Notable transactions Buy(s): THB 471.5 PAE – Eh?! How did the MD manage to buy this amount of shares at such a discount to market, we’ve done 10-20% but 35%? PM – Interesting, despite the stock rallying strongly to this level, management still decides to purchase 50 mil baht worth TFD – Again I have […]

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CPF CPF puts foreign projects on fast track to tap strong baht — CPF has accelerated its investment overseas with a series of new food projects to take advantage of cheap financing costs. Some projects to materialize this year include a chicken burger production unit in the UK and the launch of ready-to-eat meals production […]

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Thai Economy: MPC prefers policy mix to handle baht — The Bank of Thailand’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has agreed on the need for a timely implementation of appropriate policy mix, to manage the exchange rate. In a statement released today, the MPC said that the policy mix “as warranted by circumstances” will be implemented […]

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Key points are: Food prices pushed headline inflation to 2.42% Strengthening Thai Baht caused inflation to rise @ a slower pace In 4M13, headline inflation rate was @ 2.9%YoY The Commerce Ministry’s headline inflation forecast for the year remains @ 2.8% to 3.4% So all in all, inflation not an issue, well done BOT, if […]

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