Best CEO Award – SET: Somprasong Boonyachai, chief executive officer, Shin Corporation – MAI: Noppadon Tansalarak, chief executive officer, Master Ad SET Award of Honour For Continuous Excellence in 2008-2012 – Corporate Governance Report: Bangchak Petroleum, Kasikornbank – Corporate Social Responsibility: Bangchak Petroleum, Siam Cement For Continuous Excellence in 2009-2012 – Corporate Governance Report: Krung […]
Read More →Just received this in my mailbox, its a rather nifty little infographic showing which publicly listed companies in Thailand will benefit from the recent issuance of 3G licenses to the telecom operators. Source: Not sure, if someone knows do inform me so I can credit them properly
Read More →Analysts have been sending me this table most of today with the headlines that Thai Bank’s loan growth has been slowing in the month of August but a MoM growth of +1.0% for the whole sector isn’t bad. Based on the figures this is what I see: The Small financial institutions (KK and TISCO) have […]
Read More →This long weekend I’m fairly certain every analyst covering Thai equities will have to update their models and what not, I know my team and I certainly are. A flurry of earnings were released today and the last day for earnings announcements are next Wednesday 15th August. I’ve noticed some basic trends thus far but don’t quote me on it […]
Read More →KBANK is mimicking SCB’s successful expansion into Investment Banking (3 years ago), I’m not too surprised by the move given both banks move from pure depositor-lenders to more universal banks and over the short-mid term I wouldn’t be surprised to see more deals happening in Thailand which could make for an exciting period in the market, then […]
Read More →In the news this morning the Thai newspaper Kao Hoon reported on rumours that Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) is in talks with the Ministry of Finance (MOF) to buy its 26% stake in TMB through a share swap ratio of one SCB share to 60 TMB shares. The key issue with this transaction lies with […]
Read More →Ploy has put together a plethora of charts and information, she’s still hesitant on the market as whole and lists out key factors to look for. SET made a low at 1,101.59 last week. Although there have been rebound for 3 consecutive trading days, and the SET made a beautiful rebound from the support at […]
Read More →Market had continued to struggle to break above 1,200 last week but was kept afloat by massive bank results with KBANK posting +50% YoY and SCB +29% YoY improvement in earnings.
Read More →I touched on the fact that the government was trying to transfer the FIDF (Thailand’s loans from the ’97 asian financial crisis) from the government’s balance sheet to the Bank of Thailand’s balance sheet. And now there is a recent development, according to local news today the BOT Governor is exploring ways to make up […]
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 […]
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