And here you go…I wouldn’t be surprised to see 50% of all tourists in Thailand come from China within the next 5 years. So who benefits? It is isn’t necessarily just the airport (AOT), airlines (AAV, BA, NOK, THAI) nor the hotels (ERW, MINT, CENTEL, DTC) but names like BEAUTY have said that they’ve benefited […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 598 mn BIG – Some THB 160 mn bought by the two founders, a block purchase perhaps? BA – And he continues to buy and buy and buy BROOK – Hmmm BROOK … hmmm SPALI – Typically whenever you see this family buying back their shares in SPALI, implies a very […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 639 mn BA – And he continues to buy and buy and buy, this time 400 mn worth of shares SAWANG – Just a share swap amongst the family members IFEC – That’s quite an expensive way to support one’s stock price. Sell(s) THB 3.4 bn WHA – Block sale by […]

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BAY BAY targets loan growth of 7% mainly corporate loans in Thailand and Japan. It expects revenue from fees to grow, offsetting lower NIM. It expects NPLs in 2016 of not over 2.5% and plans to sell Bt2-3bn in NPLs. It plans to issue a debenture worth no less than Bt10bn to bring Tier 2 […]

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AOT AOT will open Don Mueang Airport Terminal 2 on Mar 8. This terminal can handle up to 30mn passengers annually. It expects 2016 passenger growth of 26%. It expects Don Mueang and Phuket airport to contribute additional revenue of Bt1bn in 2016. (Khao Hoon, 02/03/16) Comment: Plus you do have phuket opening as well, […]

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Humour Would you believe it if I said that Thailand is the second best performing market in Asia this year? Nearly +4.5% in USD terms Airlines Nok Let’s start with Nok Airways, it appears that ever since its ludicrously expensive IPO  no one has been a believer in Nok Airways, perhaps its the way that […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 463 mn BA – And he continues to buy and buy and buy and buy SAM – Seems to be a trade between shareholders DCORP – A first time to see this name on the management buy list, perhaps worth a look. IFEC – Same as SAM, never cared for IFEC, […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 552MN BA – And he continues to buy, in this environment perhaps it is the safest option. TU – Looks like the owner doesn’t care about the botched M&A deal Sell(s) THB 608 MN KCE – I think this is a switch of shares between father and son DIMET – Quite […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 6.3 bn -KCE, BA, TTCL, RS, SAM, SPALI, MAJOR, WHA, SCC, IFEC, BBL, DCORP, BLAND, JMART, TU, SOLAR, TVO, NSI, CBG, SUPER, NMG Sell(s) THB 15.0 bn -BEC, KCE, SAWD, COL, UNIQ, MAX, AP, SAM, JSP, MAJOR, SRICHA, ITD, BA, TMC, AAV Note: Transactions shown are trades above THB 20 mn

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Notable Transactions As a quick comment – these past two weeks have seen more management buying across the board than I’ve seen in the past 12 months, however it still is relatively small in total value terms Buy(s) THB 347 mn BA – And he continues to buy and buy and buy NSI – It’s […]

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