BAY bullish on SME loans despite economic slowdown – The Bank of Ayudhya (BAY) maintains its 15% growth target for its small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) loans this year on expectations that the country’s economy will return to normal growth in the next six to 12 months. Thailand’s fifth-largest lender by assets typically sets its […]
Read More →CPN At CPN, B53.2bn for new Rayong mall – Despite the gloomy global economy, leading local retailers vow to maintain their business plans in order to meet sales projections this year. Central Pattana Plc (CPN) is the most active, intending to use Bt3.2bn to build a new shopping mall in Rayong and capture rising spending […]
Read More →CPALL CP outlines Bt2.5bn expansion — CP All, the operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores, intends to invest Bt2.5bn to build four distribution centers across the country to support its future expansion in which the number of stores would reach 10,000 by 2017. The first center, which is under construction at a cost of Bt1bn in […]
Read More →CPN CPN to raise funds for new development — CPN plans to raise an additional Bt10-12bn this year to finance its ambitious investment plans including developing a prime location at the busy intersection of Rama IV and Sathorn roads. CPN will issue new units of its CPN Retail Growth Leasehold Property Fund (CPNRF) in a […]
Read More →AKR AKR wins a bid — AKR has won the bidding for a project worth Bt500mn. Management said the company has its backlog of Bt600mn. AKR targets to grow 10%YoY. International orders will increase to 20-25% in 2013. Its deal regarding the solar business is expected to conclude at the end of this year. (Tun […]
Read More →AMANAH- AMANAH to expand its hire-purchase business — The company expects 2013 hire-purchase business will reach Bt5 bn, growing 15%YoY. AMANAH partnered with IBANK to capture Islamic customers. (Tun Hoon, 30/01/13) Comment: Another financing co trying to ride the industry trend. CPN – CPN plans Bt10 bn ‘super mall’ — Central Pattana Plc (CPN), the […]
Read More →BCH – WMC opening soon — BCH will open its high-end World Medical Centre (WMC) in Chaeng Wattana. The hospital is expected to attract higher premium and international patients. Phase 1 will consist of 150 hospital beds before its grand opening of 324 beds. BCH expects revenues to grow by 25% this year, as it […]
Read More →Just out last night, see below for a quick summary MSCI Global Standard Indices # of Thai Additions: 4 Companies: Airports of Thailand (AOT) Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BGH) Central Pattana (CPN) Siam Makro (MAKRO) MSCI Global Small Cap Indices # of thai co’s in/out: 9/(5) Companies: +Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services (BAFS) +Golden land (GOLD) […]
Read More →Market begun to show some take profit signs last week with foreign investors slowing down their buying in the Thai Equity market and with banks posting +20% YoY earnings across the board, some profit taking happened in the sector as well. Going forward we are looking at what will happen with the commerce sector, its […]
Read More →UBS put out an extremely good paper demonstrating where the growth areas are in Thailand. In summary it shows how the provinces have grown far faster than Bangkok city in the past 15 years primarily due to manufacturing becoming a more prominent part of the economy here. This merely proves what a lot of us […]
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