The year 2014 will also "be very different from last year because foreign economies will be more stable and the US Fed Reserve's tapering of quantitative easing will only have a minimal impact on the global market because investors factored it in four to five months ago", Pattera Dilokrungthirapop, director of the Association of Securities Companies, said yesterday.
Asco predicts stiffer competition this year with the addition of four brokerages.
They also revealed a plan to lower investment in preparation for the restructuring of the stock-exchange system.