Bualuang Securities, Best Securities Company of the Year 2561

Best Securities Company of the Year 2561
Best Securities Company of the year 2018

Overview of the development of the securities business in 2560 from the report The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Revealed that the overall development of the securities brokerage industry in the past year We are beginning to see a trend of doing business in ways other than providing normal securities brokerage services.

The main reason for this adjustment comes from the decrease in securities trading volume from the previous year. There is an increase in new business operators entering the competition. and the rate of securities trading fees (Commission Fee) that has continued to decrease. In 2560, the business characteristics that have clearly grown are as follows:

1) Providing services related to wealth creation for investors (Wealth Creation): Securities brokerage business operators had an increase in the volume of mutual fund unit trading services by 99,451 million baht, representing an increase of 25.6% compared to last year. previous and providing private fund management services, with the net asset value under management increasing by 3,257 million baht, or an increase of 21.5% from the previous year. Both types of services grow in line with the overall direction of the fund management business.

2) Providing foreign investment services (Foreign Investment Abroad) In 2560, the amount of requests for credit lines to bring investors to invest in foreign securities increased by 504 million USD. or an increase of 90% from the previous year. This reflects the desire of investors to diversify risk and create higher returns than investing within the country. This is in line with the guidelines for easing international capital flows of the Bank of Thailand, which has continuously expanded the limit for foreign investment through securities companies.

3) Offering for sale or providing services of complex products (Complex Product) which gives high returns and meets the needs of investors in a situation where basic products give low returns. In the past 3 years, the amount of offerings Sell ​​products such as Derivative Warrants, derivative bonds that reference individual stock prices. Equity-linked note and block trade on single stock futures have continued to grow both in terms of the number of service providers and the volume of offerings.

In addition, it was found that in the past year Brokerage business operators have increasingly used information technology to help investors place securities orders according to specified conditions (Conditional Order) and provide automatic securities trading services according to established strategies (Program Trading).4 This is in line with the direction of the widespread adoption of automated systems (Automated Systems) in capital markets around the world and continuous growth, such as Algorithmic Trading, etc.

Brokerage income in 60 decreased by 17%
elite Margin Loans grew by 22%

For the overall picture, the market share structure of the securities brokerage business remains stable. In 2560, the market share of the top 10 groups was at 48.55%, slightly decreased from the previous year at 49.17% in terms of operating results. and the overall financial position of the industry was found Brokerage income, which is the main income of the business, was 25,082 million baht, a decrease of 5,310 million baht or a decrease of 17%.

The reason that the performance of the securities brokerage business decreased in opposition to the Stock Exchange Index (SET Index) was due to the average daily trading volume of securities decreasing from the previous year. Including the rate of securities trading fees (Commission Fee) that has continued to decrease.

While maintaining stability, all securities companies were still able to maintain net liquid capital funds much higher than the minimum criteria. At the end of 2560, the industry's average net liquid capital level per client rose to 2,138 million baht, an increase of 0.6%, while the average net liquid capital ratio to general debts and assets required to be placed as collateral (Net Capital Ratio) decreased to 57%, but was at a level higher than the minimum level. The minimum set Net Capital Ratio is 7%.

Reporting data from Association of Thai Securities Companies or ASCO revealed that at the end of 2560, securities companies had a total of 587 branches, divided into 269 branches in Bangkok and surrounding areas, 318 branches in other provinces, while personnel are registered and perform duties in both Securities and Derivatives. There are 378 Analysts and 7,573 Investment Consultants.

The average commission rate for the entire industry in 2560 was 0.10%. For retail investors, the average fee was 0.13%, domestic institutional investors averaged 0.15%, and The average foreign investor rate is 0.06%.

Bualuang Securities wins the championship
Best Securities Company of the Year 2561

For the ranking of Best Securities Companies of the Year 2561 or Best Securities Company of the Year 2018 of the Finance and Banking Journal. It is a selection of the best securities companies with potential and ability to conduct business from the operating results in 2560 of licensed securities companies. Brokerage of all 42 securities companies, of which the best securities companies of the year 2561 are: Bualuang Securities Public Company Limited or BLS, member of the Stock Exchange of Thailand No. 1

Its overall performance is outstanding and it has the highest net profit in the industry at 1 million baht, while having total income of 928.81 million baht, reflecting the company's ability and potential in the midst of a business with Highly competitive

Bualuang Securities' brokerage business has a market share of securities trading volume of 4-5% over the past 5 years and has an average brokerage fee rate that is higher than the industry average. And the company's share of revenue in the securities brokerage business is continuously growing compared to the industry.

It is also a leader in the investment banking business. Its income from securities distribution combined with income from financial consulting over the past 3 years averages more than 300 million baht per year, which is ranked among the top 5 in the industry over the past 5 years.

As for the Proprietary Trading business of Bualuang Securities, there is little risk from securities price fluctuations because the company has limited investments. It is looking for arbitrage returns and protecting against risks from activities related to the issuance of derivative warrants only.

This is because Derivative Warrants are issued and is the number 1 DW issuer with the highest trading volume in the system. In 2560, Bualuang Securities issued a total of 445 DW series, accounting for 20.86% of the total DW amount. that are all traded on the stock exchange And there are 94 reference securities to choose from, accounting for 85.45% of the total number of reference securities traded on the stock exchange. At the same time, it is also the industry's first issuer of DW based on the SET100 index.

Promoting online investment innovation
Focus on developing high performance tools

In terms of products and services, what makes Bualuang Securities stand out comes from developing innovations to meet the needs of modern investors. By focusing on creating and developing investment innovations that can be used conveniently, quickly, and accurately through integrated online services as well. "Premium Investment Services” To help customers invest efficiently in every investment process.

The innovation services can be divided into Pre-Trade, a service to prepare before investing, Trade, a service to provide information for making real-time investment decisions, Post-Trade, a service that helps you collect information after investing. Complete with investment performance analysis

For Pre-Trade services to prepare before investing. There are outstanding investment tools including:

• Bualuang Connex Channels for accessing investment information such as Hot News, follow all news and important investment information, Privileges & Announcements, important announcements and special privileges for customers, Intelligent Assistant, an intelligent investment assistant that notifies every transaction, and Customer Service, chat to ask questions. and various services with customer service department
• Bualuang iChannel Application to send investment news information With analysis of market conditions and individual stocks Both picture and sound Analysis updated throughout the day. There is also real-time technical chart analysis and technical indicators.
• Bualuang iExcel Real-time Feed service to send data from SET, TFEX and BLS Research via the internet to Microsoft Excel, allowing investors to create investment tracking screens in their own format or choose ready-made templates to use immediately.

Trade service to make real-time investment decisions There are outstanding investment tools including:

• Bualuang iAlgo A system for sending automatic stock orders with a set of orders (Algorithmic Order) developed to allow users to define Or create conditions for sending various types of orders yourself. You can set the expiration period for order conditions for up to 90 days and enter up to 50 conditions or Algo Orders, eliminating the need to sit and monitor the market conditions yourself.

Post-Trade service that helps collect information after investing. Ready to analyze behavior or investment performance perfectly There are outstanding investment tools including:

• Bualuang iTracker Processing and reporting tools to reflect actual investment behavior It summarizes and separates investment performance to evaluate performance against the client's goals. and lead to finding ways to improve investment practices. To be a continuous learning process and create skills that will make investors successful in the future.
• Consolidated Portfolio Report An investment summary report that collects investments in one place, including stocks, derivatives, bonds, debentures, and investment units of various asset management companies. In every account with Bualuang Securities
• Bualuang iPoints Collecting points from investing to redeem premiums or transferring points to accumulate with Bangkok Bank Platinum credit cards.

On the DW business side, to reinforce its market leadership, Bualuang Securities has created innovations to make investing in DW easy by launching a Facebook fan page and Line Official under the name "DW01" to present information in the hands of investors. invest which comes with the service “Nong Bua Chatbot” that provides real-time DW information along with a table of DW01 trading prices 3 days in advance, can be easily accessed and saved for viewing.

In addition to outstanding products and services, Being a company in the Bangkok Bank Group also helps Bualuang Securities to grow strongly. Both in terms of leveraging Bangkok Bank branches as an important channel for expanding the retail customer base. This, together with relationships with large business customers of the banking group, gives the company an advantage in serving institutional customers. and help increase investment banking clients All of this is therefore a one-stop service according to the vision of creating financial stability that customers trust.

Academic Department, Finance and Banking Journal The criteria for consideration that are international standards have been used. This will reflect the overall efficiency of the securities company's business operations. Measured by 3 factors as follows: