Commentary on special events in Thailand and the SET Index.
The clever research folks of VOX, put out a brief paper analysing the relationship between government popularity and financial crises, not too surprisingly, emerging markets generally have a crash post incredibly popular governments, its a interesting good read, see below for more, enjoy. Our main finding is that ‘political booms’, defined as an increase in […]
Read More →What happened TUF bought King Oscar AS, Norway off a PE fund (The Private Equity Fund Procuritas Capital Investor IV); the deal is expected to be closed by 4Q14;Â Deal size: Not yet announced. TUF bought a 100% stake in MerAlliance, #4 in the smoked salmon market in Europe on the 5th September, deal to be […]
Read More →Last weekend’s Economist poised the question that is on some people’s minds, how long does the military want to stay in charge for? The junta’s moral underpinning is a brand of puritanical paternalism. A clean-up is in full swing intended to purge the informal economy of unregistered labour, smuggling, prostitution, gambling and drug-dealing. There is […]
Read More →What happened? AP announced that it would pay a stock dividend of 10:1 plus a cash divvy of THB 0.02/share, the last time it had paid a stock dividend was on the 4th May 2011 EPS Dilution = 9.1% Now why would companies want to pay out a stock divvy? Personally I don’t care much […]
Read More →Firstly, this rumour has been in the market here ever since I begun working in Thailand in ’04. So obviously any time I hear (or read) that MOF will sell it’s stake in TMB my bullshit radar goes off. The MOF legally cannot sell below THB 3.80 per share TMB is still a POS performance […]
Read More →This time I’m on the road throughout Europe with meetings here and there but basically taking time to sit back and catch up on reading, hence why posts may be sporadic for the next week.
Read More →So the artificial floor in the market will be gone, fun times ahead in 2 years from now. Now Asset Management firms will have to focus on actually performing well, and the next thought that comes to mind is, what will the government do in terms of personal income taxes? The Finance Ministry will not […]
Read More →The Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) disclosed the details of the funding sources for the THB 2.4 trn infrastructure investment plan during 2015-2022. The breakdown is as follows: 45% (1.1 trn) funded by state enterprises loans 20% Government fiscal budget 20% PPP schemes 10% state enterprises’ CF 5% infrastructure funds All this with a debt covenant […]
Read More →Want to feel like a rock star investor? Get into the small IPO’s. Anyone who was able to get IPO’s this year has been feeling that way, excluding IPO’s where commercial bank’s were the underwriters (here’s looking at you KBANK and SCB). The basic framework for IPO’s performing well on their first day hasn’t changed, if […]
Read More →Namyong Terminal Plc (NYT) is a roll-on/roll-off (Ro/Ro) and general cargo terminal operator at Laem Chabang port. Listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand last November, the company accounts for the highest volume of cars exported via terminals in Thailand. Chief executive Theparak Leungsuwan discusses the company’s strategy and outlook. What is NYT’s business model? NYT […]
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