SEC Assistant Secretary-General Kumpol Sontanarat said that SEC has recently provided additional service for the capital market. The open data database contain 10-year historical records of fund raising activities both in equity and debt securities including the details of the fund mobilizers by industry, companies and individual instruments.SEC has been continuously developing the open data service in many forms which can be accessed via SEC website. The data can be downloaded through SEC...

Essentially, the draft proposal aims to allow three more types of businesses to participate in the Regulatory Sandbox to support more efficient provision of capital market services, namely: (1) securities brokerage, securities dealing, securities underwriting, mutual fund management and securities borrowing and lending (SBL) (currently only investment advisory and private fund management businesses are eligible for the program), (2) derivatives clearing house business, and (3) the securit...

The rules on margin lending (margin account) which have been in effect since 1997 permit SC to lend money to its customer only for the purpose of purchasing listed securities on a condition that the customer must place cash or listed securities as initial margin with securities company . However, bonds or investment units are not permitted to be place with securities company as collateral to increase purchasing power. SEC therefore proposes the inclusion of additional securities classes for...

-determined investment scope, and receiving more protection from better quality standard services.The proposed rules are expected to take effect in early 2017. The consultation paper is available at

for three more years (2024-2026), and to expand the fee deduction scope to include consulting expenses for the preparation of carbon footprint disclosure.   In this regard, the deductible amount would

, trustworthiness, and competitive advantage.  ?The SEC wishes to enhance the roles of audit committee by prescribing proper educational background and accounting experiences, extending scope of roles and duties to

Cybersecurity Law, such as Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Test, etc.; and (6) Revising the third-party management provisions by extending the scope to include IT service providers or business partners

Exchange Commission Example 3 : Risk assessment did not cover significant issues such as the business background of the board and shareholders, indicator of limited scope, the engagement team’s competency