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With the full cooperation of securities companies and all related parties in the capital market, SET enhanced its infrastructure
and operational framework, which will be the foundation for its long-term business expansion, resulting in greater competitiveness
and leading towards regional leadership. Our new trading system, SET CONNECT, went live in September 2012, enabling SET to
handle much larger trading volumes, a capacity that is 10-fold that of the previous system, with a speed and latency comparable
to the world’s leading equity markets. Moreover, a new trading supervision system, SET WATCH, and a new trading information
dissemination system, SET FEED, have been implemented to boost the effectiveness and efficiency of SET’s key operating systems
in accordance with international standards. The Thai market also became increasingly internationalized, with the ASEAN Trading
Link going live, connecting our market with those of Malaysia and Singapore, helping to promote the ASEAN capital market and its
securities to be an asset class for global investors, with a combined 2,200 stocks and market capitalization of USD1.4 trillion.
SET’s post-trade services also advanced consistently in 2012, implementing the approved SET’s Operations Master Plan
for 2012-2016 with straight-through processing being applied in all procedures, achieving higher operational efficiency to
serve the needs of an increasing number of clients for domestic and cross-border transactions
SET, working closely with securities firms, commercial banks and other business partners, has continually enhanced the
financial expertise of investors and the general public, as well as enabling them to access investment-related information
conveniently. For the whole of 2012, more than 200,000 persons participated in such SET activities. Consequently, the number
of accounts of those investing through SET, including the futures market, increased to a record high of more than 100,000
accounts. Internet trading volume in 2012 also surpassed 50 percent of total trading volume of individual investors for the first time.
In addition, SET and the Association of Thai Securities Companies, one of SET’s key stakeholders, joined hands in enhancing the
expertise of securities personnel who play key roles in providing information for investors’ decision-making.
Another example of how SET and other capital market key players continued to work closely and synergistically together to
benefit the market as a whole was when SET organized Thailand Focus 2012, an event that drew a record high of 122 leading
global investment managers from all over the world, mirroring our market’s capability to attract foreign institutional investors.
At least 1,065 meetings were held at this event, which 89 local listed companies and representatives from four stock markets
and listed firms in Indochina also attended, marking the first time that we tied up with the Indochinese capital markets to
reach international investment managers in the same event.
To further strengthen ourselves, SET promoted development of our staff’s and executives’ expertise and professionalism,
and consistently communicated our core values to staff members, as they are key in creating success stories for our customers,
both businesses and individual investors. Through our Leadership Development Program, our employees have enhanced their
leadership and competitiveness in responding to rapid changes of business environment.
Looking forward to 2013, we continue to be optimistic yet prudent. SET’s strategy of “Matching your right financial
opportunities” will be implemented by sustained expansion of the retail investor base, listed company development, new product
enhancement, and extension of partnerships with countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region and ASEAN. We will continue to
enhance quality of the Thai capital market with greater corporate governance and social responsibility of listed companies,
securities firms and all other stakeholders in accordance with international standards. SET will continue to improve the
expertise and ethical levels of securities employees, and to provide investors and the general public with the ability to
sustainably develop their expertise. We aim to nurture youth through inculcating them with a culture of savings and financial
management, including prudent investment, as they are the key foundation for the steady and sustainable growth of the Thai
capital market and economy.