ThaiCapitalist Commentary
On the 13th January, MC Group (ticker: MC)Â announced two new major shareholders, both are well known long-term investment group, Lombard through its investment vehicle, Mindo Asia Investment Ltd and NTAsian Discovery Fund. So what? Well both groups are run by smart fellows, Lombard is well-known within Thailand for its holdings in Ticon, CPN, AS, SAT, […]
Read More →This happened 2 weeks ago as well as a few other deals that I’m just getting around to writing about, the details are as follows: Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) sold a 60.9% stake of Siam Commercial Samaggi Insurance (SCSMG) The value of the transaction is USD 185 mn at THB 27.60/share and SCB is expected […]
Read More →While we applaud the fact that the SEC does take action against insider trading, but 7 years later? Really? And only a fine of THB 27 mn despite the fact this is an egregious action against public investors. Anyways at least we know this is another company to put on the blacklist for investing in […]
Read More →Thailand EC head offers solution on FB — The head of the EC wrote on his Facebook account that there might be a solution to the current rice scheme problems, but the solution will have to wait until at least the 21st of this month before any action can take place. Rice farmers are angry […]
Read More →There’s been confusion amongst a lot of us about what on earth the State of Emergency means this time around. When the previous SoE was declared during the red-shirt riots, we had curfews and demonstrations were banned and the government and military enforced them. This time around these are the 5 measures for the State of […]
Read More →HEMRAJ HEMRAJ aims land sales of 1,600 rai and invest Bt6bn in 2014. It will launch the 7th industrial park, Hemaraj Chonburi 2, in 4Q14. It views the political situation as an opportunity to buy cheap land. (Khao Hoon, 24/1/14) Comment: Still the best company around, if the stock price drops enough as a function […]
Read More →This is a question we get posed every year regarding our thoughts on the economy, the markets, which sectors are good/bad etc etc and while we make the necessary presentations with pretty powerpoint slides and insightful graphs, after being in this business for the past 8 years the best answer I can give is I don’t […]
Read More →CPN CPN invests Bt50mn in “CPN the Great Chinese New Year 2014†campaign. It hopes to stimulate consumption and aims shoppers growing 10-20%. (Khao Hoon, 23/1/14) Comment: This company has grown with Thailand’s upcountry growth in the past few years, I can’t really believe rumours that they are supporting the protests at all. GLAND GLAND […]
Read More →The clever fellow that is Vincent Fernando over @ Religare put out his latest paper tracking ASEAN earnings, he states that “Thai 2014 earnings have been cut 6.1% over the last 6 months, but further cuts are likely. It appears as if 2014 numbers have yet to be cut in response to the worsening political […]
Read More →Last month Toyota said that they would be investing more into Indonesia for certain models, this despite an awful infrastructure system, and now Malaysia is looking for more investments from the auto sector as well. So will Thailand see less investment going forward? What impact will this have on SAT, TRU, STANLY and IHL on […]
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