Bangkok, January 20, 2014 ? The SEC is seeking public comment on draft rules on cross-border offering of ASEAN collective investment schemes (ASEAN CIS) to retail investors. When compiled with non-retail offering rules already in force, the ASEAN CIS cross-border offering rules will be comprehensive and more user-friendly. The proposed drat rules have been developed under the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF)?s implementation plan, the ASEAN CIS framework and the common standards concerning qu...
List calculation date is July 10, 2015. The SEC and the SET have cooperated closely in monitoring securities traded with high turnover ratio where the SET functions as a front-line regulator to
Bangkok, February 23, 2015 ? The SEC is seeking public comment on proposed revision of rules governing operational control and information technology (IT) security of the securities companies and derivatives agents. The proposed rules aim at enhancing service quality and keeping up with advanced IT systems such as use of cloud computing service, IT human resource security, encryption and incident management. The consultation paper is available on www.sec.or.th. Stakeholders and interested partie...
Bangkok, February 10, 2014 ? SEC Secretary-General Vorapol Socatiyanurak revealed that the Capital Market Supervisory Board approved an exemption of requirement to conduct suitability test for institutional clients of registered derivatives dealers and derivatives fund managers, considering that the institutional clients are capable of making their own investment. The institutional clients may, nevertheless, make an opt-in request to do the suitability test for evaluation of their portfolio inve...
The SEC has recently issued a rule revising the definitions of institutional investor, ultra-high net worth investor and high net worth investor* used for investment in financial products under