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Development of listed companies’ financial stability
SET aims at creating financial and liquidity stability
for listed companies so that they can competitively
develop their businesses continuously through
financial instruments. They will have more funding
alternatives to raise capital for business development
and acquisition, without relying solely on loans
from financial institutions, and will, in turn, increase
the number of shareholders. SET has consequently
cooperated with Investment Banking Club of the
Association of Thai Securities Companies to promote
knowledge and understanding of financial instruments
among executives of listed companies, through the
Financial Instruments for Directors project which
covers, for example, issuance and offering of ordinary
shares for capital increase, warrants and dividend
shares, etc.
SET has also visited listed companies in order
to recommend appropriate financial instruments
and closely participated in the analysis of funding
opportunities and the use of financial instruments.
These included the dissemination of financial
instruments data on SET’s website for easier access
to information among listed companies. In 2014,
listed companies reported total capital mobilization
of THB 166.88 billion, and issued 156 financial
instruments, mainly warrants and dividend shares.
SET has also encouraged listed companies to disclose
their quarterly operating performance to investors,
analysts and the media, by organizing the Opportunity
Day continuously. Investors and interested parties
can participate in the activities through different
channels, such as participation in person at SET
headquarters, watch live broadcast or online videos
via the SET website, or through Opp Day application
on both iOS and Android. In 2014, there were
461 listed companies joined and talked to
investors at the Opportunity Day events, with over
21,715 persons participating in the activities at SET
headquarters, and over 387,674 page views through
Opp Day applicationby viewers in 148 countries.