Securities firms and futures trading agents from now are free to include any types of futures contracts into their proprietary accounts, according to the Capital Market Supervision Committee.
At present, the list is limited to futures with stocks, gold, crude oil, foreign exchange, interest rate, financial index and indices as underlying assets.
Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala, secretary-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the committee's chairman, said that the extended list will allow them to gain more revenue and reduce their dependence on commission fee. Still, all must submit monthly reports to the SEC and maintain sufficient capital fund to cope with associated risks.