BAM anticipates 2 year high earnings from lower provision, will wrap up NPA land sales to SENA in 2H, mulls establish distressed assets management venture with finance to boost revenue. Comment: Well I think that we can all guess that BAM and KTB should/will partner. BAY’s card unit, Krungsri Consumer, reported Bt153b card spending during […]

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Chief of ADVANC’s pushing the NBTC to decide whether to approve or decline the TRUE-DTAC mega merger, noting that the agency has the legal authority to do so. Comment: The NBTC is having a field day collecting payments from all the groups. AQUA in collab with THR, a unit of THG, opens the Hills Rehab […]

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AOT’s Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport will be closed until Wednesday after a Nok Air passenger jet skidded off the runway on Saturday night. COTTO hikes ceramic tiles & flooring products price by 1-2% on higher energy costs, expects 2H sales fairly even with 1H, sets Bt400m budgets for efficiency upgrade, jv overseas partners […]

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Time for some rants and random thoughts. Disjointed spending If you’ve been walking around the 3S’s (that’s my acronym for sukhumvit, silom and sathorn) during Wednesday-Friday this week (a few weeks ago) you’d think that Bangkok is dead quiet and that there is no economic activity occurring. This just led to me thinking that we’re […]

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BJC: sets Bt 1.6b capex to up capacity of tissue & personal care products, revamp warehouse automation to save costs. Comment: I still wonder how much shrinkflation can help companies such as BJC show earnings growth. CKP: reaffirms solid 2Q from strong flow rate at Xayaburi hydro pp, higher equity income yoy after raised holding […]

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AOT: British Airways extend direct flights suspension of BKK-Heathrow route from Oct22 till Mar 23; THAI & EVA are 2 carriers offering direct flights service. Comment: # of planes in the air need to ramp up faster for a quicker recovery. Regardless, visitor numbers are going to reach 1 mn this month. BAM: to wrap […]

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BANPU in collab with SG partner Durapower & TH largest bus manufacturer, Cherdchai Motors sales to establish battery assembly plant in Nakhon Ratchasima province, target cod 1H23, aims to boost capacity to 1GWh by eo-FY26. Comment: I just wonder where they’ll source the raw materials for this to ensure competitive pricing? BEM’s retail subsidiary, BKK […]

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