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SEC approves first ICO portal, still unnamed
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 13/03/2019
» The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) board of directors have approved the first initial coin offering (ICO) portal and are likely to issue a criteria for applications for securities token offerings (STO) soon.
Pico operators ask to double loan limits
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 07/03/2019
» The Pico Finance Thailand Association has asked the Finance Ministry's Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) to double the lending ceiling for picofinance operators to 100,000 baht per borrower to better serve demand.
SEC wants firms to apply fairness test
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 29/11/2018
» Capital market intermediary companies should assess whether fees charged on securities trading and investment in funds are fair compared with the quality of services, says the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Rate hike inches nearer
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 23/11/2018
» Bank of Thailand governor Veerathai Santiprabhob has signalled an imminent hike in the policy interest rate, arguing that higher interest rates won't be an impediment to economic growth and that the need for an ultra-loose monetary policy is less important.
KS plans paperless e-account opening
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 14/11/2018
» Kasikorn Securities (KS) is set to unleash its online trading business by launching an e-account opening service, letting customers open cash balance accounts without showing paper documents.
GPF to invest in 33 socially aware stocks
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 26/10/2018
» The Government Pension Fund (GPF) plans to allocate 1 billion baht to invest in 33 stocks listed on the SET THSI index, a benchmark for stocks that meet criteria for environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.
Celebrity tokens bring new plot twist to IPOs
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 12/10/2018
» In Thailand, where the stock exchange has been established for 43 years, companies can raise funds based on future growth through an IPO, a property fund or an infrastructure fund.
A banker's new beginning at the stock exchange
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 08/09/2018
» Manpong Senanarong, an IPO investment banker involved in taking dozens of companies public, puts on a different hat this month as he joins the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
Thai bonds top US equivalent
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 04/07/2018
» Although the yield curve for Thai government bonds is lower than their US counterparts, they have a higher investment return because Thailand's real interest rate is higher than the two-year and 10-year US Treasury yields, says the Thai Bond Market Association (TBMA).
Parsing the digital gamble
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 14/05/2018
» The cryptocurrency frenzy dominated the headlines in 2017 as investors were hooked when bitcoin's value skyrocketed from US$330 (10,524 baht) to around $7,500 (238,935 baht) in just 24 months, sparking a gold rush in the virtual world.