Set Sustainability Report 2014

51,420

Students

participated

in the YFS

competition in

2003-2014

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The project is aimed to promote personal finance for college students to prepare themselves for their career.

The students should be equipped with the knowledge about their spending and savings plans. In 2014,

SET organized the activities to promote the project via SET Investment Center (SET IC) in seven provinces.

A total of 7,939 students participated in the activities.

The exchange has initiated the YFS

project since 2003 by collaborating with Muang Thai Life Assurance

Pcl (MTL), PTT Pcl, Kasikornbank Pcl, Thailand Futures Exchange Pcl (TFEX) and other business partners

in the capital market. The project provides an opportunity for college students from junior year to

master’s degree level, aged under 25, to develop their skills in finance. SET has created the network of

new responsible generation in finance and investment to ensure financial and capital market sustainable

development. During the past 12 years, YFS has created and developed quality personnel for the capital

market. More than 50,000 young people, who have participated in the project, have been recognized by the

capital market as quality professionals who are equipped to work in various fields of business and ready for

the marketplace. In 2014, a total of 5,792 students from 93 universities nationwide participated in the

project. Fifty-five students who passed the final round of YFS were entitled to Certified Investment and

Securities Analyst Program (CISA)’s training and testing for securities analysts and Certified Financial

Planner Program (CFP)’s training and testing for financial planning professionals.

The test results of students who participated in YFS in 2014 showed that 210 students have passed

the securities investment advisory program test or 73.43% of the total candidates. For derivatives investment

advisory license, 166 students or 58.66% of the total candidates have passed the test. It was evident

that YSF helps create quality personnel to the Thai capital market, as a major force to upgrade the quality

standard in financial services for investors and the general public.

SET on campus

Young Financial Star (YFS) competition