Given the prolonged period of low interest rate in the Thai bond market, many debt securities issuers are increasingly issuing for sale subordinated perpetual bonds which have more complex features and offer higher returns than general debt securities. Specifically, from 2012 to June 2020, the total offering amount of subordinated perpetual bonds was 119,000 million baht. Of this amount, the majority investors were retail investors, accounting for approximately 81 percent, and HNW account...

Presently, several companies are interested to raise fund through digital token offer to finance their investment in office buildings or condominiums which will later be rented for income shared to holders of digital tokens or real estate-backed initial coin offering (ICO). Meanwhile, the regulations have not yet extended to such fund raising method and a smart contract has not yet covered an enforcement of investors’ rights in some issues which are activities occurring outside blockchain...

The notification of the Ministry of Finance regarding prescription of conditions for securities company to apply for approval of person to be major shareholder defines the “Major Shareholder” as

SEC had proposed, in principle, to amend the definition of major shareholder of the securities companies which at present is determined based on the “number of voting shares” to the “number of

responsibility must be lived up with to boost confidence and upgrade standards in corporate governance for companies listed in Thailand.Mr. Rapee Sucharitakul, Secretary-General of the Securities and Exchange

additional investment to upgrade office building’s facilities. - Administration expenses increased due to additional headcount required for the succession plan. Extraordinary items included 15.2 million baht

at the SEC Building.The cyber drill was part of the joint action plan since the establishment of the Thai Capital Market CERT or TCM-CERT, which aims to upgrade the Thai capital market's capacity in

analysis on industry outlook to serve as information for making investment decision.As for the personnel, TIA was encouraged to upgrade right protection volunteers in the areas of analyzing financial

instruments). The restricted derivatives investor contacts will also have to upgrade their status to Category B investor contacts within 31 December 2011 to be able to further perform their duty. To ensure that