BKI said long Covid may have an ongoing cost impact on the Thai insurance industry as it could increase the value of claims. Comment: With less competition there comes higher prices BGRIM CODed 140mw BGRIM Laem Chabang 1 (BPLC1R) pp, 30mw power sells to authority (EGAT) under 25yrs PPA, remained capacity & steam sell to […]
Read More →AOT: Israel carrier, El Al, requests Saudi Arabia authority to fly over its airspace to TH to reduce flight time to 8.5 hours from current 11 hours. CCET booked Bt13.1b sales in June, boosting 6M22 to Bt76.7b, +35% yoy, supported by continued demand for electronic devices. Comment: Oh, what slowdown? EGCO: Nam Theun 1 dam […]
Read More →At these levels one could argue the SET looks appealing, trading at near BV – yes yes I know I know, the new economy doesn’t need assets in order to do business, but at the end of the market it is a market metric that (I believe) holds in this part of the world – […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 44 mn N/a Sell(s) THB 998 mn JMART & GUNKUL – In reality this is a share swap between the two owners. So now they’re both fully vested in one another performing well.
Read More →Telecom chess match tightens: AIS acquisition of Triple T Broadband puts more pressure on the regulator as it decides on True-DTAC merger, with the sector becoming a duopoly. Last week’s announcement by Advanced Info Service (AIS) on its proposal to acquire fixed broadband provider Triple T Broadband (TTTBB) is expected to complicate the telecom regulator’s […]
Read More →CK wins Bt1.078b expressway maintenance contract from BEM. CHO sees solid 2Q, supported by Bt1,496m backlog, on track for M&A in the US, Eon Reality Inc, an operator in Metaverse, as part of CHO Tech Riders 2030 plan. COM7’s appointed a service and solutions distributor for Alibaba Cloud for integrate cloud services in Thailand. III […]
Read More →BCH up hospitel capacity to accommodate rising virus cases after long holidays. Comment: Lots of unregistered “positive” cases throughout my network at the moment. Obviously not shown in the figures, and by now you’ll know my viewpoint is that I just don’t care about this. I hope that most people don’t care either. KBANK in […]
Read More →BGRIM performed foundation stone laying for its Bgrim Power Angthong 2 and 3, 280MW combined worth Bt12b, CODed late next year and Bt5-6b revenue per year. Comment: Screwed on margins for the rest of this year until the government can start charging the nation higher costs for electricity. KBANK’s announced a Bt100b strategic program aimed […]
Read More →Last week’s announcement by ADVANC on its proposal to acquire fixed broadband provider Triple T Broadband (TTTBB) is expected to complicate the telecom regulator’s decision on the fate of the merger between TRUE and DTAC, with the sector becoming a duopoly. Comment: It’s not complicated, its very straightforward, the next decade will see great cashflows […]
Read More →And my fear for my commodity names ended up being correct, and I think great buying ops. Despite all this rhetoric about the end of the world and demand destruction, I just don’t see it being the case (for now – still a low a probability event) The SET and most of the region (excl […]
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