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SET also increases understanding of financial planning
for retirement among the “salary earners” group through
the Employee’s Choice@Workplace project, which
promotes understanding about being a member of a
provident fund, including membership benefits, as well
as guidelines for selecting provident fund investment
plans. SET promotes investment through long-term equity
funds (LTFs) and retirement mutual funds (RMFs) to
increase opportunities and choices to generate returns
from savings in the long run.
In 2015, SET organized a roadshow event to promote
savings for retirement among salary earners, attracting
172,136 persons from 57 different organizations. SET
has produced the “Happy Retirement Guide” and “Happy
Money” handbooks on financial planning, with creative
and easy-to-understand content. SET has also cooperated
with asset management firms to promote investment in
mutual funds for retirement via modern trading systems
to meet investor needs.
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SET also aims at creating awareness and positive
attitude among investors and the general public to
prepare them for the retirement. In doing so, SET has
cooperated with several relevant agencies that promote
public awareness on saving for retirement, aiming at
preparing Thailand to be a quality aging society. This
can reduce the government’s burden caused by the
increase number of senior citizens as well as enhancing the
well-being of the Thai people in the long run.
In 2015 SET distributed a list of Thailand Sustainability
Investment, comprised of 51 quality stocks, at the “SET in
the City 2015” event. This event centered around “The
Stock Mega Trend” concept, promoting sustainable investment
to encourage investors and potential investors to use
information on the ESG performance of listed companies
for decision-making, and attracted about 1,400 investors
and the general public. The information, articles and video
clips on responsible investment are available via the SET
website10.
Promoting responsible investment