Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 1.1 bn EARTH – Huge purchase of THB 237 mn by the Chairman & CEO GFM – Family transactions IVL – Heinecke, a board member, purchases THB 22mn KKP – A whole bunch of purchases by directors/management NBC – The President buys THB 231 mn PACE – Hmm no comment, purchase […]
Read More →CKP Lower loss QoQ in 2Q13 — CKP reported a net loss of Bt77mn in 2Q13, better than the loss of Bt106mn in 2Q12 but lower than net profit of Bt92.8mn in 1Q13. Behind the negative earnings was a FX loss of Bt246mn vs. FX gain of Bt192mn in 1Q13. Excluding FX impact, its normalized […]
Read More →Lots of transactions happened last month! Notable Transactions Buy(s) – THB 4.4 bn BGH – Massive purchases by the key players of BGH, THB 400 mn worth BLAND – K. Anant back in the fold BTS – K. Keree buy’s back a massive amount, THB 2.3bn, of shares in BTS EPCO – Chairman purchases some […]
Read More →AOT AOT expecting record number of arrivals — AOT estimates the number of passengers passing through Suvarnabhumi this year to reach 50mn, after reaching a record of 170K per day from 150K over the Chinese New Year. It aims to address the airport congestion problem before the completion of Phase 2. (Khao Hoon, 26/02/13) BAY […]
Read More →Market had a so-so second week with news that Temasek was selling off half of its stake in INTUCH which depressed the tech sector, industrials went on a rampage with the expected news of good land sales by both hemraj and amata and ticon selling another tranche of assets to its property fund. Going forward […]
Read More →AMATA – New strategy will slow growth — AMATA said that revenues and profits this year are expected to slow due to a new business strategy, which focuses on long-term leases on land of up to 30 years instead of selling the land. The company hopes to hold on to its assets for the long term […]
Read More →My my how things quickly change again….., after just supposedly being saved by the EU with the leveraging of the EFSF, Greek Prime Minister George A. Papandreou got all hot and bothered by the Greek public outrage towards the austerity measures, he decides to allow them to make a vote upon whether or not to accept […]
Read More →Market Update September continued the volatility seen in August with all assets classes ex US Treasuries globally falling ~10%. The SET dropped just over 14% during September. As discussed in last month’s letter to clients we opined that we were extremely worried about a potential liquidity crisis given the Eurozone’s exacerbated debt issues and the […]
Read More →Tracking foreign investors in Thailand is a necessity as they do have a substantial impact on the SET. We do this daily/monthly/quarterly by monitoring the change in NVDR holdings in Thai equities. fyi: NVDR holdings, Non-Voting Depository Rights, are a vehicle in Thailand for non-thai investors to buy shares in Thai Equities. It is tracked […]
Read More →Something odd happened on Monday, 26th September @ 2.35pm, 5 minutes after the market reopened, the SET was trading down ~-9.5% for the day, with the circuit break (where if the market is -10% the Stock Exchange of Thailand will halt trading for 30 minutes) just a few sell orders away the market stopped trading….
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