that related parties are able to perform their respective duties to the fullest capacity. This is to support a well-balanced financial reporting ecosystem and enhance the quality of financial reports of
At present, securities and derivatives business operators (Thai business operators)* are allowed to provide services for Thai investors’ investment in foreign capital market products through business operators in foreign jurisdictions/countries with their personnel giving investment advice. Under the governing rules and procedures, foreign business operators, having the prescribed characteristics and giving advice or information on foreign currency denominated capital market products through Tha...
SEC has plans to review the criteria relating to the report form of the securities and derivative business operators to accommodate the change in financial reporting standards - financial instrument that will be effective from 1 January 2020. The report form will be revised to be in line with the financial statement form which has recently been revised. In addition, SEC considers it reasonable to increase the flexibility in submitting the report to be in line with the operation procedu...
SEC considers revising the regulations on the offering for sale of investment in shares held by listed companies or their subsidiaries in order that the shareholding can be conveniently restructured before any merger and acquisition. In the case of investments in shares of public limited companies, the filing of the registration statement and draft prospectus will be exempted. In the case of investment in shares of limited companies, these can be offered for sale to more than 50 investors...
SEC is proposing to amend the regulations on the capital requirements for asset management companies that manage property funds or infrastructure funds, trust managers and trustees of REITs or infrastructure trusts to ensure that they have adequate and suitably high levels of capital. Under the proposed amendments, the initial capital requirement or the minimum amount of owner’s equity must be maintained at 10 million baht for trust managers of REITs or infrastructure trusts and 20 million...
oversight of persons with the power of management and major shareholders, the imposition of penalties, and statues of limitations for legal proceedings. These proposed amendments are intended to enhance
branch managers, and (4) enhance efficiency of investor protection by requiring business operators to ensure office branches appropriately accessible to investors, and inform clients sufficiently in
The SEC’s policy is to strengthen the oversight of digital asset business operators with a focus on continued quality development and investor protection reliability of such business operators. This means the records of investors’ assets under custody of the business operators must be accurate, complete and updated while the assets must be properly protected from relevant risks. Therefore, the SEC is proposing additional regulations related to custody of clients’ assets by requiring that digi...
The public hearing under the regulatory guillotine scheme welcomes comments from the public and stakeholders regarding review and revision to the debt securities regulations. The proposed amendments would not only improve the efficiency of debt offering supervision but also lighten the loads of debt issuers and maintain appropriate protection for investors. For such proposes, the SEC Office is proposing to review the regulations governing debt securities of all types and related notifications. I...