The Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission participated in a series of regional meetings and conferences in Sydney, including the IOSCO Asia Pacific Regional Committee meeting, the EU–Asia Pacific Forum on Financial Regulation, the ASIFMA Annual Conference 2026, the ASIC Symposium, and the APRC Supervisory and Enforcement Directors’ Meeting, to exchange views on capital market supervision and development and to strengthen cooperation among jurisdictions. Discussions at the IOSCO APRC forum covered developments in public and private markets, noting a slowdown in public markets, particularly initial public offerings, alongside rapid growth in private markets. The SEC presented Thailand’s Capital Market Competitiveness and Attractiveness Initiatives, aimed at expanding access to funding for SMEs and startups. Participants also reviewed APRC work on online harms and investor protection, stressing the need for coordinated communication with authorities and online platform providers used for investment scams, with Thailand noted as having a relatively advanced level of cooperation with online platforms. Other topics included digital technologies and infrastructure, the growing trend of asset tokenization, and the use of technology and artificial intelligence in both markets and supervision. At the EU–Asia Pacific Forum, the SEC outlined Thailand’s “3Ts” approach to sustainable finance, covering transparency, taxonomy and transition, alongside discussion of sustainability disclosure compliance and enforcement, taxonomies and green bonds; the ASIFMA panel focused on approaches to global regulatory collaboration and the practical application of international standards across different jurisdictions.

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