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Fetco's levy fear for fixed income funds
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 05/05/2017
» The Finance Ministry's plan to impose a 15% withholding tax would have a small impact on fixed income funds, whose returns are higher than the interest rates offered by banks' savings accounts, says Voravan Tarapoom, chairwoman of the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organisations (Fetco).
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State mulls waiver for tax on stock trading
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 09/02/2022
» The Finance Ministry is considering the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations' (Fetco) proposal to extend the waiver of the transaction tax for stock trades because reimposing it can cause trading costs to increase by 70% for general investors and 170% for foreign investors.
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Tax may see SET trading value sink
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 20/01/2022
» Trading value on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) could drop 40% if a capital gains tax on share sales is imposed, with the higher cost driving investors away from the market, says Paiboon Nalinthrangkurn, chairman of the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations (Fetco).
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Source: New tax may hurt corporate bonds
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 30/08/2018
» The 15% withholding tax placed on gains from income funds in Thailand could affect corporate bond liquidity as the tax would have an impact on individual investors' trading because they cannot offset gains and losses, as opposed to institutional investors.
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SSFs to register lower inflow
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 10/12/2019
» The amount invested in the recently approved Super Savings Funds (SSFs) could dwindle by half from the annual sums invested in long-term equity funds (LTFs) because of the significant reduction in tax privileges, says a capital market executive.
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Trading dwindles as new tax begins
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 12/09/2019
» Average daily new short-term corporate bond issuance and short-dated corporate bond trading in secondary markets slumped by 75% and nearly 50%, respectively, after a 15% withholding tax on gains from investment in fixed-income funds came into force on Aug 20.
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New tax poised to diminish bond activity
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 19/08/2019
» Active bond trading and new debenture issuance are expected before the 15% withholding tax imposed on fixed-income funds takes effect on Tuesday, in order to avoid the latest tax tweak aimed at reducing inequality.
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Property stimulus bump to lift Thai stock market
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 12/04/2024
» The recently approved property stimulus measures should help the Thai stock market as they significantly lower costs for homebuyers, with the cuts to transfer and mortgage fees applying to up to 70% of the units available in the property market.
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Private funds picked for growth in 2024
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 12/02/2024
» The private fund industry is expected to post continued growth this year as demand surges for wealth management and foreign investment emerges as a trend, say fund managers.
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Sales of TESG funds fall far short of B10bn target
Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 04/01/2024
» Sales of Thailand ESG (TESG) funds, the latest tax-deductible long-term fund to be introduced by 16 asset management firms, reached 5.2 billion baht during the period Dec 8-28, 2023, falling well short of the government's 10-billion-baht target.
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