The SEC is proposing to amend the regulation on filing the application for establishment and management of mutual funds by allowing electronic submission of all required documents through the Online

% 60% 40% 20% 0% Market Participants Financial Institutions (Licensed Dealers and Non Licensed Dealers) 38.5% Contractual Saving Funds 12.5% Mutual Funds 19.2% Insurance Companies 3.2% 115 110 105 100

for funds they manage Nowadays, asset management companies are required to separate investors’ asset from the companies’ ones and introduce measures to protect investors’ assets for other benefits

undertaking as well as to protect investors? best interest.?The four key areas are:?1. Provisions on Stock Exchange: The proposed revisions include (1) granting the power to approve the rules on securities

Investment Alternatives for Investors ■ Promotion of New Types of Mutual Funds as Additional Vehicle for Investments ■ Revision of the Regulations Governing the Public Offering of Securities to Facilitate the

million baht respectively. Accordingly, buying volumes of domestic institutional investors were partly from the establishment of new 40 equities mutual funds. High level of confidence among domestic

responsibilities, the SEC management and staff organized charity events to raise funds for underprivileged rural schools in Petchburi province and, in cooperation with the financial media, made donations to an

in raising funds for both public and private sectors, thanks in large part to the cooperation among the SEC, capital market organizations and listed firms in underlining the importance and

representative organisations and other stakeholders, is an G20/OECD PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE © OECD 2015 15 effective way of doing this. Mechanisms should also be established for parties to protect their

corporate governance frameworks reduce investor confidence, and can discourage outside investment. Also, as pension funds continue to invest more in equity markets, good corporate governance is crucial for