Bangkok, August 7, 2013 ? The SEC will organize four rounds of half-day seminars on ?Revised Rules Governing Preparation of Reports under Section 56 and Annual Registration Statement (Form 56-1)? on August 21, 23, 26 and September 3, 2013. The seminars will start from 9.00 to12.00 hrs. at Professor Sangvien Indaravijaya Conference Room, 3th Floor, the Stock Exchange of Thailand building. This aims to better listed companies? and financial advisors? understanding on the new rules and help them...
Currently, the existing regulations require that the foreign issuer of baht bonds comply with the approval and disclosure rules in the same manner as other types of bonds. Additionally, to issue and offer for sale of baht bonds, the foreign entity issuer must obtain an approval and adhere to the obligations specified by the Ministry of Finance. However, given the changing contexts and landscape of the bond market, the relevant ministerial regulations would be repealed and instead the foreign iss...
presence.Furthermore, the revision of regulations regarding the prevention and management of conflicts of interests is an important policy towards investment business operation and is also one of the pioneer programs
Upon the review of the Securities and Exchange Act, SEC finds that certain provisions of the law do not support the issuance of debt securities under the current economic situations. For example, the legal requirement on minimum face value of debentures may be too high and hinder retail investors to access debt markets, or the prohibition of set-off can cause unnecessary procedures and fees to issuer who wants to rollover the matured debt into a new one or who wants to restructure terms and cond...