BCH Rating affirmed — TRIS Rating affirms the company rating of Bangkok Chain Hospital PLC (BCH) at “Aâ€â€. At the same time, TRIS Rating assigns a rating of “Aâ€â€œ to BCH’s proposed issue of up to Bt1.8bn in senior debentures. (TRIS Rating, 10/01/13) BTS Infrastructure fund unrelated to disputed BTS contract, BTS says — BTS […]
Read More →Applications for Board of Investment (BoI) privileges in 2012 topped 1.46 trillion baht, the highest ever, Industry Minister Prasert Boonchaisuk said on Thursday. The number of projects rose from 2011 by 29.7%, while investment worth was up 131%. These investment projects would create an estimated 348,866 jobs, the minister said. Â Source: Bangkok Post Booyah! This […]
Read More →Want to know know why there has been massive volume in the market over the past week? Temasek Holdings Pte and its partners sold 20.9 billion baht ($687 million) of Shin Corp. (INTUCH) shares, paring its stake in the company that controls the biggest Thai mobile-phone operator. Singapore’s state-owned investment company and its partners in […]
Read More →EARTH 2012 revenue poised to hit Bt10bn —2012 revenue may reach Bt10bn and it is confident that 2013 will continue to show growth with revenue growth of 40-50% and a gross margin of up to 20%. The coal mine in Myanmar will begin operations in 1Q13. (Khao Hoon, 10/01/13) Comment: Remarkable turnaroud for this company […]
Read More →BBL BBL funds CTH with Bt4-bn loan deal, expects strong growth in lending demand from fast-developing sector — Bangkok Bank, which yesterday signed a Bt14bn loan agreement with Cable Thai Holding (CTH), is confident that lending demand from the cable- and satellite-television sector will now begin to flourish due to the development of broadband services. […]
Read More →Lovely op-ed from Soros regarding Europe and the Euro issue today, see below for more By creating the European Central Bank, the member states exposed their own government bonds to the risk of default. Developed countries that issue bonds in their own currency never default, because they can always print money. Their currency may depreciate, […]
Read More →Foreign investment fund flow led the markets higher with the property sector starting things off with a gangbuster move of 4% in the first week of trading. Going forward we have the MPC meeting, tha thai cabinet deciding upon the contracct signging for the Red Line project and a possibility of the ECB cutting rates. […]
Read More →BEAUTY - Expects 2013 revenue growth of 20% — BEAUTY expects 2013 revenue to grow 20%YoY with gross margin of 70–71%. The company plans to invest Bt250mn to expand to 180 stores. It also plans to sell franchises in Laos and Vietnam, expecting to conclude this 1Q13. (Khao Hoon, 08/01/2013) Comment: Great margins, this co is […]
Read More →Saw this on a paper from SocGen. Global markets have been on a roll since 2009 with essentially unlimited liquidity from the central banks around the world and for the first time last week, Bernanke hinted towards an end of QE3. I believe the below quote summarises the key outcomes best. “Â WHEN WILL THE FED […]
Read More →Notable Transactions: Buy(s): THB 69 mn SIRI – Same story as for the past 6 months here VIBHA – There must be a story here as the same two individuals switched out of CMR into VIBHA Sell(s): THB 36 mn CMR – See above
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