Bangkok, September 14, 2009 ? The SEC Board Meeting No.11/2009 and the Capital Market Supervisory Board (CMSB) Meeting No. 10/2009 granted approval on the following matters:   1.         Offering and listing of foreign securities ? To increase product variety and investment alternatives for local investors as well as promote the Thai capital market?s role in the region, the SEC Board approved in principle to allow offering and listing of foreign securities on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET...

Bangkok, July 13, 2009 ? The Capital Market Supervisory Board (CMSB) Meeting No. 8/2009 resolved to allow Thailand Securities Financing Co., Ltd. (TSFC) to resume its business operation.The CMSB had earlier ordered TSFC to increase its capital in the amount of not less than 279 million baht to maintain its legally required capital adequacy ratio according to BIS and prohibited the company from making business expansion or further investment during the time it has not yet fully met the capital in...

Bangkok, February 6, 2012 ? The SEC Board has approved a draft revision to the regulation governing investment advisory business to allow foreign credit rating agencies (CRA) to disseminate voluntary rating reports to the local public. The voluntary rating means more regional scale rating information, which would contribute to the Thai capital market policy to promote foreign investment for risk diversification and the increasing cross-border offering of debt securities among ASEAN markets. More...

 Bangkok, October 13, 2014 ? The SEC allows allotment of newly issued shares in an IPO to related persons of issuing companies up to 25 per cent of total number of shares offered.  For offering of

Bangkok, March 25, 2013 ? The SEC will allow mutual funds, private funds, and provident funds to invest in investment units of infrastructure funds so as to increase their investment alternatives and allow them to diversify investment risks. SEC Secretary-General Vorapol Socatiyanurak said that ?In general, infrastructure funds investing in infrastructure projects will obtain their revenue from such business operating results. It could be considered as another important investment alternative fo...

Nowadays, asset management companies are required to separate investors’ asset from the companies’ ones and introduce measures to protect investors’ assets for other benefits. Asset management companies also appoint custodians approved by SEC to safely keep the assets of investors.However, SEC intends to amend the regulations to give permission for asset management companies with a custodian services to protect investors’ asset  and stringent supervision on asset separation to keep private...

Nowadays, asset management companies are required to separate investors’ asset from the companies’ ones and introduce measures to protect investors’ assets for other benefits. Asset management companies also appoint custodians approved by SEC to safely keep the assets of investors.However, SEC intends to amend the regulations to give permission for asset management companies with a custodian services to protect investors’ asset  and stringent supervision on asset separation to keep private...

, the SEC allows issuer and intermediary to offer for sale of complex or high risk financial instruments to AI. However, certain products permissible for AI are allowed to offer to retail investors

Pursuant to the amended regulatory sandbox regulations, which will take effect on 16 August 2020, more types of businesses are eligible to participate in a regulatory sandbox, covering all activities in the capital market from pre-trading to post-trading. Thus, business operators possessing useful innovations for investors will have the opportunity to participate in a regulatory sandbox in a real-life environment with real customers while complying with the regulations and conditions suit...