I had begun creating this index since my role as an analyst at an investment management boutique firm here in Thailand, back in 2006, demonstrating how small & mid caps (SMCs) absolutely destroy large caps over time. What we wanted to prove was that year in year out, SMC’s would constantly outperform (albeit they didn’t […]

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Goldman Sach’s Jim O’Neil latest paper last week had a fantastic stat: “Despite this, my main message is – once again – to please keep this in perspective. Greece’s economy is somewhere between $300 to $350 bn. Last year alone, China’s GDP increased by $1.4 trillion, to $7.3 trillion. I reckon that means China has created […]

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Earlier today the local media report that the Ministry of Finance, Bank of Thailand and the Thai Bankers Association agreed to increased the Financial Institutions Development Fund fees from 0.4% to 0.47% for deposits (0.46% to fund FIDF debt and 0.01% to the Deposit Protection Agency). These new rates are expected to be implemented by […]

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Over at my friend’s Ake’s website, www.chartingthailandeconomy.com, he put up a little graph showing a big downward revision for 2011 growth. Well look, the post-flood recovery progress begun in December 2011 with factories and industrial estates restarting and the government’s plan for rehabilitation (including the THB 350 bn flood reconstruction and water management plan) won’t […]

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I’ve just been elected to the Board of LV Technology Plc (source: The Stock Exchange of Thailand : News Detail http://bit.ly/wikIqe) and I feel truly honoured. In my short career I’ve been lucky enough to analyse businesses, financial re-structurings, invest publicly, invest privately, manage a company of 400 employees, sit on the board of a private […]

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