Bangkok, February 13, 2012 - The SEC is keeping close watch on the blacklist to be announced next week by Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF), revealed SEC Secretary-General Vorapol Socatiyanurak. FATF began assessment on the countries? counter-measures against money-laundering and terrorist financing in 2007, the result of which showed the highest score of compliance with international standards in the area of Thai securities business. The SEC always emphasizes on anti-money...
The seminar was graced by the presence of the Deputy Secretary-General to the Prime Minister for Political Affairs Kobsak Pootrakool, whose lectured under the topic of “How Thai Capital Market Must Manage in This Changing World” emphasizes 4 types of challenges that are significant turning points, including the era of quickly shifting technology, the use of benefits from ASEAN becoming more important in the world, the promotion of capital market to be the leader in establishing sustaina...
At the academic seminar entitled “Investor protection mechanism and building confidence in the capital market” hosted by SEC on Wednesday 20 November 2019, experts from Australia and Malaysia took turn to share knowledge and experience relating to the setting up of similar funds in their respective countries and how to handle investor complaints and manage disputes. During the panel discussion, capital market participants were invited to comment and exchange views on setting up an investo...
In the 33rd ACMF meeting by the Secretary-Generals on 9th December 2020 chaired by the Vietnamese supervisory agency, a meeting resolution is to make an announcement of the findings in the 2019 ASEAN CG Scorecard which assessed the listed companies using the 2018 public information. There are 3 distinct categories of the ACGS awards. First, ASEAN Asset Class PLCs Award is designed for companies with the scores of at least 97.50. Among six ASEAN nations, Thailand obtains a majority of 42 ou...
SEC held a seminar under the topic of “Thailand SEC Policy Dialogue 2018: Regulating by Market Forces” on 28 November 2018 at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, with the objective to stimulate policy discussions regarding the supervision and development of capital market from important stakeholders such as SET, institutional investors, the Government Pension Fund, listed companies, intermediaries, and professionals, with the hope for the market force to play a significant role in driving forwa...
On 19 and 28 June 2018, SEC held a seminar on the topic of the I Code and the benchmark assessment of PVD at the SEC office, where over 200 PVD committees had attended. PVD plays a crucial role in promoting of long-term investment for its members to reach the adequacy of future income after retirement. In recent times, SEC had been encouraging the PVD, which is an institutional investor, to implement I Code in the financial management for its members. The I Code is a guideline for financi...
Bangkok, May 14, 2014 ? SEC Secretary-General Vorapol Socatiyanurak revealed that ?the SEC in cooperation with Association of Provident Fund will organize seminar on ?Target Date Fund; new investment alternative for provident fund? for the provident fund committees. The seminar schedule is set for two rounds on May 28 and June 25, 2014 from 9.00 ? 12.00 hrs. at 1601 meeting room, SEC Office on Viphavadi-Rangsit Road.Target date fund offers an alternate investment for provident fund members by cr...
The SEC has initiated an issuance of a notification stipulating rules, conditions and procedures for collecting, disposing, and distributing REIT assets, based upon the Notification of the Capital Market Supervisory Board* applied to the property funds, to lay down a practical guideline for consistent and transparent practices of the business operators, taking into account practicality without hindrance. A public hearing on the proposed principles for the notification had been conducted...
SEC Chairman Voravidh Champeeratana said that “SEC is aware of the importance and necessity in developing SMEs and startups which will promote continuous and sustainable growth for Thai economy. SEC therefore held the seminar “SEC FinTech for SMEs and startups: Innovation for Financial Inclusion” to build awareness of the government policies, funding accessibility through the capital market, using technology to improve business efficiency and adjust themselves to correspond with technolog...
SEC Deputy Secretary-General Sirivipa Supantanet stated that “this is the first study of audit adjustments in Thailand. This study presents errors in accounting transactions found by auditors which must be corrected, and the root cause analysis for such errors. The study also proposes recommendations on important factors which play an important role in the accurate preparation of financial statements from the origin, in order to enhance the quality of financial reporting. The study was co...