SEC Secretary-General Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol, and SET President Pakorn Peetathawatchai together with the management team of both agencies met in the third quarterly meeting of 2019 to discuss policies and guidelines for working together on September 25, 2019 at the SEC Office. They shared the opinion on driving the capital market with guidelines to support SMEs to access funding sources in the capital market. Meanwhile, there will be measures to upgrade investor protection in line with investment risks.

Furthermore, there were discussions on how to cooperate, promote and support financial products that connect the capital markets of Thailand with the CLMV (consisting of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) and ASEAN countries which will make the Thai capital market more attractive. Discussions also covered guidelines on improving rules and regulations and enhancing operation to reduce costs and facilitate business operations for stakeholders in the capital market to enable them to compete and be prepared for future changes.

In this regard, the meeting to discuss policies and collaboration between SEC and SET is held on a quarterly basis according to the integrated collaboration policy to develop and increase the competitiveness of the Thai capital market which is a result of the joint meeting No. 2/2019 on 1 June 2019. The meeting also discussed continuing projects that are mutual agreements to achieve rapid results, such as the project of “One-Stop Service” that was officially launched on 24 September 2019 and the project of “One Report” which will organize a seminar for the purpose of listening to stakeholders’ opinions on 7 October 2019.