SET and FETCO Roadshow in New York and London Meets 43 Funds with $48 Trillion in AUM

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The Stock Exchange of Thailand and the Thai Capital Market Business Council, known as FETCO, took part in roadshow activities in New York in the United States and London in the United Kingdom from September 22 to 25, 2026, as part of the mission of Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul in attending the 81st regular session of the United Nations General Assembly, or UNGA81. Leading global institutional investors from 43 funds, representing assets under management, or AUM, of more than 48 trillion US dollars, attended to hear information and pose questions in direct exchanges of views with the country's leader. Asadej Kongsiri, a board member and manager of the Stock Exchange of Thailand, disclosed that in New York, investors placed the greatest weight on Thailand's neutral stance amid geopolitical volatility and saw it as an opportunity rather than a risk. Investors were also watching the Middle East situation, which could pressure energy prices and Thailand's economic growth, and the prime minister addressed this concern with a plan to reduce reliance on imported energy through a transition to renewable energy and investment in smart power grids, while highlighting the JUMP+ and BOI to IPO programs as mechanisms to draw New Economy businesses into the Thai capital market. In London, British institutional investors gave top priority to political stability, followed by the momentum of a new investment cycle, as reflected in the record-high number of applications for promotion from the BOI. Paiboon Nalinthrangkurn, chairman of the Thai Capital Market Business Council, or FETCO, said that since the start of 2026, foreign capital had begun flowing back into the Thai stock market by about 1.5 billion US dollars, or 10 percent of the more than 15 billion US dollars that flowed out over the past three years. As for the details of the roadshow, in New York, cooperation came from the partner Bank of America, National Association, in inviting foreign institutional investors. The group meetings involved 22 leading funds, such as BlackRock, Blackstone, Citadel, Fidelity and Schroders, with combined AUM of about 45 trillion US dollars, and two one-on-one meetings were held with Pacific Investment Management Company, or PIMCO, and Brookfield. Leading organizations Microsoft and Google also held discussions with the prime minister. In addition, Jefferies, a leading US investment bank and a partner of the Stock Exchange of Thailand, brought 15 leading funds with combined AUM of about 1.7 trillion US dollars to hear information directly from the prime minister. In London, the event was held together with UBS, and the institutional investors who attended to hear the information were top-level executives from eight funds, such as BlackRock and Schroders, with combined AUM of about 16.5 trillion US dollars. On the same occasion, the Stock Exchange of Thailand signed a memorandum of understanding with the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, on a framework for cooperation on dual listing of securities on both markets, the development of products such as exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, market and index product data, ESG products and services, as well as the exchange of information and knowledge between the two. The prime minister witnessed the signing and also joined the ringing of the bell to open trading at the NYSE to promote Thailand's potential and readiness before global investors. The number of funds and the AUM figures do not double-count funds that met the delegation in both New York and London.

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