Bangkok, August 17, 2015 ? The SEC filed a criminal complaint against Parin Pruksawan for committing front running in the Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) with the Economic Crime Suppression Division of the Royal Thai Police (ECD Police). The SEC found that during December 17, 2013 ? January 9, 2014, Parin, then a trader of DBS Vickers Securities (Thailand) Co., Ltd., had front run his clients? futures trading orders through an account linked to him at another broker for his personal gain. This...
Bangkok, 21 November 2016 - The SEC has revoked the approval of eight securities investment consultants of {X1} Public Company Limited for committing frauds against the assets of mutual fund clients. In this regard, six of the offenders are banned for the maximum period of 10 years each, and the other two for five years each. In addition, three branch managers of the bank were penalized for misconduct related to the offences of the investment consultants. Following an inspection report of {X1},...
Bangkok, February 12, 2016 ? The SEC is seeking public comments on draft amendments to the principles and regulations on granting of approval for marketing agents of private funds (PF) and derivatives fund (DF) managers to enhance flexibility for business operation and adjust timeframes for approval procedures in accordance with the Licensing Facilitation Act of 2015. The draft amendments have taken into account the important role of PF and DF marketing agents in soliciting investors to use inv...
Fixed income funds are steadily growing with more diversified investment portfolios. As of the end of 2018, net assets value of fixed income funds was approximately 2.6 trillion baht, most 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
The measures include the Bank of Thailand (BOT)’s permission for financial institutions that have purchased investment units of daily fixed income funds to place such investment units as collateral
The Revenue Department has prepared a draft bill amending the Revenue Code relating to the improvement of income tax payment from investors investing in debt securities through mutual funds. The
the time of the misconduct from 2015 to 2017 holding the positions of director and executive of NMG – made a joint decision to approve, order and arrange a recording of false advertising income in the
issuers.Moreover, considering the potential of banks and their subsidiaries to provide selling agent services for ASEAN CIS, the SEC has coordinated with the Bank of Thailand to allow the banks licensed to undertake
filing to ensure completeness and adequacy for investors? decision-making with regard to the real cause of the temporary closing of the appliant's manufacturing factory, which may have affected the income