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Strengthening of capital market professionals
In 2014, SET continued to develop knowledge and
skills among securities business professionals to
upgrade their advisory services for investors, including
producing capital market planners for the first time in
the Thai capital market, while overseeing the licensing
standard development. All these will strengthen
capability of personnel among intermediary institutions
for greater confidence and sustainable expansion of
the Thai capital market. Major achievements included:
• Development in quality of securities
personnel and capital market business
SET, in cooperation with the Association of Thai
Securities Companies, Investment Analyst Association,
Thai Financial Planners Association and Thailand
Futures Exchange pcl, in organizing training courses
for professionals in each particular field. The total of
4,930 participants attended the courses in 2014.
• Development of Thai students
for capital market professional
SET cooperated with training institutes, the
Association of Thai Securities Companies and the network
of 23 universities nationwide to provide scholarships
for students to attend training courses and enter a test
for acquiring investment advisory license, through the
“New breed IC @Unet” project. It aimed at developing
personnel for investment advisory service. SET also
cooperated with the Thai Listed Companies Association to
launch the “Young corporate financial officer (Young-
CFO)” project to prepare students to become financial
officers and investor relations officers to cope with the
increasing demand among listed companies. In addition,
SET supported the Association of Thai Securities
Companies in organizing the “Career Opportunities in
Securities Industry” job fair to recruit new personnel
for securities companies of more than 1,200 positions.