Bangkok, 15 September 2020 – The SEC has revoked the approval for an investment consultant named Ms. Sarunya Lekpet for five years, starting from 16 September 2020, on account of having a prohibited characteristic of personnel in the capital market business after her life insurance broker license and life insurance agent license had been revoked by the Office of Insurance Commission (OIC). In addition, SEC shall not accept her future application for approval as capital market business personnel until the revocation period ends. At the time of her misconduct, Sarunya was working for TMB Bank Public Company Limited (TMB).
According
to TMB’s report, a Limited Broker Dealer and Underwriter (LBDU) licensee, Sarunya,
an investment consultant for Complex Instruments Type 2, committed an offense
and later OIC ordered a revocation of her license as a life insurance broker
and agent on account of performing duties dishonestly when she failed to
forward premium money of 1 million baht she had received from a client to the insurance
company in charge.
SEC has considered that Sarunya, whose license as life
insurance broker and agent had been revoked by OIC for performing duties
dishonestly, was deemed to have a prohibited characteristic of capital market
business personnel Type 2**. SEC has therefore revoked the approval for Sarunya
as investment consultant for five years, effective from 16 September 2020. In
addition, her future application for approval as capital market business
personnel will not be accepted until the recovation period ends.
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* An investment consultant for Complex Instruments
Type 2 is allowed to give advice to investors about capital market products
with non-complex features and investment units or debt securities with high
risks or complexity, e.g., investment units of mutual funds for institutional
investors or ultra-high net worth investors, investment units of mutual funds
investing in derivatives, hybrid products, and structured notes.
** Pursuant to Clause 30(3)(a) of the Notification of the Capital Market Supervisory
Board No. Tor Lor Thor. 8/2557 Re: Rules on Personnel in the Capital Market
Business dated 3 June 2014, as amended by the Notification of the Capital
Market Supervisory Board No. Tor Lor Thor. 48/2560 Re: Rules on Personnel in
the Capital Market Business (No. 7) dated 30 August 2017.