....

management, compliance, and internal audit based on the principles of the Three Lines of Defense to ensure the effectiveness of securities company oversight and to further promote recognition of the

(IOSCO), such as having the structure for supervising the Association to reflect good corporate governance, setting criteria for member subscription and for member supervision with transparency

Presently, supervising “digital asset businesses” under the royal decree on digital asset businesses, B.E. 2561 cover three business groups: digital asset exchange; digital asset broker; and digital asset dealer.Compared to securities business, digital asset businesses have not yet expanded into digital asset advisory service and digital asset fund management. Earlier, securities companies have expressed interest and discussed with SEC the possibility of offering the services. These secur...