A succinct article by my friend who is analysing the changes and developments of Myanmar’s political system. Enjoy the few snippets below and a link to the rest of the article. With an estimated 80% voter turnout, most electoral observers declared the voting process to be largely smooth and peaceful. Despite structural disadvantages and credible reports […]
Read More →I look at Myanmar with a great deal of curiousity, the question in my mind are IF they are able to start their exchange what impact will that have on Singapore and Thailand’s ability to attract companies doing business there to list on their respective exchanges? Which brokers in the region are active in pursuing […]
Read More →Exciting stuff! Currently the MSEC is operating in the old fashioned way on the floor off an electronic exchange, this new development should be able to boost things along much faster. The Yangon Stock Exchange (YSE), which will replace the Myanmar Securities Exchange Centre (MSEC), will be launched in Myanmar by October 2015. Myanmar’s Deputy […]
Read More →I had the pleasure of meeting this gentleman, Mr. Stanley Weiss, last year in Bangkok and since then I’ve been following his work, columns and interviews. I highly suggest you watch the interview below as he discusses SE Asia and specifically Indonesia and Myanmar. American businessman Stanley Weiss, the founding Chairman of Business Executives for National […]
Read More →Off to Myanmar for the weekend, hopefully will learn something new and that’s not reported in the media. Posts will be sparse!
Read More →This following the opening of Laos stock market. I’m looking forward to seeing the growth coming from the Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Mynamar markets for the next 10-20 years, as Thailand will only stand to benefit from those frontier markets “I think we are now in the cycle for these four Asean markets to emerge […]
Read More →Another great writeup by my friend Roger Lee Huang who’s doing his thesis on Myanmar. Major changes are currently taking place in Myanmar. In little over a year, the nominally civilian government under President Thein Sein has introduced a series of liberal reforms leading to rapprochement with the West. The re-engagement with the broader international […]
Read More →Given that the market has begun to waver around the 1,200 point over the past week and with foreign fund flows slowing slightly we have to ask, should the SET Index continue to be so bullish? Brokerage houses are now upping their targets for the SET Index this year, others are starting to place targets […]
Read More →My good friend Roger, who’s doing his PhD specifically on Myanmar recently wrote this paper on the developments there today. It’s a country that is going to grow extremely quickly, my only fear for them is that the government takes a short term viewpoint to the country’s future, although I’ve been assured by several parties […]
Read More →Roger, the author of this article, is a close friend of mine from our international high school days in Bangkok and he’s now doing his PhD thesis on Myanmar. He has an absolutely brillant if quirky mind on politics and history in general. Now I just quickly want to throw in my thoughts re Myanmar. Myanmar […]
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