The revised licensing manual gives more convenience to business operators wishing to apply for a digital asset business license by adding the checklist of required documents, the rules related to
convenience to case monitoring and progress updates. In case of unreasonable delay or inadequate services from officers, complainants are welcome to contact SEC Secretary-General directly via email: ruenvadee
Under the SEC’s policy, digital asset business operators are not allowed to provide or support deposit taking and lending services to prevent possible damage to digital asset investors and the public in the possible event of service discontinuance or financial problems that may occur on a continuous or concurrent basis among service providers as has recently been the case for foreign counterparts. In addition, the draft regulation is expected to further clarify the scope of supervision of digita...
On 17 May 2022, the Capital Market Supervisory Board Meeting No. 4/2565 passed a resolution approving in principle the proposed amendments to the regulations on approval for issuance and offering for sale of newly issued securities to the public (IPO) whereby issuing companies and listed companies would not be allowed to operate business as an investment company to prevent the misuse of the IPO channel as a tool to evade or contravene the governing law and regulations (regulatory arbitrage) on t...
) Reducing debt securities notifications to ensure less complicated rules and more convenience for stakeholders; (2) Reviewing regulations to be up-to-date and consistent with other regulations on other types
The Regulatory Guillotine* scheme is one of the key projects supporting the implementation of SEC Strategic Plan in the area of competitiveness enhancement and connectivity. The scheme enables a regulatory framework that requires issuance and revision of necessary rules and regulations and promotion of effective enforcement in line with international standards and current situations. In this regard, SEC has reviewed regulations on the operation of investment management business as presc...
compromising appropriate investor protection and convenience for business operation.The SEC therefore proposes to amend the regulations related to granting of approval to appraisal companies and lead
underwriters. The proposed new rules cover the addition of municipal bond as securities, and filings in English version when foreign securities are offered, and the prohibition imposed to underwriters, their
bilingually, in Thai and English, for the public’s convenience. The SEC introduced the ESG Product Platform in January 2023 to make it convenient for market participants and the general public to access