Bangkok, 17 December 2019 – SEC holds a seminar under the topic of “SEC Capital Market Symposium: Competitive, Accessible to the Public, and Sustainable”, gathering academics, business entrepreneurs in the capital market, and regulators to partake, present their studies, exchange opinions to elevate the quality of and further their studies, for the purpose of establishing development policies for the capital market to effectively and sustainably grow.
The seminar
was graced by the presence of the Deputy Secretary-General to the Prime
Minister for Political Affairs
Kobsak
Pootrakool, whose lectured under the topic of “How Thai Capital Market Must
Manage in This Changing World”
emphasizes 4 types of challenges that are significant turning points, including
the era of quickly shifting technology, the use of benefits from ASEAN becoming
more important in the world, the promotion of capital market to be the leader
in establishing sustainability, and the resolutions for challenges in Thai capital
market. We need all collaborations from all sectors in the capital market to
develop it to be able to compete and to sustainably grow. Furthermore, SEC
Chairman Voravidh Champeeratana also delivered the welcoming remarks to the
seminar, which was attended by over 300 participants from both the state and
private sectors in the capital market, on 7 December 2019 at Surasak Ballroom,
Eastin Grand Hotel Sathorn Bangkok.
SEC
Secretary-General Ruenvadee
Suwanmongkol said
that the seminar “SEC Capital Market
Symposium: Competitive, Accessible to the Public, and Sustainable” was with the objective to demonstrate the
benefits and potential of studies pertaining policies regarding the capital
market. This seminar was the first time that SEC prioritizes the promotion of
collaborations between academics and related parties from all sectors, and
showcased the strategy of SEC that realizes the significance of academic
studies and papers towards the effectiveness in policy-making.
Multiple honorable guest speakers from multiple sectors have
jointly presented their studies regarding capital market policies, such as,
“Development of Potential in Financial System of Thailand Towards Competition:
In Details” “The Roles of Generations and Demographics for Investment in the
Capital Market” and “Tax Incentives and Long-term Investment of the Thai
People”. They have also jointly participated in an open discussion under the
topic of “Creating Value for Studies, Building Potential of Thai Capital
Market, and Shifting Towards Sustainability”, to create and build a supporting
eco-system towards quality studies, which would increase the potential towards
competition, to make the capital market become more accessible to the public
and become a source of long-term investment for life after retirement, which
would lead to sustainable development.
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