ADVANC ADVANC ready to bid for any license and on any spectrum available. The firm says the increase in small cells means its network capacity can serve up to 50mn subscribers. Currently, ADVANC has about 44.3mn subs. The firm has launched a new service so called “Beat Banking†to drive data growth this year. (Kao […]
Read More →The market seems to be following the usual euphoria pattern whenever there is a new government in place, it’s the typical 1) New government, wooooooooooooooo things are going to be great, infrastructure and policies are going to be put through immediately 2) Ohh things are taking a bit longer than we expected, but the dream is […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 156 mn CPF – The first real director purchase in CPF that I’ve noticed in a long long time. Sell(s) THB 1.2 bn TUF – To see the founder sell off such a huge portion is worrisome. Yes they can argue all they want that its for liquidity blah blah blah. […]
Read More →This has been the busiest start to a year (or lets say 6 months) that I’ve ever experienced despite the fact that I’m supposed to be on a sabbatical, and I haven’t had a moment to sit down and write my usual monthly rant on the markets, economy and politics on Thailand yet this year. […]
Read More →Thailand BoI applications plunge – New applications for investment privileges from the Board of Investment (BoI) in the first two months of this year totalled 107 projects worth a combined 17 billion baht. This represents a sharp fall of 72.6% from the 62 billion baht recorded in the same period last year, acting secretary-general Hirunya […]
Read More →There was a FTSE index re-balancing that occurred on Friday, here’s the breakdown: Large cap inclusion: TRUE (from mid cap); exclusion: BAY. Mid cap inclusion: none; exclusion: TRUE (from large cap). Small cap inclusion: CK, BMCL, SUPER, GUNKUL, GFPT, TICON, CHG, CKP, KCE; exclusion: CPNRF, SUC. All-world inclusion: none; exclusion: BAY. All-Cap (LMS) inclusion: CK, BMCL, […]
Read More →AAV China gives 85% load factor in 1Q15 – AAV reports that higher traffic from China remained the key driver to bring load factor to 85% in 1Q15. Management expects tourist sentiment towards traveling to Thailand to continue to improve over the remainder of the year despite the ongoing martial law. The Tourism Authority of […]
Read More →First a slap in the face: After trying their damnest to keep their stock price up during the past 6 months with its share repurchase program, they have just announced they will sell some 142 mn shares into the market Tries to kiss & make up Ah but this was followed by an announcement to […]
Read More →The market pullback continued last week on top of rumours of 100 sites in Bangkok would be bombed over the weekend (which never happened), and the fact remains that earnings were crap, are still crap, are likely to continue being crap for the market in general for the 1H15. Only bright spot thus far? Telco’s may […]
Read More →ARROW ARROW expects strong 1Q15 earnings backed by rising revenue. It expects 20% revenue growth this year and has a chance to get one of the Red Line contracts value at Bt40mn. (Kao Hoon, 19/03/15) CPALL Subsidiary CP Retail Link Co., Ltd. expects 2015 revenue of Bt3.4bn or 15% YoY growth from last year and […]
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