Mr. Songpol Chivapanyaroj, Secretary-General of the Government Pension Fund (GPF), revealed that the GPF and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) signed a memorandum of understanding on promoting financial knowledge, investment, and promoting social and environmental sustainability to promote knowledge and understanding in finance, investment, and entrepreneurial skills for GPF members and the general public to plan their finances, manage debts, and invest. This is after working together for 7 years, linking the GPF SET e-Learning online courses, with courses selected to meet the needs of each group of members.
Dr. Soraphol Tulayasathien, Deputy Managing Director of the Stock Exchange of Thailand, said that the Stock Exchange of Thailand aims to build a foundation of basic financial literacy, which is a life skill necessary for people of all ages. The Stock Exchange of Thailand has therefore implemented projects to build financial planning life skills to be stable and ready to cope with the current financia
l situation, such as the ‘Happy Money, Happy Young Old, This Old (Also) Have It’ project to promote basic financial management knowledge.
The cooperation between SET and GPF will create knowledge and understanding and prepare GPF members to have strong financial skills. SET is ready to support and perform the duty of promoting learning about savings and systematic financial planning to the target group, leading to helping develop the country to grow sustainably.
Source: Thai News Agency