Sustainability Report 2017

33 Enhancing Quality of Securities Professionals Increased Professionalism of Securities Professionals SET, in collaboration with the Association of Thai Securities Companies (ASCO), Association of Investment Management Companies (AIMC), The Life Assurance Association (TLAA) and related organizations, has developed a development plan for securities professionals, including investment consultant (IC), insurance agent, back-office and human resources staff. Expanding Knowledge to Insurance Agents SET organized the Next Gen Insurance Agent project to develop financial and investment knowledge for insurance agents to enhance the quality of their consultation skills and enable them to pass the IC license exam in the future. In 2017, the SET’s “Financial Mathematics for Non-Finance Professionals” program attracted 871 insurance agents from 21 insurance companies. Developing Efficiency of Securities Personnel SET has cooperated with ASCO Training Institute, Compliance Club and Human Resources Club in organizing training to increase skills and capabilities of securities personnel, including back-office and human resources staff. This helps support the growing securities business and enhanced service effciency. Developing IC Quality SET hosted the following courses for more than 3,500 ICs: o “The IC leader @Securities and Asset Management Companies” training program to enhance knowledge and skills of IC team leaders. They learned about work and people management and DCA techniques. This helped promote regular investment in securities and mutual funds, in line with the SET’s strategy. o Professional development training programs for ICs, classified by products, as follows: - Equity Product Specialist project to develop knowledge concerning investment products in the digital era and the swing trading strategy, while building an understanding of investor behavior through Bid-Offer analysis to get investment returns. - The TFEX specialist project to develop professionalism of derivatives ICs - Junior Investment Consultant project to develop new up-and-coming ICs - Evening Class for IC @SET project to develop knowledge and skills necessary for ICs