scope of operation of foreign representative branches of Thai business operators and apply the rules of the regulators of such foreign representative branches instead, (3) allow more flexibility on

power to supervise the providers of infrastructure services which use digital technology to improve the efficiency of transaction process in the capital market. Therefore, SEC is seeking comments from

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 Bankruptcy Act B.E. 2483 (1940). The second MOA is for cooperation in establishing an enterprise architecture. Both MOAs aim to promote efficiency and effectiveness of duty performance of both

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...

enhance the efficiency of the existing provident funds. Essentially, the key principles of the amendments are as follows:  1. Fund management and structure: e.g., revising provisions to support the

efficiency of enforcement.The Advisory Committee on Listed Company Monitoring comprises: (1)  Secretary-General as Chair; (2)  Deputy Secretary-General in charge of corporate finance as member;(3)  Deputy

regulations to improve fund management efficiency and offer a wider range of investment choices to members. The revision also includes provisions for a central registrar to facilitate employers and employees