The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has developed a strategic business plan to attract foreign industries with operations in Thailand as well as family businesses to list on the Thai bourse, aiming to prop up market capitalisation. Speaking in an interview with the Bangkok Post , SET executives said investment trends have changed considerably, especially after the pandemic, driven by the rise of technology stocks while traditional businesses try to thrive in the digital age. The Thai market has been marred by trust and confidence issues related to small-cap stocks, causing significant fund outflows, said the officials.
The SET created more stringent measures to cope with naked short selling, program trading and high frequency trading (HFT) to make trading more transparent and allow all groups of investors to grow evenly. In addition, rules were passed to increase investor confidence, especially in program trading, scheduled for implementation in the third quarter as foreign investors are expected to return to Thai stocks in the second half this year, when the economy picks up to support the ongoing tourism recovery, said executives. INVESTOR INTEREST SET president Pakorn Peetathawatchai said although the size of the Thai stock market has greatly decreased, there are good signs from foreign investors, who expressed their intent to continuously invest in Thailand based on a recent SET roadshow to Hong Kong at the end of May.
"Foreign investors have continuously invested in Tha.
