Thailand

The Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) has been operating since 2006 with a range of products including futures for the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) 50 Index, stock, gold, interest rates, currency and agriculture. The two most popular of these in terms of daily trading volume are SET50 Index and stock futures.

Since the emergence of financial technology ( fintech) in the early 2010s, various terms – such as Bitcoin, initial coin offering, blockchain and crowd-funding – have entered the vernacular. The trends and technologies these words represent have influenced nearly every aspect of the economy.

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index continued to rally in 2017 with positive returns of 13.7% after reaching 19.8% in 2016. This largely came from broad-based global economic recovery, which boosted petrochemicals, transport, tourism and energy. Meanwhile, the pickup in domestic demand supported the automotive, property and commerce...

Bolstered by improved political stability, positive growth and consumption outlooks, and rising investor confidence, market capitalisation in Thailand rose to pre-1997-98 Asian financial crisis levels for the first time in early 2018 as the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index hit an all-time high in January.

While advanced economies generate the vast majority of insurance and reinsurance business, emerging markets are posting higher rates of growth. Complementing this underlying trend is a strong and expanding interest in catastrophic risk, which by nature tends to pertain to emerging markets. This is coming alongside fast-paced, sector-...

Steadily improving macroeconomic growth and shifting demographics are creating favourable conditions for the expansion of Thailand’s insurance industry, with reforms aimed at boosting foreign participation supporting a bright outlook for the remainder of 2018. The life insurance segment continues to dominate the country’s insurance landscape,...