ThaiCapitalist Commentary
Thailand Corruption at lowest level in 5 years : survey – The corruption situation index improved to 49 points last month from 46 in June. Perceived corruption has hit the lowest level in five years, thanks to greater awareness of the problem and scrutiny by society, according to a survey by the university and the […]
Read More →AI AI confident that net profit this year will grow by 200% driven by strong performance from subsidiary AIE and AI’s earlier investments that are expected to help lower costs by 20%. Revenue this year is expected to hit its target of Bt9bn. (Kao Hoon, 23/01/15) Comment: These are impressive numbers come out of AI, […]
Read More →The impeachment case against Yingluck, 47, who was removed from office by a court ruling days before a May putsch, is ostensibly about her handling of an allegedly graft-riddled government rice purchasing program, yet has more to do with a decade-long vendetta aimed at erasing her family’s influence from politics after victories in every national […]
Read More →AOT AoT board approves Bt48bn for airport revamp projects – The Airports of Thailand’s (AoT) board has approved a Bt47.9bn budget to build a new terminal and a new runway at Suvarnabhumi airport to ease congestion. (Kao Hoon, 22/01/15) Comment: AOT’s latest passenger numbers have come out and Bangkok is performing horribly while the rest […]
Read More →Just announced this evening, BMCL and BECL will be merging. The basic deal structure is as follows: 1 existing share in the Company to 0.42050530 shares in MergedCo 1 existing share in BECL to 8.65537841 shares in MergedCo The deal is expected to be completed by 3Q15 My quick thoughts: Great move by CK, BECL […]
Read More →I’ve been reading Barry Ritholtz’s writings for the past 7 years and have always enjoyed his insights, this latest post in The Washington Post struck a chord for me. After being in the industry for 10 years, the first 6 years I was spewing forecasts left right and center (like every new dumb kid in […]
Read More →AKR Solar license soon — AKR’s management said that the state should decide on the licensing of the total 800MW of solar license sometime in February-March. It expects to receive license for 20-30MW, which should help profit. (Thun Hoon, 21/01/15) AMATA AMATA sees good 2015 ahead as it expects to book Bt4bn in revenue from […]
Read More →The facts: In 2014 Thailand exported 10.8 million tonnes of rice, an increase of +63.6% from 2013 Global rice trade is expected to hit 41.9 mn tonnes this year (last year was 41.88 mn) World’s rice consumption is 483 mn tonnes Questions from this Can you imagine how poorly the previous government managed the rice […]
Read More →CRANE CRANE expects revenue growth of no less than 20% in 2015 supported by the good outlook for the crane market brought by the planned mega projects, raising demand for cranes. It plans to invest Bt100mn to buy a new crane with a total capacity of 600 tons. It will receive two 250-ton cranes sometime […]
Read More →AOT New entity for duty-free – perhaps. The Minister of Transportation met with management of Korea’s Lotte, which wants to run a duty free business at Thailand’s airports and in towns. The Thai government is promoting fair competition in the duty-free business, but has to study conditions with King Power Duty Co., who has the […]
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