item at the 6th Annual Meeting of the ASEAN Audit Regulators Group (AARG) which was held in Singapore on 26 Aug 2016. Hosted by ACRA, the meeting was attended by over 100 participants. This included
to become members of a provident fund through three different approaches: 1) a single fund, 2) a group fund, and 3) a pooled fund, established by an asset management company and subject to enhanced
effectiveness in enforcement of the law and protection of investment to be aligned with international standards” From the study of the related laws in five influential countries and a focus group meeting with
Cryptocurrency is a financial innovation that is exposed to high volatility. Investment in this digital asset thus requires knowledge and understanding and a risk profile that is not so sensitive to investment loss. The SEC is therefore proposing to specify the qualifications of cryptocurrency investors to ensure proper investor protection mechanism in consistent with the level of risk related to the product. In essence, the public consultation is on the proposed qualifications of cr...
Real estate-backed ICO is in the form of fundraising and benefit generation similar to REIT. However, the regulations governing real estate-backed ICO with regard to investor protection mechanism are different from REIT regulations. For example, the real estate-backed ICO currently lacks a mechanism for monitoring and overseeing the management of assets and for protecting the interest of digital token holders.The SEC has therefore amended the regulations governing supervision of real estat...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), led by Secretary-General Pornanong Budsaratragoon along with executives, and the Thai Digital Asset Association, led by President Nares Laopannarai, held a joint meeting to discuss and exchange views on strategies for promoting, developing, and supervising digital assets, including the involvement of the government, the Thai Digital Asset Association, and Thailand digital asset community. The joint meeting took place at the SEC building on 26...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), led by Secretary-General Pornanong Budsaratragoon, along with SEC executives, held a meeting with the Thai Listed Companies Association (TLCA), led by Chairman Chanin Vongkusolkit and TLCA members, to discuss strategies for the development and promotion of supervision over listed companies. The discussions covered measures to prevent adverse behaviors of listed companies, as well as other policy directions that would help reduce challenges to...
SEC Secretary-General said “With respect to the policy of SEC to enhance the protection for investors in the capital market, auditors and audit firms is deemed to play an important part in the process to achieve that goal. SEC has proposed to hire a researcher to conduct a study on the legislations relating to audit firms and auditors supervision in foreign country which will be taken into account in amendment of the Securities and Exchange Act B.E. 2535 (Securities and Exchange Act) to al...
, which will lead to the improvement of the audit oversight in Thailand” SEC gives priority to audit quality which is an essential factor to raise the credibility of the financial