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What changed: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand approved changes to annual fees, which will take effect on January 1, 2027. For investment advisers, the fee increases from 25,000 to 50,000 baht; for derivatives dealers, the fee is set at 50,000 baht; calculation bases for transactions in investment units and derivatives have been expanded.
Annual fees for brokers in Thailand will change: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand has already approved new payment criteria for operators in the securities and derivatives markets. In an official statement dated November 9, 2026, the regulator confirmed that the changes will take effect on January 1, 2027. This concerns annual payments by companies operating under the relevant licenses, not a per-trade commission charged to private investors.
Current as of November 2026. For companies providing investment advisory services, an increase in the annual fee from 25,000 to 50,000 baht has been approved. A separate rate has been set for derivatives dealers, and the calculation base has been revised for other categories of market participants. This does not mean every broker is charged the same amount: the applicable terms depend on the type of regulated activity.
What is known about the approval of the new annual fees
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand (SEC) announced its decision on November 9, 2026 in an official statement from Thailand’s regulator. The amendments were issued as a notification from the commission (Kor Mor. 10/2569) dated November 6, 2026 (2569 in the Thai calendar). The document concerns companies that conduct licensed activities involving securities and derivatives.
Before approval, the changes were discussed with market participants. According to the Thai-language version of the regulator’s statement, most consultation participants supported the proposed approach. This is now an adopted decision with a future effective date, not a proposal awaiting the results of public consultation.
This topic concerns payments by professional market participants. For broader context on banking services and settlements, you can read about finance and payments in Thailand, but the regulator’s rates are set by separate regulations.
Annual fees for Thailand brokers: new rates
For investment advisory businesses, the annual fee rises from 25,000 to 50,000 baht. The change applies to companies that carry on the relevant regulated activity, not to every participant in the stock market.
For derivatives dealers, an annual fee of 50,000 baht is set. The regulator describes this provision separately from the increase in the investment advisory fee. The rate previously applied to derivatives dealers is not compared with the new amount in the statement, so it is incorrect to compare them by analogy with advisers.
A single amount for all brokers is not being introduced. Investment advisers, derivatives dealers, dealers in investment units, and derivatives agents are different categories of regulated activity. Private investors also do not need to treat these annual license payments as a new fee on each purchase or sale of securities.
How the calculation base and fee caps changed
For dealers in investment units, the Commission has revised the calculation base: once the amendments take effect, it will cover the value of both purchases and sales of units. This change concerns the metric on which the fee depends, not the introduction of a single fixed amount for all dealers.
For derivatives agents, the new calculation base will take into account the number of contracts for which services have been provided, including contracts on derivatives exchanges in Thailand and abroad, as well as over-the-counter derivatives. In other words, the calculation base takes into account a wider range of transactions than just servicing exchange-traded contracts within the country.
The regulator has also revised the maximum amounts of the annual fees, aiming to align them with supervisory costs and reduce differences in the burden among operators. However, the detailed final schedule of the new maximum amounts is not included in the brief official statement.
For comparison: in the original version the total annual license fee ranged from 25,000 to 10 million baht; for a separate category of derivatives sales agents, the range was from 25,000 to 1 million baht. These historical limits, cited in the published regulatory notice of the SEC, should not automatically be treated as new limits after the reform. In the same notice, the fee for brokers trading securities on a Thai or foreign exchange was calculated as a share of trading value; whether the former formula applies depends on the full text of the amended rules.
Readers considering corporate activity may find useful material about doing business in Thailand. However, general rules for companies do not replace the special requirements for licensed financial intermediaries.
When the new rules take effect
The new criteria will take effect on January 1, 2027. Do not confuse this date with the statement published on November 9, 2026, or the notice dated November 6, 2026: the announcement, the adoption of the document, and the start of the rules’ application are separate events.
The timeline began earlier. In September, the regulator released a draft for public consultation, and the comment period closed on October 5, 2026. After the consultation, the SEC formalized the amendments, so the earlier description of the rules as an unapproved draft no longer matches their status.
What to do
It helps representatives of licensed companies to start by checking their category of activity: investment advisory, derivatives dealing, operations with investment units, or derivatives agency services. Then they can factor the confirmed rates and new calculation bases into financial planning for the period starting January 1, 2027, without applying a fixed amount to all license types.
Before calculating the final payment, check the full version of the commission’s notice (Kor Mor. 10/2569), including the maximum limits and payment procedure. In the original notice, the payment deadline for annual fees was tied to January of the following year, but its application after the amendments should be verified against the current text of the rule.
This article is current as of November 2026. Regulatory conditions may change; this publication is not legal or investment advice.