It’s been one hectic week with the holidays and updates to send out to clients, thus sorry for the slow updates here. Just wanted to make a quick comment on Rayong Purifier Plc which had shot up quite high intraday today on rumours: “As appeared in “Thun Hoon” newspaper on April 17, 2012 that “Petron […]

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Local media reported that Mr Suparat Sirisuwananangkura, president of the Automotive Industry Club of the Federation of Thai Industries(FTI), has called on the government to extend its first-time car buyer program by another six to 12 months from the current expiry date of December 31, 2012. He cited a surge in orders that car makers […]

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M Pictures Entertainment Plc (MPIC), formerly known as Traffic Corner Holdings Plc, was established on Nov 5, 2001 with initial registered capital of 15 million baht. The company’s original objective was to invest in mass-media companies, especially marketing management of sports events and news programmes on radio and television, but today it focuses mainly on […]

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The Thailand Automotive Institute forecasts that automobile production will increase from 2.1 mil units p.a. to 3.1 mil units by 2015. This implies a 48% growth over 3 years, 28% per year. The Federation of Thai Industries expects that output will increase 48% YoY in 2012 as companies make up for output losses from the […]

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I had begun creating this index since my role as an analyst at an investment management boutique firm here in Thailand, back in 2006, demonstrating how small & mid caps (SMCs) absolutely destroy large caps over time. What we wanted to prove was that year in year out, SMC’s would constantly outperform (albeit they didn’t […]

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Earlier today the local media report that the Ministry of Finance, Bank of Thailand and the Thai Bankers Association agreed to increased the Financial Institutions Development Fund fees from 0.4% to 0.47% for deposits (0.46% to fund FIDF debt and 0.01% to the Deposit Protection Agency). These new rates are expected to be implemented by […]

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Sony (digital cameras) has recently moved its largest camera production site in the world out of the Hi-Tech Industrial Estate in Bang Pa-in, Ayutthaya province to its facility in Amata Nakorn, Chonburi. It is also planning to build a new production plant at Amata Nakorn. NEC TOKIN Electronics (Thailand) Co Ltd located at Navanakorn Industrial […]

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