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representatives Securities issuers and listed companies Stock Exchange of Thailand Derivatives exchange ë Set licensing and approval https://www.sec.or.th/EN/Documents/AnnualReport/pb_ar_2006.pdf Annual Report 2007

higher than that of many high income countries as well as many countries in Asia, with the notable exceptions of Malaysia and Singapore. The SET index fell below the 400-point mark during the crash of 2008

very well as 50 new companies got listed on the SET and MAI over the year. Listed companies’ net profit registered 454.1 billion baht with the market capitalization as high as 4.52 trillion baht

implementation of good corporate governance to strengthen investors' confidence in securities markets. In 2007, market capitalization of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) totaled at 6,636 billion baht

achieved continual growth despite the emergence and persistence of multiple risk factors such as higher oil prices, global economic slowdown especially in trade alliance countries, exchange rate volatility

IPOs of 28 companies. At the same time the value of debt instrument offerings was 193,330 million baht. Moreover, Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) had the distinctions of being the worldûs best

Principles to a higher level, and helping make Thai listed firms ready for competition in ASEAN. SET has received a considerable amount of valuable input from listed companies, both through their-self

trading and clearing and settlement of listed securities to the Securities and Exchange Commission, to be in line with international standards, (2) restructuring the SET Board of Governors structure to

unlisted companies. Corporate governance involves a set of relationships between a company’s management, its board, its shareholders and other stakeholders. Corporate governance also provides the structure