The SEC Secretary-General together with the Management Team convened a joint meeting yesterday with the Investment Banking Club led by President Mr. Somphop Keerasuntonpong to discuss cooperation in the development and enhancement of fundraising regulations, emphasizing the mutual assistance in screening companies offering securities for sale to the public and applying for listing on the stock exchange. The two parties also discussed the enhancement of fundraising supervision and the roles of fi...
Bangkok, 31 August 2017 ? The SEC is seeking public comments on the draft rules concerning determination of paid-up registered capital of securities and derivatives intermediaries to better suit their respective types of risks and facilitate development of different types of securities businesses. Pursuant to the current rules, the paid-up registered capital of securities companies and derivatives business operators is determined by the types of license packages, each permitting a scope of vario...
for every case even though it will be offered via private placement. For example, the normal regulations will be obstacles in the process of pre-ICO and private sale.Therefore, SEC intends to relax
electronic format. In addition, the CMSB has resolved to relax the following requirements for business operations in 2020 to mitigate the impact of COVID-19, namely,(1) The asset due diligence, (2) the
At present, money market funds are used by investors as a tool to manage liquidity and a place to park money for a short time, besides keeping it in banking accounts. As of February 2018, the size of money market funds was 240 billion baht, or 3% of savings deposit. In the future the Deposit Protection Agency would reduce the maximum insured amount of bank deposit to only 1 million baht. Hence, money market funds are likely to grow in size and emerge as an alternative for people looking for the...
At present, money market funds are used by investors as a tool to manage liquidity and a place to park money for a short time, besides keeping it in banking accounts. As of February 2018, the size of money market funds was 240 billion baht, or 3% of savings deposit. In the future the Deposit Protection Agency would reduce the maximum insured amount of bank deposit to only 1 million baht. Hence, money market funds are likely to grow in size and emerge as an alternative for people looking for the...
SEC is holding a public hearing on the proposed amendments to the regulations governing REIT indirect investment. According to the current regulations relating to issuance and offer for sale regarding units of REIT, if indirect investment in real estate is made through shareholding of other companies, REIT must hold not less than 99% of the total sold shares and of the total voting shares in that company. This is to ensure that REIT receives full benefits from invested assets and that REI...
supervisory rules that could impose excessive burdens on auditors. This regulatory revision would therefore attract sufficient qualified auditors into the capital market to serve the increasing number of listed
practicality and fairness.The proposed revision would allow asset management companies a grace period for increasing the number of the unitholders of listed funds, including exchange traded funds and index funds
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