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One of significant missions of SET is to develop
the sustainable capital market by strengthening
the stakeholders for further economic, social and
environment development. Listed companies
are encouraged to operate in a transparent
and accountable manner so that they will be
equipped with good risk management. Moreover,
SET helps nurture quality investors so that they
invest responsibly. Both listed companies and
investors are deemed the key stakeholders
who could contribute positive impacts towards
the economy, society and environment.
Capital Market Development Function
SET has encouraged stakeholders to be conscious
about corporate governance and social responsibility.
The listed companies should conduct business with
transparency and social responsibility in every step of
the operation process. The investors should consider
environmental, social and corporate governance
factors in their investment decisions, in addition to
financial performance.
SET strives to instill stakeholders’ realization in
values and benefits of corporate governance and
social responsibility development. To achieve this,
SET has promoted knowledge, understanding and
practical implementation via training, seminars,
group sharing, in-depth consulting, as well as
providing manuals, handbooks and educational
tools, etc.
SET supports the value chain of developing and disseminating capital market-related research studies and
the country’s leading indicators
**
. These have brought benefits to the capital markets’ personnel, the media
and the general public for using as reference and further development. The research studies on vital topics
and hot issues, conducted by researchers or entrepreneurs, have been further applied among the SET network.
This includes the Thai capital market development plan, the research fund for the Thai capital market
development, etc.
* Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS) is the economic cooperation in the Mekong River Subregion.
** Leading indicators are used as instrument to predict future economic activities. Generally, it is used
to forecast GDP growth.
SET has continuously developed financial and
investment knowledge programs for various groups
of stakeholders. For professionals in the capital
market such as investment consultants and analysts,
SET focuses on enhancing capabilities and effective
investment skills, as such lifting intermediaries’
quality.
For policy makers, potential investors, students and
the public, the exchange provides know-how in
investment, savings and finance, while expanding
the knowledge base to neighboring countries in the
Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)
*
.
Financial
and Investment Education
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Corporate Governance
and Social Responsibility
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Capital Market Research