MFC / 88TH – MFC clarified its 13.85% stake in 88TH resulted from a share transfer under Thailand’s Ministerial Shareholding Act and that MFC is not the ultimate beneficial owner, despite becoming the second-largest shareholder. Comment: Uh huh…and the ultimate beneficial owner isn’t disclosed? AOT – Noted that Indonesia’s Citilink (Garuda Group) launched daily Jakarta–Bangkok (DMK) flights, supporting inbound regional travel. […]

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BH offers quick management updates on Phuket progress, stating construction is on-track for completion in 1H27 and still confidence in the premium market in TH’s 2nd largest provincial economy; Phuket’s average annual income per head is at Bt390k, 62% higher than the country’s overall average. Comment: Let’s see how quickly they can ramp up occupancy […]

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BAM expects NPL sales by financial institutions to reach Bt200bn this year (vs. Bt150bn in 2024). Plans to participate in ~Bt30bn bids, targeting ~Bt3bn in bad debts. Comment: Yes….but if BAM and JMT can only buy ~THB 50 bn together, there’s just far too much supply out there.  KBANK: Invesco increased its stake by 0.1688% […]

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JPARK in talk partner to management parking-lot total 3k slots, expects to wrap up by end of month, firms on FY target 50k slots by end of year. Comment: Still need to know more about this group… MOSHI: Deputy CEO, Monthana Asavametha, sold 3m share or 0.9% to Samsung Asean Equity Fund @ Bt42 on […]

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BDMS sees this year growth at 3X the GDP, on growth in both Thai and foreign patients, and 2 new hospitals, Bowin and Chiangmai (expansion), by end of year. In collab with 7 insurances to launch BDMS preventive vaccines to create sustainable immunity. Comment: BDMS is a becoming a vaccine pill pushing entity – margins […]

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COM7 acquires EV rental & leasing operator, EV7, for Bt40m. Comment: Well…ok. GULF: Gulf Development, a new co., from amalgamation with INTUCH, tradable from Apr 3. Comment: la la la – remember what this means is that MOSHI to be added to SET100 index effective Feb 27, replace outgoing BSRC as freefloat fell below 20%, […]

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IMPACT reported 90% completion of Sky Entrance project, scheduled to finish in Feb, aligning with anticipated opening of Pink line skytrain extension in May-June 2025, expects significant traffic increase from transport integration, attract more exhibitors & visitors to exhibition center. Comment: I was just there, it is nearly finished, and they are definitely going to […]

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BBL: 3Q net profit @ Bt12.47b, +9.9% yoy, beats Bt11.44b consensus, thanks to better than expected NIM, investment gains and strong non-NII recovery, lower LLP qoq. Comment: Balance sheet is average still…but if BBL is struggling…just imagine how everyone else is doing… CRD sees strong 4Q driven by waste collection biz in Chiang Mai and […]

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