significant rise to the world’s 3rd highest rank with 86 scores, from No. 15 with 75 scores in the preceding year. Such development was a result of the improvement in the Ease of Shareholder Suits Index

SEC Assistant Secretary-General Kumpol Sontanarat said that SEC has recently provided additional service for the capital market. The open data database contain 10-year historical records of fund raising activities both in equity and debt securities including the details of the fund mobilizers by industry, companies and individual instruments.SEC has been continuously developing the open data service in many forms which can be accessed via SEC website. The data can be downloaded through SEC...

Essentially, the draft proposal aims to allow three more types of businesses to participate in the Regulatory Sandbox to support more efficient provision of capital market services, namely: (1) securities brokerage, securities dealing, securities underwriting, mutual fund management and securities borrowing and lending (SBL) (currently only investment advisory and private fund management businesses are eligible for the program), (2) derivatives clearing house business, and (3) the securit...

-determined investment scope, and receiving more protection from better quality standard services.The proposed rules are expected to take effect in early 2017. The consultation paper is available at

for three more years (2024-2026), and to expand the fee deduction scope to include consulting expenses for the preparation of carbon footprint disclosure.   In this regard, the deductible amount would

holding executive position in Accounting or Finance Department whose rank is not lower than departmental manager" already falls within the scope of “the first four executives succeeding the manager and

than departmental manager" already falls within the scope of “the first four executives succeeding the manager and every person holding the position equivalent to the fourth rank", the departmental

conducting GHG Accounting for organisations, products, and events in accordance with the GHG Protocol and ISO standards. She has also assisted a wide range of clients to receive carbon neutral certifications