# SEC issues guidelines for foreign business operators

- Link: https://www.thailand-business-news.com/markets/163341-sec-issues-guidelines-for-foreign-business-operators
- Published: 2024-09-25T08:41:00+07:00
- Author: SiamNews PR

SEC released a statement clarifying eligible business activities for foreign operators
providing investment services to Thai investors, aiming to support Thailand’s financial
hub status and prevent unlicensed securities provision.

## Key takeaways

 * The SEC has issued guidelines to support Thailand’s goal of becoming a global
   financial hub and to prevent unlicensed securities or derivatives services.
 * Thai investors are increasingly interested in foreign investment products, prompting
   foreign business operators to seek opportunities in Thailand.
 * The SEC’s statement clarifies the channels and scope of eligible business activities
   for foreign operators, including licensing requirements and exemptions.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released a statement to clarify
to foreign business operators the channels and scope of eligible business activities
in case of providing investment services to Thai investors as well as guidelines
for facilitating Ease of Doing Business for a better understanding of all parties
involved. 

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Increasingly, Thai investors tend to gain more interest in investing in foreign 
products to diversify their investments and seek more opportunities to generate 
returns.

As a result, securities companies and derivatives business operators (“business 
operators”) including those from foreign countries show growing interest in providing
such foreign products to Thai investors as well.     

The SEC has published a statement to enhance the understanding of foreign business
operators interested in providing services to Thai investors about the channels 
and the scope of services they can offer legally as well as measures to facilitate
Ease of Doing Business for foreign businesses. The statement covers four main topics
as follows: 

(1)  Application for a license to operate securities/derivatives business;  
(2)
Provision of services exempted from application for a license to operate securities/
derivatives business;   (3)  Activities without the requirement for a license/registration
for operating securities/derivatives business; and 

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**Source** : [SEC releases a statement outlining guidelines for foreign business operators on providing investment services to Thai investors, and Ease of Doing Business guidelines to support Thailand as financial hub](https://www.sec.or.th/EN/Pages/News_Detail.aspx?SECID=11152&rand=113627)