Investors have 2 choices to invest in equity product either in The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) or Market for Alternative Investment (mai) depending in the listed companies' decision to list in any market.
Common Stock
Ordinary Shares The direct rewards for holding ordinary shares are dividend from the company's profit, capital gains and rights to buy the company's new shares when it decide to increase its registered capital.
Preferred Stock
Preferred Share are also equity instruments. The difference between a preferred share and an ordinary share is that the holder of preferred shares will be entitled to a share in the company's funds before ordinary shareholders do.
Warrant
Warrants. A warrant holder is entitled to buy a fixed amount of shares at a predetermined price and time. Warrants are issued in conjunction with a new share issue to induce investors to subscribe to the new shares.
Unit Trust
Unit Trusts are investment units in mutual funds issued by investment management companies.
Non - Voting Depositary Receipt : NVDR
Non-Voting Depository Receipt. An NVDR is a new trading instrument issued by Thai NVDR. It is a valid security as specified by SEC and is automatically regarded as a listed security by SET. By investing in NVDR, investors receive the same financial benefits as those who invest directly in a company's ordinary shares.
Depository Receipt : DR
Depository Receipt : DR is issued by Siam DR . By investing in DR, investors receive the same financial benefits as those who invest directly in a company's ordinary shares.
Derivative Warrants : DW
Derivative Warrants (DW) are financial instruments that the issuers give rights to the buyers to buy the underlying securities in the future at pre-determined price, quantity and period as specified by the issuers. A DW issuer is a third party, which is not related to the listed company issuing the
Terms and conditions of each issue of DW are specified by the issuer. All DW features are described in the terms such as exercise price (strike price), exercise style, conversion (exercise) ratio, corporate actions that will affect the terms e.g. adjustment to exercise price or conversion ratio, obligations of liquidity provider (market maker), etc.
Source: The Stock Exchange of Thailand (www.set.or.th)