Banks are always the first to announce their financial performances and here are some quick thoughts: Just look @ BAY’s performance, followed by its corresponding stock price performance, it has just been amazing. The larger banks in general are still continuing to grow, NPL management has been proactive, especially at KBANK. The smaller institutions […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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