and the persons whom IFEC identified as director via the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) to solve the company's problems urgently and to disclose their individual clarifications to the public within
During the meeting, both parties discussed the importance of enhancing cooperation between CSRC and SEC Thailand based on MoU signed in 2007, in response to global and regional challenges, and
SEC Assistant Secretary-General Praoporn Senanarong said: “The debt crowdfunding* scheme is part of the SEC’s regulatory efforts to support the governmental policy on promoting greater access to alternative financing resources for SMEs and startups to raise fund and expand their business growth. The new scheme follows a similar regulatory framework governing the existing equity crowdfunding rules. Pursuant to the new regulations, an eligible fundraiser for the crowdfunding scheme must...
auditors on issues and case studies related to the accounting and auditing of IPO and listed companies, featuring presentations by representatives from the SEC. The sessions covered perspectives and
of listed companies, as well as other policy directions that would help reduce challenges to accessing capital sources and carrying out the responsibilities of listed companies. The goal is to ensure
While all securities companies were required to have paid-up registered capital at the same amount of 100 million baht, the new rules require that applicants and licensees of all types of securities business, including securities dealing, securities underwriting, proprietary investment and securities custody, have paid-up registered capital at the following different amounts: (1) 100 million baht for undertaking securities business with the obligation towards cl...
Essentially, the new rules allow securities brokers and derivatives agents to provide two types of trading services of capital market products that respond to investors’ demands more efficiently, namely (1) program trading service that automates trading order execution according to clients’ selected investment strategy* and (2) portfolio advisory with execution service.** Both of the services are exempted from the securities business license in the category of private fund management and...
Bangkok, 17 January 2023 – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued regulations requiring digital asset business operators that provide custody of clients’ digital assets to establish a digital wallet management system to accommodate efficient custody of digital assets and keys* and ensure safety of clients’ assets. The regulations cover the following requirements: (1) Policy and guidelines for overseeing risk management and management of digital wallets and keys as well as co...
Pursuant to Section 89/25* of the SEA, the auditor who perform an audit in accordance with the auditing standards has the duty to report to the Audit Committee of the securities company** or the Audit Committee of the listed company if there is any suspicious circumstance that indicates that a director, manager or the person responsible for the operation of the juristic person may have committed an offense under Section 89/25*, for example, taking the assets of the juristic person with dis...
Earlier on 20 January 2021, the SEC and the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning the Mutual Recognition of Funds between Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and Thailand to facilitate cross-border offerings of funds between Hong Kong and Thailand for asset management companies by recognizing each other’s fund standards. In this connection, the SEC has issued regulations for such cross-border off...