Thai SEC needs to let investors buy riskier bonds: experts

Thailand’s regulators need to encourage a more diverse bond market, including adding high yield and unrated bond instruments, to help local investors raise meagre returns, say experts. Speaking at the final panel of AsianInvestor’s Thailand Global Investment Forum in Bangkok on September 7, a group of market officials and fund managers analysed how the country’s investing environment should change, as well as the role technology should play. A key focus was fixed income investment…