Mr Pakorn shares his views throughout an special interview with the Bangkok Post. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb) Investment this year is laden with threats. A number of elements, consistingof increasing interest rates, high inflation, an financial downturn and most justrecently the banking crisis in the UnitedStates and Europe, haveactually affected financialinvestment belief in stock markets consideringthat the start of2023 The Bangkok Post talked to Pakorn Peetathawatchai, president of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), about his views on how the Thai stock market has coped with volatilities triggered by the worldwide financial downturn and the banking fiasco in the West. How can Thai bourses manage international obstacles and high market volatility? Information disclosure is the secret. The SET has attempted to communicate any details associated to self-confidence in the stock market in a prompt way so that financiers can absorb the info to make financialinvestment choices. We cannot anticipate the instructions of the stock market as anumberof elements affect market belief. I suggest financiers diversify their financialinvestments throughout different items and markets to cope with market volatility and international financial unpredictabilities. The SET is preparation to boost financialinvestment items to serve financier need. As interest rates are on an up pattern, the expense of loaning is greater. Yet the stock market stays a location for business to raise funds. Smaller business can choose for LiVE Exchange, our fundraising platform for little and medium-sized business and start-ups. Bigger business can select the Market for Alternative Investment or the SET. The SET ready tools to helpwith financiers utilizing online systems, consistingof an electronic payment system, shared e-trading, online trading, e-open account services and a customer confirmation system. In addition, the SET is preparing to start digital token trading through the Thai Digital Assets Exchange (TDX). Trading on the TDX is arranged to start in the 3rd quarter for financialinvestment and energy tokens. The federalgovernment justrecently concurred to waive withholding tax and value-added tax for digital token issuance, consistingof financialinvestment tokens and energy tokens. Digital token fundraising or preliminary coin offerings (ICOs) can be assistedin through an preliminary public offering (IPO) website business and needto be authorized by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to the SEC, 125 billion baht worth of digital token ICOs are in the pi
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