Finance Minister Dr. Thanong Bidaya will lead the public and private sector delegation, which includes Fiscal Policy Office, Public Debt Management Office, State Enterprise Policy Office, Board of Investment, Small Business Credit Guarantee Corporation, Government Housing Bank, and ten listed companies. SET, Phatra Securities PCL and Merril Lynch are co-organizers of the road show.
“SET will be presenting information about the second Thai Capital Market Master Plan, enabling Singapore investors and businessmen to not only learn more about the Exchange’s plans and vision, but also that we are a sophisticated market covering a range of products, such as equity debt and derivatives. We will also introduce our next product - interest rate futures,” said Ms. Patareeya.
Major industries, such as banking, transportation & logistics, media and publishing, energy & utilities, and property development, representing 25% of total market capitalization, are participating in the road show. This will allow a free exchange of information between participating foreign institutional investors and Thai industry representatives, as exemplified by the number of one-on-one meetings already booked .
The specific Thai listed companies joining Singapore road show are Airports of Thailand, Asian Property Development, Bangkok Bank, Electricity Generating, Krung Thai Bank, MCOT, Preuksa Real Estate, PTT, Thai Airways International, and TMB Bank, while Singapore businessmen and investors come from 32 major institutions.