Bangkok, August 13, 2013 ? The SEC is seeking public comment on draft amendments to the rules governing fund investment in Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) to wider variety of investment choices. The

facilitate the private sector.  The revised rules are expected to become effective soon.With a view to increasing the variety of investment choices, underlying securities for DW will be expanded from the

and foreign stock index to be DW additional underlyings to increase investors? choices.   The consultation paper is available at www.sec.or.th/hearing. Stakeholders and interested parties are welcome to

high net worth individual only. To widen investors? investment choices of increasing return or creating variety and complexity of investment strategy, the AI funds will be allowed to invest in

choices in fund of funds with policy to invest in permissible products and a variety kinds of investment products denominated foreign currencies.Meanwhile, to enhance the business operator?s competitiveness

ever-growing asset management business by, for example, relaxing several requirements. In so doing, appropriate investor protection is maintained, and more investment choices promoted.? Such amendments

offering digital asset advisory service and/or acting as digital asset fund manager to provide alternative investment choices for investors, but also support careful monitoring of persons giving advisory

revision aims to promote greater varieties of product choices for investors and enhance competitiveness of the fund management industry. The draft amendments have taken into consideration the comments and

earlier collected from the hearing on the guiding principles in January this year. Further revisions were also made to facilitate introduction of diverse investment choices in response to investors? demands

companies? financial statements. This will be very supportive to institutional and retail investors? analysis on their investment choices.?