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2. Derivatives market
The SET group operates a derivatives market that trades
derivatives products of which underlyings include securities,
commodities and foreign exchange. The SET group is also a clearing
house for transactions occurring in the derivatives market. In ad-
dition, the SET group supervises all market participants’ activities.
3. Technology services
The SET group provides both front and back office services for
members convening, Front-office Service Bureau (FSB), Internet
trading system, and Back-office Service Bureau (BSB). These
centralized services help market participants to utilize the benefit
of economy of scale to expand their business and to shorten their
development time for new products and services. In addition,
SET’s Internet trading system (SETTRADE) is well recognized
and is utilized by 42 out of 46 brokerage firms in Thailand.
In addition, the SET group develops and disseminates stock
indexes and provides trading market data and listed companies’
information to data vendors and investors so that investors can
utilize them for investment decisions.
4. Registrar services
The SET group acts as a registrar for stocks and maintain
the Register Book that contains accurate and complete
shareholder information. Our services also cover information of
shareholder benefits and connect registrar services with a direct
linkage to the Securities Depository Center for the benefits of
listed companies and investors.
Furthermore, the SET group has secured data storage and
processing system with the corresponding back-ups ready for
securing the continuity of our services. Our vault and data
management systems have been in place to secure the rights
of the securities holders and for verification and risk minimiz-
ing purposes.
Capitalmarket development
The SET group is committed to promoting long-term
development of the Thai capital market and becoming a pillar
for sustainable capital market development which can enhance
competitiveness of the Thai economy and support capital market’s
stakeholders and Thai society. The SET group has set four major
missions as follows:
1. Capital market education
The SET group organizes the educational development into
four aspects according to the target groups which are 1) Pro-
fessional Education, 2) Investor Education, 3) General Public
Education, focusing on financial literacy for Thai people and
the use of education centers such as Maruey Knowledge & Re-
source Center and SET Investment Center etc, and 4) Executive
Education, focusing on educating public sector and business
leaders about capital market and building a network among
capital market leaders.
2. Sustainable development
The SET group promotes Corporate Governance (CG) to be
on par with international standards and Social Responsibility
(SR) to be integrated in business operation and to build
ecosystem which can support SR in the Thai capital market by
encouraging local institutional investors to invest responsibly
and through the founding of SR hub for government, educational
organization and the Thai people. The SET group also encourages
listed companies to conform with criteria defined by Dow Jones
Sustainability Index.
3. Capital market development
infrastructure
The SET group fortifies capital market’s infrastructure for
the Thai economy and society by supporting projects of various
Thai capital market associations and advocating changes in rules
and regulations that are barriers to capital market development.