Well then, first on the 14th of this month the BOT Governor comes out publicly saying “Thailand doesn’t need an interest- rate cut as credit growth is accelerating and domestic demand is countering a slowdown in exports, central bank Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul said.” Source: Bloomberg And then on the 18th of this month, the BOT […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) MINT – The owner puts in a massive public bet on his company at THB 2.99 bn Sell(s): BGH – A director and major shareholder sells a massive stake @ THB 1.4 bn to “institutional investors” in other words, shareholder battle is over. SPCG – A director sells off THB 75 mn […]

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Aeon Thana Sinsap (Thailand) Plc (AEONTS) was incorporated on Sept 18, 1992 by Aeon Credit Service Co Ltd in Japan. The company currently has paid up capital of 250 million baht. Managing director Yasuhiko Kondo and senior vice-president Supannee Asawasuwan discuss the company’s strategy and outlook. Yasuhiko: Fees to be main income What is the […]

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Hemaraj Land and Development Plc (SET symbol: HEMRAJ) has been Thailand’s leading developer of industrial estates and related services since 1988. It offers developed industrial land, utilities, ready-built factories for rent, warehouses for logistics, quality industrial services and an integrated logistics and supply chain in six industrial estates, located mostly along the Eastern Seaboard. It […]

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Notable transactions Buy(s): BGH – The President continues his accumulation of shares, he started since around THB 80/share BTS – Now this is interesting, whilst the VGI listing is a good sentiment boost for the stock, I’m thinking aloud that it may be the potential of an infrastructure fund that may be the reason behind […]

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I had the pleasure of meeting Stars Microelectronics in 2009 when the company was making its margins building screen after screen for RIM (blackberry) and its revenues manufacturing hard drives for Western Digital. The owner had a very good story regarding how the company came to be and within the past year has been unfortunately […]

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Analysts have been sending me this table most of today with the headlines that Thai Bank’s loan growth has been slowing in the month of August but a MoM growth of +1.0% for the whole sector isn’t bad. Based on the figures this is what I see: The Small financial institutions (KK and TISCO) have […]

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Originally published in the Bangkok Post 14th September BTS Group is a leading provider of passenger services in Thailand, focusing on rail mass transit in Bangkok. Among the 50 largest companies on the SET by market capitalisation, it is also the largest out-of-home media company in Thailand and is engaged in property development along mass-transit […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s): BGH – This has been the story of the year with the President continuing to buy shares PS – Preuksa was the most affected property company last year because of the floods but they have rebounded quite well despite difficulties. Owner buys THB 148 mn TVO – Director of the company accumulates […]

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Established in May 1976 and listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand since 1995, Nawarat Patanakarn Plc (NWR) is one of Thailand’s largest construction and engineering companies, with registered capital of 2.21 billion baht (1.55 billion paid up). With more than 30 years of experience in Thailand and other countries, NWR has a wide range […]

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