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Highlight of activities for 2012
Supporting Issuers and
listed companies
• Hosted “Thailand Focus 2012”, so that leading foreign institutional investors could obtain vital
information directly from top executives of key listed companies about their latest earning reports.
A total of 122 institutional investors and 89 listed firms participated, with an equivalent of 1,065
meetings. In addition, this was the first time that listed firms and top executives from four
Indochinese stock exchanges joined in the event.
• Held roadshows to give the investing public vital information on the Thai economy and introduce
global institutions to the potential of listed firms. These events took place 6 times in various
countries: Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, United Kingdom, and United States.
A total of 26 firms participated in this event.
Investor Protection • November 15, 2012, set up the Derivatives Investor Protection Fund, with an initial worth of THB
100 million, aiming at building the confidence of personal investors and local entities which are
not institutional investors, trading derivatives via securities companies which are members of this
Fund. Investors are protected against member broker bankruptcy or broker inability to return assets
by compensating them for loss in value of assets.
Enhancing CG
for listed firms
• Revised the “Principles of good corporate governance for listed companies 2006” to be in line with
the ASEAN CG Scorecard, thus upgrading the CG standards of listed companies to be ready for the
ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015.
• Developed investor relations (IR) operations of listed companies through three main activities:
Firstly, providing IR advice to give insights on best practices to companies through SET’s IR
Advising Program, plus holding seminars and other training; secondly, publishing the IR handbook,
“First Step to Investor Relations”, to help firms manage and enhance their IR systematically; and
lastly, recognizing and honoring firms through giving Best IR Awards, one of the SET Awards 2012.
• Through the SET’s Corporate Social Responsibility Institute (CSRI), the Exchange has recognized
listed companies with CSRI Recognition 2012 awards for their development of and commitment
to continuously operating their businesses with sustainable social responsibility. The CSRI
Recognition Awards honor and inspire Thai listed companies to continuously run their business
for society’s benefit and be a good role model of sustainable business operation.