Thai bourse, BMA, 9 banks to hold “Bangkok Savings & Investment Fest 2014”

Stocks News Friday October 31, 2014 17:26 —PRESS RELEASE LOCAL

Bangkok--31 Oct--SET The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has joined hands with Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and nine Thai commercial banks to organize “Bangkok Savings & Investment Fest 2014” project in November, encouraging Bangkokians to map out financial planning through savings and investment. SET and partners will run this campaign to promote financial literacy and lay solid financial planning ground. It aims to pave the way for an enhanced Thai economy in coping with aging society efficiently in the coming years. SET President Kesara Manchusree said recent research studies showed that most Thais didn’t cultivate savings habit in daily life. It was not their priority. As a result, they did not save enough to live comfortably in their post-retirement years. As Thailand is currently stepping into the aging society, It is vital for everyone to come up with financial planning roadmap for a brighter future. To help accelerate savings and investment habits, all parties under the Banker-to-Broker project, a campaign to invest via banking channel, have placed importance in alerting and boosting savings skills via prudent investment in proper financial instruments. “SET and nine leading banks with 192 bank branches, have jointly collaborated in this campaign to provide savings education and investment know-how to residents and working people in downtown Bangkok area covering Pratunam, Rama I, Ratchaprasong, Asoke and Silom. In addition, BMA and its 17 family savings management centers will initiate services and activities involving the savings concept during the whole month of November. This will motivate Bangkokians to hurry up in doing financial planning, building wealth for financial security in a sustainable way,” Kesara added. BMA Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said BMA has encouraged Bangkokians to help build Bangkok to become “the city of happiness” by adapting His Majesty King’s Bhumibol’s Sufficiency Economy philosophy to lead our everyday life, with disciplines in money spending, economizing and knowing channels to increase savings. Along with this simple and smart concept, we should practice self-sufficient living, build financial foundation and security for ourselves, family, society, community and the country’s economy as a whole. If we are self-contented, then reach out in sharing and giving to each other, we will be happy and it’s the happiness that counts. The leading nine commercial banks joining “Bangkok Savings & Investment Fest 2014” are Bangkok Bank, Krung Thai Bank, Bank of Ayudhya, Kasikornbank, Kiatnakin Bank, CIMB Thai Bank, Tisco Bank, Siam Commercial Bank, and Thanachart Bank. The banks’ teams will give advice, financial planning know-how, and wealth management to customers via varieties of products, inclusive of mutual funds, securities and savings selections throughout November. For more information, please visit www.set.or.th/bkkinvestmentfest or contact S-E-T Call Center 0-2229-2222. For more information, please visit www.set.or.th . Members of the media should contact the Public Relations Unit, Corporate Communications Dept.: Arada Kultawanich, tel: +66 (0) 2229 2796/ Kanokwan Khemmalai, tel: +66 (0) 2229 2048.

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