Maybank Securities - Company Profile

About Us

Maybank Securities (Thailand) Public Company Limited is a leading securities company holding the highest market share for 16 consecutive years from 2002-2017 and remains a leading securities company today. The Company has been in business for more than 31 years and provides services in retail and institutional securities broking, derivatives, mutual fund, debt capital markets, investment management services, offshore investment, investment banking and research. The Company provides 29 branches both in Bangkok and upcountry with 500 investment consultants.

The Company has 4 types of securities business licenses from the Ministry of Finance, namely securities brokerage business, securities trading, underwriting and investment advisory.In addition, the Company has also received a financial advisory license, securities borrowing and lending and a license to operate a business as a derivatives broker from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is a member of Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) and Thailand Clearing House Company Limited. We are able to provide complete investment services to our clients.

Maybank Securities is the fully-owned investment banking arm of Maybank, one of Asia’s leading banking groups and South East Asia’s fourth largest bank by assets. Maybank has been in business for 60 years, with a network of 2,400 branches in 20 countries in key economic countries, such as Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, etc. Maybank was named as one of the World’s Best Banks for 2020 by Global Finance and has strong financial stability, focusing on corporate finance, retail large corporate clients and has expertise in investment banking which will support the Company's business as well. A leader in many of the Asian markets that it operates in, Maybank Securities has won numerous prestigious awards in the markets that it serves.

Our Milestone

1990	Nithipat Capital Co.,Ltd. (NICS) was established on 15 October 1990.
1994	Authorised by the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) to become a member company of the SET – "Broker number 42" – enabling it to operate as a broker transacting securities on the SET. The Company was a founding member of the Bond Market Association (now the Thai Bond Dealing Centre), which began trading fixed income securities (principally debentures) in November.
1997	The financial crisis started in Thailand with the devaluation of the Baht in early July. The government finally ordered a total of 56 financial firms to close down in December. NICS was one of 27 surviving member brokerage houses listed on the SET.
1998	Kim Eng Holdings Limited of Singapore made a successful bid, through processes organised by the Thai Financial Restructuring Authority (FRA), to win total control of NICS.
2001	Kim Eng Holdings Limited entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Yuanta Securities Asia Financial Services Limited, acquiring 77.73% of Yuanta Securities’ subsidiary in Thailand, Yuanta (Thailand) Co., Ltd. and Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) Co., Ltd restarted its investment banking business by setting up teams dedicated to equity and debt capital markets and M&A and privatisation advisory services.
2002	The newly merged entity, Kim Eng Securities (Thailand), became the largest securities brokerage house in Thailand. On October 17, it became a public company and was named Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) Public Company Limited (KEST).
2003	Launched research broadcasting and a research database on KELive.com, the group's regional research-based website, and KETrade, its online trading platform. KEST was listed on the SET on 3 December and was included as a stock in the MSCI Index and SET 50 Index.
2004	KELive TV, the first live Thai brokerage Internet TV channel, was launched for investors to access research broadcasts.
2005	Received Derivatives Agent Licence from the Securities Exchange Commission and Securities Borrowing and Lending Licence from Ministry of Finance on 17 Aug and 26 Dec respectively.
2008	Launched Securities Borrowing and Lending (SBL) business.
2009	Launched Gold Futures.
2010	Launched the first four issuances of derivatives warrants on SET.
2011	Maybank Group expanded its Regional Investment Banking platform via the acquisition of a strategic stake in Kim Eng. Through its wholly owned subsidiary Maybank IB Holdings Sdn Bhd, Maybank Group acquired all the ordinary shares of Kim Eng Holdings Limited, becoming the major shareholder.
2012	Fitch Ratings (Thailand) upgraded MBKET National Long-Term Rating to 'AA(tha)' from 'AA-(tha)' and affirmed MBKET’s National Short-Term Rating at 'F1+(tha)' as of 31 August 2012. The credit rating upgrade reflects the benefits from MBKET’s integration with Maybank Group.
2018	Fitch Ratings (Thailand) upgraded MBKET National Long-Term Rating to 'AA+(tha), same rank as 4 major Thai commercial banks, and affirmed MBKET’s National Short-Term Rating at 'F1+(tha)' as of May 2, 2018.