that serves as a channel for fundraising of businesses and investment for investors. Ultimately, the goal is to achieve sustainable development, reduce inequalities. Recognizing the importance of
of listed companies, as well as other policy directions that would help reduce challenges to accessing capital sources and carrying out the responsibilities of listed companies. The goal is to ensure
* and Form 56*. These rules have caused an unreasonable burden on these companies. SEC therefore plans to improve these rules to facilitate holding companies, which engage in various types of business
As part of continuing efforts to support market confidence and business integrity, the OECD has launched in Asia a new set of corporate governance principles that were endorsed at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in September 2015. The G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance provide recommendations for national policymakers on key corporate governance issues, such as shareholder rights, executive remuneration, financial disclosure, the behaviour of institutional investors, boardroom practic...
includes inspection of audit firms’ quality control systems, which has been running since 2010. According to the Activities Report 2021, audit firms in the capital market have continued to improve their
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...
On 22 September 2022, the Capital Market Supervisory Board Meeting No. 10/2565 passed a resolution approving the proposed amendments to the regulations related to establishment and relocation of offices or branches of business operators in accordance with the Regulatory Guillotine to increase flexibility and streamline processes and operating burdens on the business sector. Essentially, the proposed amendments would: (1) apply the same auto approval principles for the establishment of...
exempting fees for application and filing submitted during February 1, 2021 and December 31, 2023. We hope this exemption will further reduce a burden to private sector in this difficult time.”
Some business operators wish to provide services of specific securities business, for example, brokerage, dealing and underwriting of equity instruments or private fund management, but are unable to operate such businesses with reasonable costs because the current licensing regime under the Ministerial Regulation is securities license which includes various groups of securities business and all securities which come with high application fees and do not answer the need of business operators who...
According to the SEC Strategic Plan, the goal of building competitiveness can be achieved through standard rules and regulations. In this regard, the regulatory guillotine scheme,* which focuses on review of rules and regulations to maintain only necessary ones and ensure effective enforcement, can help SEC build a body of standard regulations in line with the changing environment without compromising appropriate investor protection and convenience for business operation.The SEC therefore...