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SEC suspends approval of an investment consultant for giving advice or information incorrectly and incompletely



Friday 3 April 2020 | No. 74 / 2020


Bangkok, 3 April 2020 – SEC has suspended approval of an investment consultant named {A} for three months for failing to give advice or information to investors correctly and completely without notifying or giving material, relevant information to investors sufficiently for investment decisions. At the time of misconduct, she was working at KT Zmico Securities Company Limited (currently named Krungthai Zmico Securities Company Limited).

Following a client’s complaint and SEC’s further investigation, it was found that during 20-27 September 2018 {A}, as investment consultant of the client, failed to inform the client of the liquidity problem of an issuer of bills of exchange, which was material information for investment decision making of investors.

Her misconduct was deemed failure to give advice or information to investors correctly and completely and without sufficiently notifying or giving information that was important and relevant to investors’ decision making, in contravention of the Notification concerning performance of duties with responsibility and deliberation as a professional*. SEC has therefore imposed a suspension of approval on {A} as investment consultant for Complex Products Type 2** and as investment planner, for three months starting from 7 April 2020.
 

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Notes:

*  Failure to perform duties with responsibility and deliberation as a professional under Clause 23(2) and having prohibited characteristics of personnel in the capital market business under Clause 31(1) 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.  
**  Investment consultant on non-complex products in the capital market and investment units or debt securities having high-risk or complex characteristics, for example, investment units of mutual funds offered for sale to institutional investors or ultra-high net worth investors, investment units of mutual funds investing in derivatives, hybrid securities and structured notes.