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Annual Report
2015
The SET group’s strategic plan for
2016 and long-term strategic goal
TheStockExchangeofThailand(SET) seeks tocontinually integratesustainabledevelopment into
its business processes to advance the development of the Thai capital market. SET has focused on
fulfilling stakeholders’ needs and strengthening the capitalmarket foundation to fortifyThailand’s
economic competitiveness, society and environment. SET has set out the long-term
strategic goal emphasizing on sustainable growth, andhas aimed at achieving three vital targets by
2020,whichare: 1) growingequitymarketwithquality to support thedevelopment ofThai economy,
2) enhancing liquidity as well as investors’ knowledge in derivatives market, and
3) providing various investment products and services with world-class standard.
Therefore, SET has planned the 2016 strategic plan focusing on six major areas to drive the
new S-Curve of Thai capital market growth:
1.1 Attract new listed securities
SET aims to facilitate both domestic and international
businesses with fund-raising needs. In 2016, SET targets to
increase market capitalization by THB 270 billion from initial
public offering (IPO). Targeted IPO companies are 1) industry
leaders, 2) companies in government-supported business
sectors, and 3) companies with business in Greater Mekong
Subregion (GMS).
1.2 Enhance quality and capability of listed
companies and SMEs
SET aims to enhance capabilities of doing businesses for
both Thai listed and non-listed companies focusing especially
on SMEs. SET plans to facilitate business-matching scheme
among the companies to facilitate their innovative development
and succession planning.
Furthermore, SET will focus on quality improvement of listed
companies for sustainable development. SET will support
and nurture those companies to enhance their corporate
governance (CG). SET will also encourage them to embrace their
businesses with the Environment, social, and governance (ESG)
principles to be eligible for inclusion in Thailand Sustainability
Investment (THSI) which is the list of companies with excellent
ESG principles at the domestic level, and become a member of
Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) at the international level.
1.3 Improve listing and regulating framework for
listed securities
SET plans to revise listing and regulating framework by
focusing on 1) criteria for new listing in both SET and mai,
2) trading rules and mechanism, and 3) risk management and
trading supervision scheme.
1.4 Develop corporate financial professionals of
listed companies and SMEs
SET strives to become a center of corporate financial
professional development to support the change of Thai industries.
SET will launch a new SET – corporate financial development
curriculum to groom corporate professionals specializing in
finance and investor relations. Thus, listed companies and
SMEs can effectively utilize the capital market to fulfill their
funding needs. In 2016, SET plans to train 2,000 personnel
of targeted listed companies and SMEs.
2. Develop new asset classes and
enlarge coverage of existing
products and services
In 2016, SET aims to continually expand its product and
service range to serve a variety of investment demands in the
market. SET will develop new asset classes and multi-currency
products, as well as introduce physical-delivery method
for commodity products, such as agricultural futures and
electronic gold.
1. Expand and enhance quality
of listed companies, as well as
strengthening SMEs