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SET realizes that the listed companies’ personnel, including investor relations officers and CFOs, have significant
roles in strengthening their businesses towards sustainable growth. SET enhances the capability of such personnel
by equipping them with management and strategic planning skills that can create financial opportunities for business
investment. All those will contribute to the sustainable development of listed companies and the capital market as
a whole.
Creating IR Professionals
Investor Relations (IR) officers play an important role in
building confidence and disseminating information of listed
companies among investors, potential investors, securities
analysts, fund managers and the media. They demonstrate
that the business is operating with transparency and the
disclosure is accurate and complete. Therefore, SET is
committed to providing knowledge, as well as development
tools to continuously raise the standards of investor relations.
Improving IR practices
SET has continuously been developing investor
relations practices in line with market conditions, by providing
management and investor relations professionals with
eight training courses in three levels:
•
Basic level:
to promote a basic understanding
of investor relations and offer pratical tools for IR
tasks.
•
Intermediate level:
to promote best practices
for effective performance in investor relations
•
Advanced level:
to focus on strategy development
applicable to investor relations and corporate
sustainable development.
Enhancing IR officers and CFOs of listed companies
In2015, therewere242 listedcompaniesparticipating
in the training courses including 76 first-time companies.
SET also provides proactive IR development services
through CEO workshops, SD Talk forums and executive
meetings with top management of listed firms, facilitating
insight sharing among listed firms. In 2015, SET held
such discussions with senior executives from 58 listed
companies. The feedback and enthusiastic participation
in IR development throughout 2015 showed that listed
companies realized the opportunity to develop IR more
intensively.
Furthermore, SET has also initiated SET’s IR Advisory
Program since 2011 by joining hands with IR experts
to offer in-depth analyses and strategic planning
in IR development to listed companies for 1 year to
ensure that the companies can manage IR effectively.
In 2015, 12 newly-listed companies joined the program,
making the number of participating companies 73 in total.
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