Aviation: Nok shares to begin trading on Thursday; Bangkok Airways to float IPO shortly. Airlines are joining the trend of being listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in order to raise funds for business expansion. Nok Air, a low-cost carrier, and Bangkok Airways are the latest to pursue this option, while Asia Aviation (AAV), […]
Read More →Thailand Kittiratt hints at pledge ceiling price cut on heavy losses — The government is likely to cut the ceiling price for the rice pledging scheme following reports of potential heavy losses from the program for the previous three crops, Finance Minister Kittiratt Na Ranong sid yesterday. He hinted there is a possibility the pledging […]
Read More →This a great editorial from Jim O’Neill, the former head of Goldman Sachs Asset Mangement, the snippets below are what I found to be most interesting: A return to normality eventually implies a benchmark 10-year Treasury yield of 4 percent or more In recent years, the search for yield has gone wider and deeper. The resulting […]
Read More →Today the SET had a wunderbar rally up 4.42% or 62 pts, however the rest of the region, while up as well looked relatively muted. So remembering that this week trigger funds (local asset management firms love to sell mutual funds that say once the fund hits an x.x% return the monies will be returned […]
Read More →BBL: Maintains loan growth at 6% yoy in 2013. BBL expects GDP to grow 4% this year, lower than the earlier forecast of 5%. However, the bank still maintains its loan growth target at 6%, supported by resilient domestic demand, especially investment demand. According to the bank, it will be one of the major lenders […]
Read More →CPALL CPALL greenlights Siam Makro takeover — CPALL shareholders approved the Bt189bn acquisition of Siam Makro in the country’s biggest ever takeover. Some 87% of shareholders who attended the meeting yesterday voted for the proposal, more than the 75% required. (Bangkok Post, 13/06/13) Comment: No surprise here, great for CPALL as they need to Makro’s […]
Read More →Our favourite chartist queen, Ploy, has returned to grace us with her thoughts on the the markets, exchange rates and what it all means when put together. Enjoy the read! The question investors around the globe have been asking to themselves since May 22 when the Fed’s President mentioned in the congressional testimony of the […]
Read More →Oishi Green Tea: Launches in Malaysia. Oishi Group, the country’s leading ready-to-drink green tea producer, has started its drive to become a regional brand by 2017 by forging a distribution alliance with F&N Beverages Marketing Sdn Bhd in Malaysia. F&N Beverages, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fraser and Neave Ltd in Singapore, kicked off its distribution […]
Read More →ITD and LOXLEY: Likely to win water projects. The government is expected to announce the winners of the Bt350b water management contracts by end of this month. According to the press report, ITD Group (ITD Power China) may win its bid for five modules worth Bt110b. LOXLEY consortium will likely win one module worth Bt4b. […]
Read More →Wooo last week was fun! But it ended with an upbeat note with the SET gaining 1.75% on Friday, this week brokers have been commenting the whole morning that new trigger funds will support the market in the short term.
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