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      The Thai Bond Market Association (ThaiBMA) is a securities business related association under the Securities and Exchange Commission Act B.E. 2535. Its main purposes are to be a self-regulatory organization (SRO) for a fair and efficient operation of the bond market and to be an information center for the Thai bond market. ThaiBMA has played functional roles in four main areas namely:

     

1. Market development

2. Market convention and standard

3. Market facilities

4. Market information

 
Background

Although the ThaiBMA was granted a securities business related association and SRO status from the SEC in September 2005, its foundation has started for more than a decade. The first stage of its operation was in November 1994, when it was set up as the Bond Dealers Club (BDC) under the Association of Securities Companies. The BDC played roles as the first and only organized secondary market for bonds and it introduced an electronic bond trading system called ‘Bondnet” for the first time in the history of the Thai bond market. After 3 years of its successful operation, BDC changed its legal status to be in line with its membership structure and to support a more expansive bond market. So it was restructured as the Bond Exchange under the SEC Act and renamed as the Thai Bond Dealing Centre (Thai BDC) in April 1998. The primary roles of the Thai BDC are to facilitate the operation of the secondary market for bond trading and to be a forum for discussing issues on bond market development. One of its missions is to move towards a full self regulatory organization (SRO) to oversee the orderly function of the bond market.

ThaiBDC had continuously expanded its functions and had taken active roles in various area of bond market development. In December 2004, the Bond Market Development Committee chaired by the Finance Minister initiated a major reform of the Thai bond market. One of the measures was to centralize the trading platform at the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) while ThaiBDC would remain and expand its functions as the SRO and information center for the bond market. Under this policy, ThaiBDC has sold its newly developed electronic trading platform to the SET in 2005. And to reiterate its focus on SRO functions and information center, ThaiBDC with the support from SEC has changed its status and was granted the license of a securities related association under the SEC Act named as “The Thai Bond Market Association (ThaiBMA)” on September 8, 2005 .

      

Apart from ThaiBMA’s major roles and functions as above mentioned, we also provide a set of financial tools named “iTools” that service for all practitioners in finance, finance-related and other industries to enhance their working performance and efficiency. These are as follows;

 
iBond (Intelligent Bond Solution): A full coverage of Thai bond market information that comprises of the fundamental and key stakes of Thai bond data and development i.e. Bond Features, Yield Curves, Bond Indices, Quotations and Bond Closing Prices, Trading Statistics, Calculation, Reference Prices and Rates, Mark-to-Market Pages and much more. It is available via www.thaibma.or.th since 1999 and there are 1 package based on clients’ need as follows’
 

- iBond Package1: the most comprehensive, wide range and in-depth of bond information covers much valuable features that help subscribers to manage their trading activities and investment portfolios efficiently.

 
 

For more information

About iBond, please contact us or visit www.ibond.thaibma.or.th
iRisk (An intelligent Tool for Risk Management): The first web-based application for Thai capital market that provides the comprehensive financial risk measurement and combines methodologies, advanced techniques and modern know-how into one solution, serving all users as a professional tool. ThaiBMA has strong intention to develop the State-of-Art web-based application that helps all practitioners and regulators to capture financial risks such as market or credit risks efficiently. In particular, they can handle a wide range of asset sophistication and innovatively financial instruments with high confidence. iRisk has been developed by integration of various sophisticated know-how comprised of Econometrics, Financial Engineering, Advanced Mathematics and Statistics including modern IT technologies that give the most confident to all users for its quality and performance.
      Besides market and credit risks, we also provide Consulting Services and Financial/ Risk Management Training for all practitioners who are in all kinds of business as well.
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