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Offshore Investment

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Offshore Bond Trading
with SCBS

Account Opening

Individual Investor: must be at least 20 years old

New Investor

Application forms

Required Documents

1. Account Opening Documents
2. Suitability Documents
3. Risk Disclosure Agreement for Foreign Securities Investment
4. Form for Declaration of Status as U.S. Person or Non-U.S. Person
5. Exchange related documents (e.g. W-8BEN)
6. Cash Balance Account Agreement

1. Two copies of Identification Card / Passport
2. Two copies of SCB Bank Account
3. A copy of financial evidence
4. Payroll slip (If any)
5. Power of Attorney documents and stamp duty at 30 THB (If any)

Current Investor

Application forms

Required Documents

1. Cash Balance Account Agreement
2. Suitability Documents
3. Risk Disclosure Agreement for Foreign Securities Investment
4. Exchange related documents (e.g. W-8BEN )
5. Form for Declaration of Status as U.S. Person or Non- U.S. Person

All required documents must be certified by customers with their signature similar to that given to the company.

Juristic Person

Application forms

Required Documents

1. Account Opening Documents
2. Foreign Securities Trading Side Agreement with Risk Disclosure Agreement for Foreign Securities Investment
3. Suitability Documents
4. Exchange related documents (e.g. W8BEN-E)
5. Form for Declaration of Status as U.S. Juristic or Non- U.S. Juristic

1. A copy of the corporation certificate with the establishment objective
2. Signature of authorized director (s) withthe company seal
3. Power of attorney in case of authorization on the company's behalf
4. A copy of the identification card of authorized director (s)
5. A copy Financial statements for theprevious 2 years
6. A copy of a list of shareholders
7. Minutes of a meeting held for opening asecurities trading account
8. Power of Attorney documents and stamp duty at 30 THB (If any)

All documents must be certified by authorized director (s) with their signatures similar to that provided to the company.

Account Type : The account type for foreign investment will be a Cash Balance account. A Cash Balance account is fully funded, i.e. the investor credit line is equal to the amount deposited with SCB Securities

Account Approval Process

Permissible Allocation for Foreign Securities Investment

Investor Type

Credit Line Allocation per Tranche (USD)

Individual
Juristic Person:THB 1 Bio > Assets
Juristic Person:THB 1 Bio < Assets

Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited

For more information
please contact SCB Securities International Securities Department at

Phone: +66 2 949 1225
Fax: +66 2 949 1185
Email: Offshore@scb.co.th

Rules, regulations, and guidelines

Permissible Foreign Securities Investment

Listed foreign securities, rights and benefits arising from corporate action events offered by listed foreign companies.
T-Bills and corporate bonds with investment grade
IPOs and POs
Investment unit of mutual fund which policy investment is under SEC regulation
Listed foreign derivatives under SEC regulation

Other Rules and Regulations

Funds for foreign securities investment cannot be from a loan or borrow.
The investor can engage in foreign exchange (FX) hedging to mitigate the FX risk through a financial institution, but must inform SCB Securities accordingly.
Joint accounts and Juristic bodies cannot invest in foreign securities.
Client who receives any amount of withholding tax income has an obligation to file U.S. withholding tax information to the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service Center ("IRS").

Commission & Fees

Commission Charges

Overseas Exchange	Commission Rate / Minimum Commission per Transaction
Trade via online system and via marketing officer
US***	8 cps / 4.99 USD
UK***	0.25% / 30 GBP
France***	0.25% / 35 EUR
Germany***	0.25% / 35 EUR
Italy***	0.25% / 35 EUR
Belgium***	0.25% / 35 EUR
Portugal***	0.25% / 35 EUR
Spain	0.25% / 35 EUR
Netherlands	0.25% / 35 EUR
Finland	0.25% / 35 EUR
Sweden	0.25% / 250 SEK
Denmark	0.25 % / 250 DKK
Hong Kong***	0.20% / 100 HKD
Trade via marketing officer only
Canada	0.25% / 50 CAD
Australia	0.25% / 45 AUD
Singapore	0.25% / 25 SGD
Japan	0.30% / 2,000 JPY
Malaysia	0.30% / 65 MYR
Philippines	0.50% / 2,000 PHP
Indonesia	0.50% / 45 SGD
Korea	0.60% / 60,000 KRW
Vietnam*	0.30% / 650,000 VND**
China (A-Share)*	0.30% / 200 RMB
Taiwan	0.50% / 1,500 TWD

Note that commission charges on above table do not include VAT and foreign exchange fees.
Free cash transfer-out charges (THB to foreign currency). Minimum transfer-out amount 10,000 baht per transaction.
No Cash transfer-in charge for US Dollar (USD) and Hong Kong Dollar (HKD) currency. Except for transfer back in same currency to be deposited to client’s Foreign Currency Deposit account (only for FCD open with SCB) or for other purposes will be charged 1,200 Baht per time per currency, and the intermediary bank fee may be charged base on a case-by-case basis.
Cash transfer-in charge (Foreign currency to THB) is 500 Baht per transaction per currency (except USD, HKD, VND, CNY) and the intermediary bank fee will be charged based on a case-by-case basis.
*Cash transfer-in charges for Vietnamese Dong currency (VND) and Chinese Yuan currency (CNY) is 1,500 Baht per time and The intermediary bank fee will be charged base on a case-by-case basis.
**Vietnam Minimum commission charge is per day with additional conditions 1. Trade under same security 2. Segregate accumulated buy side from accumulated sell side.
***Offline Commission rates may be higher than the above rate.
Commission and fees are subject to change.

Fees

Markets	Type of Charges	Applicable to	Charge Rates (Included VAT)
Vietnam	Tax Regulation Fee	Sell	0.107% on sell-transaction trading value
Singapore	Clearing Fee	Buy & Sell	0.034775% (0.0535% for structured warrants, max S$214)
	Trading Fee	Buy & Sell	0.008025%
	Settlement Instruction fee	Buy & Sell	0.3745 SGD
Malaysia	Clearing Fee	Buy & Sell	0.034026% max MYR1,134.2 per contract
	Stamp Duty	Buy & Sel	MYR 1.07 for every 1,000 (max MYR214 per contract)
	SST Fee	Buy & Sell	0.01284%
US	ADR Fee	-	varies on a case-by-case basis
US	SEC Fee	Sell	0.0005457% (effective from 23 February 2021 onwards)
Hong Kong	Levy Fee	Buy & Sell	0.002889%
	Trading Fee	Buy & Sell	0.00535%
	Stamp Duty	Buy & Sell	0.1391% (Round up to the nearest HKD)
	Clearing Fee	Buy & Sell	0.0107%(min HKD 3.21)
France	Financial Transaction Tax	Buy	0.321%
Italy	Financial Transaction Tax	Buy	0.107%
UK	PTM Levy (Panel of Takeovers and Mergers)	Buy & Sell	GBP1.07(trade above GBP10,000)
	Stamp Duty	Buy	Additional0.535% on gross proceeds of UK and Irish stocks
			ForEUR-denominated stock, the UK stamp duty (buy only) will be 1.07%
Korea	Sales Tax	Sell only	0.321%
Indonesia	Stamp Duty	Sell	0.107%
	Exchange Fee	Buy & Sell	0.0321%
	Levy Fee	Buy & Sell	0.00535%
	Value Added Tax (VAT)	Buy & Sell	0.01391%
Philippines	Value Added Tax (VAT)	Buy & Sell	0.0428%
	BSRD Fee (Bangko Sentral Registration Document)	Buy & Sell	1,070 PHP
	Sales Tax	Sell	0.642%
China (A-Share)	Handling fee	Buy & sell	0.005211%
	Securities Management fee	Buy & sell	0.00214%
	Transfer fee	Buy & sell	0.00428% on gross value or consideration
	Stamp Duty	sell	0.107%
Taiwan	Trading fee	Buy & Sell	267.5 TWD
	Sales Tax	Sell	0.321%
	Custody Fee	-	0.01% on month end portfolio value

For Corporate Action Charges, please click HERE to see the detail.
Assets Transfer Fees: The assets transfer fees (if any) will be charged base on a case-by-case basis
All related fees and commission subject to change and other non-standard service fees may apply.
“Negative interest rate charges on cash deposit might be applied to some currency according to foreign countries interest rate policy effective date on 01 March 2017 onwards.”

For more information, please contact SCB Securities International Securities Department at: Phone: +66 2 949 1225 Fax: +66 2 949 1185 Email: Offshore@scb.co.th

Products & Services

Offshore Investment

Offshore Bond Trading with SCBS

Account Opening

Individual Investor: must be at least 20 years old

Rules, regulations, and guidelines

Commission & Fees

Offshore Bond Trading
with SCBS