During the event, Mrs. Pornanong Budsaratragoon, SEC Secretary-General, as an IOSCO Board member, took part in the Board meeting to discuss and share perspectives on the international-level key capital market issues, namely major occurrences and their impacts on each jurisdiction’s capital market, cooperation with the online platforms to set measures for deterrence of online frauds and scams, regulatory standards for digital asset and cryptocurrency supervision, regulatory guidelines and risk management for the adoption of Artificial Intelligence in the capital market, challenges in the application of technologies in market supervision (SupTech) and IOSCO policy directions that correspond to the current global developments. The meetings also covered collaboration with other international agencies to support the IOSCO’s mission of enhancing cooperation and strengthening regulatory standards among member jurisdictions thereby contributing to the sustainable development of the capital markets.

In addition, the SEC Secretary-General and management team participated in the bilateral meetings with senior representatives from foreign regulatory agencies, e.g., the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC), to share viewpoints and consider mutual cooperation in their respective capital market regulation and development. Discussions were also held with international organizations, such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) and the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE). These meetings provided opportunities to share information on Thailand’s capital market development plans for sustainable growth and competitiveness at the international level, e.g. promotion of sustainable finance and use of technologies as well as enhancement of transparency in the capital market.