The Stock Exchange of Thailand

A juristic entity set up under the Securities Exchange of Thailand Act, which started operations on 30 April 1975 and serves as a centre for the trading of listed securities. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) provides the essential systems needed to facilitate securities trading and to undertake any business relating to the Securities Exchange, as well as any other business approved by the Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Besides this, the SET provides investor education through market surveillance and information dissemination. It further promotes financial planning and encourages the general public to become shareholders in a variety of local industries, while providing related services connected to such activities. The SET also supervises listed companies and members, as well as information disclosure and trading, and operates under the legal framework laid down in the 1992 Securities and Exchange Act. In Thai, it is known as Talaat Laksap Haeng Prathet Thai (ตลาดหลักทรัพย์แห่งประเทศไทย). See MAP. 回