Bangkok, October 27, 2014 ? The SEC will allow real estate investment trusts (REIT) to issue and offer for sale of plain debt instruments (REIT bonds) within this year. Vorapol Socatiyanurak, SEC
Bangkok, Jan 6, 2011 ? The SEC Board Meeting No. 1/2011 today passed a resolution approving in principle the setup of carbon credit fund ? a target innovation under the Capital Market Development Master Plan ? to support the development of projects for reduction of greenhouse gas emission by clean development mechanism (CDM Project) as well as provide business operators with more access to sources of fund and carbon credit market.Under the Kyoto Protocol, the industrialized countries have commit...
Bangkok, January 27, 2015 ? The SEC eases investment rules to allow mutual funds for retail investors (retail fund) and private funds to invest in the GMS instruments. Vorapol Socatiyanurak, SEC
During March – April this year, the SEC conducted a public hearing and a focus group on the proposed amendments related to issuance and offer for sale of sustainability-themed bonds that would enable businesses of all types and sizes in Thailand, including, SMEs and startups, to issue and offer such securities through crowdfunding and private placement channels. The proposed amendments include revisions to the information disclosure rules pertaining to sustainability-themed bonds to ensu...
business operators to contribute to the society, SEC is going to issue a notification to allow social enterprises, including their shareholders, to make public offerings without prior approval or
The SEC is holding a public hearing on the amendments of the Regulations RE: Rules, Conditions and Procedures for Establishment and Management of Infrastructure Funds to reduce obstacles for power plant infrastructure funds to use the capital market to raise funds as the industry is important to national development. The move will bring the regulations into alignment with the government’s Alternative Energy Development Plan B.E. 2558-2579 (2015-2036) which aims to increase the ratio and t...
?Bangkok, August 4, 2014 ? The SEC will allow commercial banks to offer for sale to retail investors, Basel III tier 2 instruments with condition of conversion to equity and specified floor
Bangkok, March 5, 2012 ? The SEC board is proposing to amend the Provident Fund Act of 1987 in the following areas:(1) Employee will be able to pay savings into the fund at the rate higher than employer?s contribution to raise employee?s savings without requiring employer?s additional contribution. At present, the law prescribes that employer shall pay the contribution into the fund at the rate not less than employee?s savings. (2) Employee whose membership is terminated due to resignment will...
increase fundraising channel for businesses in Thailand and attractive alternative investment for accredited investors. For retail investors, the SEC plans to allow an offer for sale of ASEAN CIS within 2012.---------------------------------
Bangkok, Jul 14, 2014 ? SEC Secretary-General Vorapol Socatiyanurak revealed that the Capital Market Supervisory Board has approved the revisions of rules on filing for equity offering by Thai incorporated companies in Thailand and other ASEAN members, simultaneously or in proximate period, under the ACMF framework. The issuers will be allowed to file with the SEC disclosure documents using ASEAN Disclosure Standards and thus enabled to file a single set of disclosure documents with several regu...