AMARIN AMARIN plans to increase capital by 200mn shares, priced at Bt4.25/share, privately placed with Wattaana Pakee Co., Ltd., which will be a major shareholder. It expects this to give it fullservice media business potential and make it ready for AEC. (Thun Hoon, 28/11/16) Comment: And that has made the stock price shoot through the […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 1.17 bn PCSGH – A shareholder swap TNITN – He’s still buying shares in the market, will this company finally see a predominate major shareholder before the sub’s are listed? PJW – A shareholder swap MONO – Now that’s interesting, will they finally do something over at MONO versus just buying […]

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Central Banks & equity markets Templeton has come out with a quick commentary on central banks and equity markets Their thoughts: US interest rate increases haven’t always resulted in lower performance for emerging markets generally. We don’t anticipate that a mild increase in US interest rates would have a significant impact on the financial markets, […]

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Property tax delayed over bill dispute. The government has decided to postpone enforcement of the land and buildings tax law for one year after the Council of State expressed a different view on taxation of unused land. The delay until 2018 follows disagreements between the Finance Ministry and the government’s legal advisory body, said Finance […]

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AH AH reported 9M16 net profit of Bt400mn, higher than the Bt313mn for the full year 2015 on the back of cost control. It is talking to a prospective partner to expand to India and China. It is studying investment in auto parts for EV cars. (Thun Hoon, 25/11/16) ASIMAR ASIMAR expects 4Q16 performance to […]

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ABICO ABICO reported 3Q16 profit growth of 198% to Bt37.51mn, up Bt24.92mn from 3Q15’s Bt12.58mn. It reported 9M16 net profit of Bt115mn, an increase of 51% YoY. (Thun Hoon, 24/11/16) ALLA ALLA plans to sign a contract to set up a JV in Indonesia in 1Q17. It expects this will help raise the portion of […]

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AAV AAV plans to get six aircraft in 2017 to bring its fleet to 51. It will use the planes to expand its routes. It targets 19mn passengers next year. Its load factor is 84%. (Thun Hoon, 23/11/16) AJ AJ reported 9M16 profit growth of 349% YoY and expects 4Q16 to be good, backed by […]

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So yesterday the government came out with the following stimulus measures. 1) daily minimum wage hike for 69 provinces (out of 77 provinces), by THB5-10 or less than 3% hike, effective from 1 Jan 2017. This is the first hike since 2013, when min wage was upped to THB300 across the country. Only 8 exceptional […]

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BJCHI BJCHI expects a fall in revenue in 2016 as well as profit due to global economic factors and high competition. It has backlog of Bt2.2bn, of which it will book Bt600-800mn this year. It continues to bid for a new jobs worth Bt8.5bn to support 2017 earnings. (Kao Hoon, 22/11/16) Comment: Thus the management’s […]

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