Commentary on special events in Thailand and the SET Index.
Thiensurat Plc, which listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand last June under the symbol TSR, makes and distributes water purification systems to provide safe and clean water to households. Managing director Viruch Wongnirund discusses the company’s strategy and outlook. What is Thiensurat’s history? In 1976, our founder, Werawat Changyoo, was working for the Metropolitan […]
Read More →Forbes came out with the latest top 50 richest individuals in Thailand and whilst the list has not changed that much it’s always good to see newcomers and interesting to note they are from the automotive, renewable energy and industrial real estate. However it is worthwhile pointing out that Hopes of an infrastructure build-out boosted fortunes […]
Read More →There was an insightful op-ed in the BKK Post during the week comparing Thailand’s political drama to Shakespeare’s Hamlet, its quite the read and rather spot on, see below for some snippets and a link to the full article Our politics over the past 10 years has been one huge Shakespearean tragedy. A bitter feud […]
Read More →Byron Wien of Blackstone, just released his latest monthly paper and its a heck of a read. He covers his thoughts on how all the government spending may have influenced the equity markets in the US, Europe and Japan, its quite the read, enjoy the snippets below and a link to the rest of the […]
Read More →His latest paper is a discussion on the low interest rate environment and how he plans to navigate it going forward, it is quite the enjoyable read, here’s a snippet and link to the rest of the article. On the bond side, my famous (infamous?) “Short of a lifetime” trade on the German Bund market […]
Read More →Here are some comments from around the Web + my own at the bottom Thailand is the least preferred equity market in Southeast Asia given lofty valuations and ongoing political uncertainty, Morgan Stanley wrote in a report this week, predicting a possible 10 percent decline in the MSCI Thailand Index in dollar terms. The baht […]
Read More →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 […]
Read More →And yet people wonder why there are so many accidents…investment wise – insurance premiums to increase in the future? Source: Bangkok Post
Read More →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 […]
Read More →It’s that wonderful time of the year where the public can listen (or even stream online) to public companies present their business model, latest performance and so forth, there are some 100 companies this year, click the link below to see the whole schedule. https://www.set.or.th/set/oppdaybyperiod.do
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