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32 Annual Report 2012
The fundraising success was a result of effective strategic execution, extensive advisory meetings with management of
individual companies, and cooperation with the Investment Banking Association to organize many Financial Instruments for Directors
seminars, educating and encouraging firms to use a variety of financial instruments to achieve their financial goals effectively
and efficiently.
SET also produced and disseminated a M&A journal to provide another alternative to success for Thai businesses, and
organized seminars and other activities to educate and encourage listed firms to consider M&A and use the capital market to expand
sustainably. In addition, SET encouraged listed companies to communicate more effectively with investors to make them understand
the companies’ businesses, strategies and expansion directions, in order to understand the firms’ values. Thus, SET organized
Opportunity Days for investors every quarter and has developed a web-based application to access Opportunity Day events via
modern communication tools such as smartphones and tablet computers, integrating SET communications into the lifestyle of
investors who want to information on listed companies conveniently and promptly. In addition, SET publishes the Stock Focus
journal to publicize information about attractive securities for investors to consider.
To recognize the listed companies and business operators on the capital market which have demonstrated operational
excellence in different fields, SET has presented SET Awards for the ninth year to reflect the strength and success of the business
sector in the Thai capital market. This year, SET Awards of Honor were given to 11 recipients, the highest number since the award
was first presented in 2010. The Awards of Honor demonstrated the success of firms in vigorously and continually developing their
performance to maintain their excellence and maintain competitiveness at an international level.
2) Empowering investors
To expand the investor base, SET focused on new individual investors who have bank savings, potential investors, the
new generation, and the online community by campaigning using comprehensive and integrated communication media throughout
2012. Therefore, the number of investor accounts on the stock and futures markets in 2012 rose to the historic level of more than
100,000 accounts. In addition, SET broadened the domestic institutional investor base, including for mutual, individual and
provident funds. Also, for corporate investors, SET promoted derivatives such as oil and currency futures to enable companies to
better manage business risk.