Bangkok--24 Sep--SEC
Vorapol Socatiyanurak, SEC Secretary-General revealed that the Capital Market Supervisory Board has approved revision of rules applicable to securities companies facing financial difficulty and unable to maintain adequate net capital as prescribed. The revised rules include rectification period, restriction of business operations during rectification period and undertakings in case of failure to rectify. The proposed rules will provide more up-to-date and practical framework and aim at mitigating undesirable impacts on securities firms’ clients and counterparties as well as the capital market system. The revised regulations will become effective by October 2014.