Thailand Economy will expand by 4.7%: Prayut – Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha expects the economy to expand by 3.7 to 4.7 per cent next year, when the government starts spending the Bt2.72-trillion budget earmarked for the 2016 fiscal year. (The Nation, 22/5/15) Baht to remain volatile for now, BOT warns – The Baht will […]

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AKR 2Q15 earnings expected to outperform. AKR will sign a contract for an electric transformer project worth Bt100mn with EGAT next week. The company is preparing for upcoming bids, expecting to win 10-15% of the Bt4bn up for bids. It plans to invest Bt1.2bn in a solar power plant. (Thun Hoon, 22/05/15) Comment: Perhaps with […]

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TPCH taps into bright future for biomass power TPC Power Holding Plc (TPCH), which listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in January, is the country’s largest biomass power plant company. President Cherdsak Wattanavijitkul discusses the company’s strategy and outlook. What is the history of TPCH? TPC Power Holding began as the business development subsidiary […]

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It isn’t a secret that Thailand hasn’t really invested in its own infrastructure since before the Asian Financial Crisis, granted we have had the creation of the skytrain, subway and airport, but these were all Bangkok-specific and not throughout the whole country. Investment made up about a fifth of total spending in fiscal years 2002 through […]

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ANAN ANAN JV Mitsui Fudosan will launch five property projects worth Bt19bn. It plans to introduce twelve projects worth Bt30bn this year. (Khao Hoon, 21/05/15) Comment: Should the property projects be successfully sold then it ANAN will have a solid 2018. BJCHI Backlog Bt7.5bn and expected to increase gradually. BJCHI is preparing to bid for […]

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AMATA MD says AMATA is preparing to set up REITs. The REITs will pool 88 industrial plants in AMATA Nakorn Chonburi and AMATA City Rayong. (Khao Hoon, 20/05/15) Comment: The main reasons to have any shares in AMATA at this point are because of its REIT and Amata Vietnam listing. CHO CHO expects to win […]

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AQ AQ reported 1Q15 earnings of Bt37.3mn (+378% YoY) from 1Q14’s Bt7.8mn. Management says performance will turn around this year. It will launch nine projects: single house, townhouse, and condominiums, with total value of over Bt8bn. It expects sales of Bt2.5bn. (Thun Hoon, 19/05/15) Comment: AQ’s stock price has already valued in all of its […]

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