If you live in this region it should be of no surprise, ASEAN has already gone through its debt crisis back in ’97-’98 hence the lower debt-to-gdp ratios versus Japan, Europe and the US. The fund flow into the region and certain sectors (hospitals, telecoms and commerce specifically) has been unexpectedly strong and doesn’t look […]
Read More →Thailand’s domestic automobile sales in June 2012 rose by 76%yoy to 123,471 units, increasing 6% from May 2012, marking the highest level in the history of the industry here. Simply a recovery from the floods last year combined with the first-car buyer incentive scheme. Who benefits? SAT, AH, STANLY are the names we’ve mentioned here […]
Read More →Another relatively quiet week in terms of management trades except for SIRI had the most transactions with the President K. Srettha swapping shares from a personal holding co to his name in SIRI…..and HELLO AGAIN BLAND!
Read More →Last week the markets were positively buoyed due to the Thai Constitution Courts throwing out several petitions as well as several global central banks continuing to cut rates further.
Read More →Positives MSCI Thailand reported the 2nd largest inflow of $133mn after MSCI Philippines Thai Constitutional Courts throw out petitions Ireland issues bonds (yes it was last week but I don’t believe this is getting enough press, only 2 years since its wipeout and its already issuing bonds at yields lower than Spain) AOT continued to […]
Read More →Thailand’s Constitutional Court has today thrown out each petition case filed regarding the charter amendment bills. On the proposed amendment of Section 291 to set up an assembly to rewrite the entire constitution, the court ruled that this cannot be done, because the 2007 constitution received the people’s endorsement through a public referendum. Therefore, a […]
Read More →The market recovered nicely last week on the back of Euro news and central banks loosening their wallets and despite negative PMI numbers from Europe and China. But going forward expect the usual confusion within the market between additional liquidity from central banks vs continuing -ve econ news. Over the next 5 weeks all 2Q12 […]
Read More →Last week was quite quiet in terms of management trade activities, have a look below for only 2 notable transactions Buy(s): IHL – A director buys Bt. 64 mn worth of shares in her co. Interhide is linked closely to the automotive industry here in Thailand supplying hides to several of the auto manufacturers. Sell(s): […]
Read More →Pico (Thailand) Plc (PICO) is a member of the worldwide network of Pico Far East Holding Limited, a world leader in the trade show and exhibition industry with 35 branches in 23 countries. CEO Silchai Kiatpapan discusses the company’s strategy and outlook. What is Pico’s business model? Starting 30 years ago, our group’s assets and […]
Read More →Fairly interesting that both the SET and SEC have been in the news often the past few weeks with ideas on how to expand the SET Index further and bring in more investor flows to the local equity market. I do hope they will actually do something versus just saying they are thinking about expanding businesses. […]
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