SET Annual Report 2014

Annual Report 2014

3. Sustainability

3.1 Enhance quality of listed companies

SET will focus on quality improvement of listed

companies for sustainable development. SET will

support and nurture those companies on enhancing their

corporate governance (CG) and social responsibility

(SR) to be on a par with international standards. SET

will also encourage listed companies to work towards

meeting criteria defined by Dow Jones Sustainability

Index and ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard

to be better prepared for the launch of ASEAN Economic

Community (AEC). In addition, SET will emphasize

quality improvement of listed companies’ personnel

through improving the quality of educational courses,

funding the target group, and creating new personnel

to support investor relations and finance function

of listed companies in the future.

3.2 Enhance quality of investors

and general public

SET has plans to develop the quality of investors

by providing fundamental and technical investment

knowledge that match the interest of each investor

group, as such creating more professional investors

to increase their active rate and minimize the exit

rate of investors. SET will provide training activities

and develop online learning channels through the

“Classroom for Investors” project.

Additionally, SET will continue to enhance

the financial planning and investment knowledge

to strengthen financial capability and retirement plan

focusing on mutual fund and provident fund investment

for students, employees and general public via the

“Nguen Thong Tong Wang Paen” project (a Thai name

meaning “When it comes to your personal finance,

planning is a must”.). SET will continue to establish

the capital market learning center in Bangkok and

other key provinces; namely SET Investment Center

(SET IC) and Maruey Knowledge & Resource Center.

3.3 Enhance quality of intermediaries

SET will continue to enhance the knowledge and

expertise of professionals through cooperation with

vriious capital market relateorganizations. SET

plans to organize trainings sessions for more than

4,500 professionals and university students in 2015.

3.4 Become a sustainable stock exchange

To become a sustainable stock exchange, SET will

1) create SET’s roadmap to become a sustainable stock

exchange 2) develop skills of SET’s human resource

to be in line with the vision and strategic objectives

2015-2020 and 3) Strengthen SET’s branding to build

corporate image that reflects the SET vision 2020

towards further steps into its fifth decade.