Notable transactions Buy(s) THB 134 mn MAX – Chairman decides to buy THB 70 mn worth of shares, over 10% of the market cap, wonder what the story is with this steel co. NMG – Vice Chairman obviously believes in the digital story for NMG Sell(s) THB 746 mn BGH – Rare sale of shares […]
Read More →Market rebounded along with the rest of the world last week. The agro/food industry continued to be hit hard on the bird flu news and fears of the strengthening thai baht. Biggest winner thus far this month is the tech sector.
Read More →STEC Contract for new Parliament signed — The parliament and Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction Plc (STEC) have signed an agreement for construction of new parliament buildings alongside the Chao Phraya River in Kiak Kai area of Bangkok. The Bt12.2bn contract was signed by House secretary-general Suwijak Nakwacharachai and STEC president and executive director Pakpoom Srichamni. […]
Read More →BTS Skytrain fares up from June — Fares will be raised on the BTS skytrain’s core 23.5-kilometre routes with effect on June 1, Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) announced on Monday. Current fares range between 15 and 40 baht on the original routes from Mor Chit to On Nut and from the National Stadium […]
Read More →We’ve longed thought aloud that the Thai Baht should eventually return to THB 25/usd over the past few years and we continue to think this going forward. Yes people yell at us, “charlatan! fools! It will never go back!” and we’ve been hearing the same comments since we begun working here in 2004-5 when the […]
Read More →So the essentials of the deal are as follows: CPALL agreed with MAKRO’s major shareholder, SHV Nederland B.V., to acquire its 64.35% (154.4m shares) in Makro @ THB 787/share. Funding is 90% debt financing, 10% internal CF, no equity capital call. Purchase price of MAKRO is @ 42.9x of 2013F (as per analyst’s estimates) Debt […]
Read More →Positives Global Europe: Germany raises growth forecast — The German economy is expected to grow by 0.5% this year, up from the previous estimate of 0.4%, the German Economics Ministry announced on Thursday. German GDP is still expected to grow 1.6% in 2014, unchanged from previous growth prediction. (Xinhua, 25/04/13) US: In the week ending […]
Read More →MAKRO SET to probe Siam Makro trades —The SET will investigate trading that preceded the announcement of the country’s largest takeover bid, the purchase of discount wholesaler Siam Makro Plc (MAKRO) by 7-Eleven chain operator CP All Plc (CPALL). Siam Makro’s shares rose 30% in the six trading sessions before CP All’s US$6.6bn bid was […]
Read More →BGH BGH plans hospital in Chinatown — Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Plc (BGH), Thailand’s largest hospital group, is to invest 700-750 million baht to set up a new hospital in Bangkok’s Chinatown aiming to tap into affluent ethnic Chinese and Indian residents. The investment includes 30-year rental and renovation costs for two old buildings, one […]
Read More →BBL BBL gets into auto lending with specific loans for first car buyers — Even though Bangkok Bank is not ready to enter the hire-purchase (lease-to-own) business, it has developed a product called Bualuang Poonphol for First Car to help it become more familiar with the car-loan market. “We are learning about the auto-loan market […]
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