Bangkok, 31 August 2017 ? The SEC is seeking public comments on the draft rules concerning determination of paid-up registered capital of securities and derivatives intermediaries to better suit their respective types of risks and facilitate development of different types of securities businesses. Pursuant to the current rules, the paid-up registered capital of securities companies and derivatives business operators is determined by the types of license packages, each permitting a scope of vario...
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
electronic format. In addition, the CMSB has resolved to relax the following requirements for business operations in 2020 to mitigate the impact of COVID-19, namely,(1) The asset due diligence, (2) the
According to a client’s complaint and the SEC’s further investigation, it was found that during December 2007 – September 2012, executed securities trading orders for the client who acknowledged such orders, paid the subscription money and accepted redemption money without making any objection. The total accumulated trading value was more than 800 million baht. The misconduct above led to the consideration that {A} failed to perform his duties responsibly with professional due care when he acc...
At present, money market funds are used by investors as a tool to manage liquidity and a place to park money for a short time, besides keeping it in banking accounts. As of February 2018, the size of money market funds was 240 billion baht, or 3% of savings deposit. In the future the Deposit Protection Agency would reduce the maximum insured amount of bank deposit to only 1 million baht. Hence, money market funds are likely to grow in size and emerge as an alternative for people looking for the...
SEC is holding a public hearing on the proposed amendments to the regulations governing REIT indirect investment. According to the current regulations relating to issuance and offer for sale regarding units of REIT, if indirect investment in real estate is made through shareholding of other companies, REIT must hold not less than 99% of the total sold shares and of the total voting shares in that company. This is to ensure that REIT receives full benefits from invested assets and that REI...
According to a referral from MBKET and SEC’s further inspection, during May 2016 – December 2018, {A} executed trading orders of securities and derivatives for a client in the following manners: (1) using her personal mobile phone, together with the username and the password she had created, to execute trading transactions via the Internet, and (2) making trading orders via MBKET’s trading execution program. She also transferred her own money into the client’s trading account as a collater...
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regulation would prohibit digital asset business operators from: (1) Accepting deposits of digital assets from the customers and lending, investing, staking or employing such digital assets; (2) Accepting