SEC Secretary-General Rapee Sucharitkul stated that SEC has issued notifications related to the offering of digital token through ICO process and the the approval of ICO portal under the Royal Decree on Digital Asset Businesses, B.E. 2561. The regulation will come into force since 16 July 2018.Since the royal decree stipulates that the issuance of ICO must be done only through ICO portals which will act as initial screener of ICO issuer. After the related notifications come into effect, S...

Bangkok, June 5, 2014 ? The SEC is seeking public comment on revision of rules governing mutual fund prospectus to provide more useful information for investment decision making.  Management

Bangkok, September 20, 2016 ? The SEC has amended the rules governing the advertisement and disclosure of information on trigger funds to facilitate investors? thorough understanding of the key

Bangkok, February 19, 2015 ? The SEC lifts up mutual fund rules to allow investment in derivatives and structured notes (SN) in line with international standards.Vorapol Socatiyanurak, SEC Secretary

Bangkok, 25 January 2018 ? The SEC is seeking public comments on a draft amendment to the rules governing issuance and offering of derivative warrants (DW) to require additional and continuing

The Royal Decree on Digital Asset Businesses, B.E. 2018 stipulates that issuing and offering digital tokens must be approved by SEC and digital tokens must be offered through digital token portals for every case even though it will be offered via private placement. For example, the normal regulations will be obstacles in the process of pre-ICO and private sale.Therefore, SEC intends to relax some of its regulations for offers via private placement to related parties or investors who can lo...

Presently, several companies are interested to raise fund through digital token offer to finance their investment in office buildings or condominiums which will later be rented for income shared to holders of digital tokens or real estate-backed initial coin offering (ICO). Meanwhile, the regulations have not yet extended to such fund raising method and a smart contract has not yet covered an enforcement of investors’ rights in some issues which are activities occurring outside blockchain...

The amended rules on approval of ICO portals give the applicants more flexibility and reduce risk on developing/investing in high-cost  work systems while the approval process is underway