The SEC has the statutory responsibilities for regulating and developing the Thai capital market to ensure that it is efficient, transparent, credible, and accessible to all sectors. Over the years, the SEC has overseen business operators and maintained the current annual fee rates for a certain period of time. Therefore, the SEC has proposed revising the fee collection criteria to align with current circumstances.

At its meeting in June 2026, the SEC Board approved, in principle, the review of the criteria for determining fees for undertaking licensed business activities, which are annual fees for business operators, to align with the changing nature of business operations, cover transactions regulated by the SEC, and reflect supervisory costs and inflation, without imposing an undue burden on business operators and with greater equality and fairness.

The proposed principles under this public hearing are as follows:

        (1) Increasing the fee rates for investment advisory businesses and prescribing the collection of fees for derivatives dealer businesses equivalent to the minimum rate of 50,000 baht;

        (2) Revising the fee calculation method for investment unit dealers and derivatives agents to better reflect the actual transaction volume;

        (3) Increasing the maximum fee rates for securities businesses and derivatives businesses to ensure that fee collection is appropriate, reflects supervisory costs and further reduces disparities among business operators.

The consultation paper is available on the SEC website at https://www.sec.or.th/TH/Pages/PB_Detail.aspx?SECID=1178 and on the Legal Hub at https://law.go.th/listeningDetail?survey_id=NzM0OURHQV9MQVdfRlJPTlRFTkQ= Stakeholders and interested parties are invited to submit comments via these websites or by email to aurawan@sec.or.th, gritchanut@sec.or.th, and witchulada@sec.or.th. The public hearing ends on 12 July 2026.