Bangkok, April 10, 2014 ? The SEC is seeking public comment on relaxing a unit holding limit where any person or group of persons is allowed to hold not exceeding one-third of all units in a mutual
securities public offering (PO). The revised rules require the issuers of non-listed company not have any records of severe misconducts for a certain period prior to securities offering submissions. For
money laundering, etc. Moreover, the issuer must not violate or fail to comply with the law, which may cause severe and significant effects on the issuer’s business; (2) Empowering the SEC to lay out
severe and significant effects on the issuer’s business; (2) Empower the SEC to lay out guidelines in detail regarding the consideration of cases involving severe legal violation or causing severe and
Bangkok, August 13, 2014 ? The SEC allows mutual fund for accredited investors (AIs) to invest in derivatives without investment limit, adding more investment choices for AIs. Vorapol Socatiyanurak
derivatives without investment limit. Nonetheless, asset management companies are required to put in place a proper risk management system for risks associated with derivatives investment and clearly disclose
provided that there is an investment limit for each member; (4) Promotion of investment diversification to be in line with international standards and market development. This includes determination of
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
order to execute enforcement and may also file a criminal complaint with the inquiry official for further criminal proceedings in case of refusal to pay a civil penalty. In any case, more severe
sufficient information before passing a resolution, especially the opinion of the company's board of directors. In addition, the provisions on prescription of more severe penalties are proposed in case the