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A consequential SEC boss reflects on his tenure
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 06/04/2019
» After a four-year tenure that saw a royal decree enacted to supervise digital assets and the imposition of sanctions against tycoons for insider trading, outgoing secretary-general Rapee Sucharitakul will say a final farewell to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, leaving behind a legacy imprinted in Thailand's capital market history.
SEC advises AJD sanction
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 22/03/2019
» The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has requested the Civil Court impose the highest civil sanction of a combined 2.3 billion baht against 40 individuals involved with insider trading of SET-listed Crown Tech Advance Plc (AJD).
The US shutdown's domino effect
News, Noah Feldman, Published on 08/01/2019
» President Donald Trump, in a meeting with congressional Democrats on Friday said he was prepared for the partial government shutdown to continue for months -- or even years -- if he doesn't get the money he wants for a wall along the Mexican border. It's not hard to see how that prediction comes true. Both sides have framed the issue such that a victory for one side on funding a border wall entails defeat for the other. Neither side has much incentive to compromise.
Why Japan desperately needs criminal-justice reform
News, Noah Smith, Published on 14/12/2018
» Japan's police recently threw the chairman of Nissan Motor Co, one of the country's largest auto manufacturers, into a jail cell. Carlos Ghosn, a Brazilian-born executive with French and Lebanese citizenship, has been accused of falsifying financial reports and hiding US$44 million (1.4 trillion baht) of personal income.
Former IFEC boss hit with civil penalty
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 01/12/2018
» The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has imposed a civil penalty on Suphanan Rittiphairoj, former chief executive of embattled Inter Far East Energy Corporation Plc (IFEC), on grounds of negligence of duty and dishonesty.
Nissan ousts Ghosn as chairman after arrest
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/11/2018
» TOKYO: Nissan Motor Co’s board voted unanimously to remove Carlos Ghosn as chairman, the NHK reported, as the directors moved to contain the damage from the iconic executive’s shock arrest.
IFEC directors on the offensive
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 10/10/2018
» Directors of embattled Inter Far East Energy Plc (IFEC) have sent letters to the company's 50 non-listed subsidiaries, intending to set up an urgent shareholders' meeting in order to prevent former IFEC directors and executives from exercising power.
11 sanctioned for EARTH insider trading
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 25/09/2018
» The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has imposed a civil sanction on 11 individuals involved with insider trading of securities of SET-listed Energy Earth Plc (EARTH).
SEC raps former IFEC boss
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 12/09/2018
» The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proceeded with a lawsuit against a former director of Inter Far East Energy Corporation Plc (IFEC) for insider trading.
Currencies slump, funds flee emerging markets
Business, Published on 08/09/2018
» Recap: Emerging stock markets, especially those in Asia, experienced heavy fund outflows as concerns mounted over the health of emerging economies in general, and contagion impact from the likes of Argentina and Turkey. The Indonesian rupiah hit a two-decade low and the Indian rupee also lost more ground. US-China trade tensions continue to cast a pall over markets as well.