around the globe turned cautious as investors resorted to increasing their holdings of safe-haven assets, prompting Thai and US bond yields to drop across all maturities. The Federal Reserve was thus

1.50 percent, though this was the first time in 22 meetings that the vote was split, prompting the market to be anxious that a policy rate hike may occur relatively soon. Meanwhile, US 10-year bond

E_1 Legal_FA_2015_12_29-c A CorpL4.1hig A Executive Summary of Management Discussion and Analysis 1 For the Year Ending December 31, 2019 Thai economy in 2019 showed decelerating growth at 2.4 percent compared to 4.2 percent in the previous year.The slowdown could be attributed to exports which contracted further due to the stronger Baht and a global economic slowdown. In addition, the investment environment of both the public and private sector remained weak, and private consumption, albeit gro...

, prompting enhancements that allow us to assess risk and proactively seek preventative measures. Operational risk management is under the supervision of the Operational Risk and Fraud Management Department