Bangkok, November 21, 2008 ? The SEC has eased its regulations to allow margin loan refinancing among securities firms, given that they have put in place adequate risk management mechanism. The

preventive measures on risk arising from abnormal trading as follows: Shares prohibited from margin loan and net settlement should be applied only to 1. shares with one-week turnover ratio of 100% or over

This is in response to news on a website stated that the Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will prohibit margin loans and net settlement for shares having turnover ratio of more

The rules on margin lending (margin account) which have been in effect since 1997 permit SC to lend money to its customer only for the purpose of purchasing listed securities on a condition that

Currently, securities companies provide margin loan services to investors to enhance opportunities for higher returns on investments. However, the SEC has observed that many stocks used as

Re: Initial and Maintenance Margin Requirements for Derivatives Trading in Derivatives Exchange

Initial and Maintenance Margin Requirements for Derivatives Trading in Derivatives Exchange

to the same period of the previous year resulted from the fall in overall sales revenue of the Company with the exception of facial cleansers and gift sets which grew at a rate of 6.70% and 50.72

exchange with an exception for a SET permission.Therefore, SEC intends to revise the regulations on listed securities trading services outside the stock exchange for proper supervision and in accordance

made within 15 days after the end of the month. An exception however is made for those closed-end mutual funds whose investment data has already been disclosed in the fund prospectus.2. Funds of funds