The increase in equity valuations haven’t only been seen in Thailand, all of SE Asia has been experiencing the same phenomenm, and small cap’s in Thailand (which I love) have generally been going through roof, the majority of them pricing in growth for the next 5-10 years (who say’s thai retail investors aren’t forward looking?!). […]

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AMATA AMATA signs contracts with Chinese and Japanese customers to sell a total of 200 rai of land. It expects to sign more contracts for 500 rai in 4Q14. Although it admits that revenues for the year will be lower than last year’s Bt7.605bn, it says land sales this year will reach its target of […]

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BRR Ready for IPO — BRR is ready to sell 169mn shares in an IPO. It is expected to finalize the offering price on October 27, 2014. It plans to be listed on the SET on November 6. The company plans to use the proceeds to increase its cane crushing capacity and as working capital. […]

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ADVANC ADVANC to launch fixed broadband service early next year. It targets 300,000 customers in the first phase and expects to invest Bt4.6bn. It also said that over the past two years it has invested Bt80bn in its 3G network and it expects to reach 20,000 3G base stations by the end of this year, […]

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A couple of things to note: The major banks are still performing ok, mainly on cost management and lower provisions 9M YoY performance is average to say the least with the sector only up +5.7% Autoloan related fincos, Tisco and KK, are still suffering, though this may very well be the end of the high […]

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  GLAND came out with a massive announcement, The Super Tower, a building that will be the tallest building in ASEAN. Details for the project are as follows: A height of 615 metres and 125 storeys, will stand at the Ratchadaphisek-Rama IX intersection. The structure will have a total area of 320,000 sq m and cost […]

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According to Credit Suisse, Thailand has had the world’s fifth-worst per-household wealth performance in the world from 2013 to 2014. The report says Thai wealth has contracted more than 7%. Only Turkey, Indonesia and the basket-case nations Argentina and Ukraine have performed worse. So what could have resulted in such a dramatic decrease? Well 2012 […]

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Thailand FPO to revise GDP projection — The Fiscal policy office has announced that it will revise Thailand’s GDP growth projection , currently at 1.5-2%, again at the end of October in response to slower than expected recovery while the export growth is -7.4% (Ban Meung, 16/10/14) Draft for new taxes done — The Revenue […]

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