Complete market coverage the key for Erawan The Erawan Group Plc (ERW) operates more than 5,000 hotel rooms ranging from budget to luxury, and aims to become Thailand’s leading hotel developer and investor. President Kamonwan Wipulakorn discusses the company’s strategy and outlook. Please explain Erawan’s business model. Erawan operates in the hotel industry and focuses […]

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ADVANC ADVANC has launched a campaign “AIS the startup 2015”. This is hoped to bring in younger entrepreneurs who are interested in using ADVANC as a digital partner. (Khao Hoon, 31/07/15) AGE AGE plans to increase investment in alternative energy. It is studying a waste power plant abroad to adapt to the local environment. 2Q15 […]

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AKR AKR expects to get a 20MW solar farm from a cooperative which is expected to be concluded in August. It plans to invest in a power plant on 94 rai in Lopburi. It expects to show net profit in 2Q15, benefitting from booking revenue from its backlog. 2H15 performance is expected to be good […]

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BRR BRR plans to expand its cultivated area to 200,000 rai. It has done research to improve its sugar products. It plans to invest in a third biomass power plant by using bagasse as a fuel. (Thun Hoon, 28/07/15) Comment: Again a natural extension of its existing business. CHOW CHOW expects to add a 42MW […]

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AP AP expects 2015 net profit to mark a record high of Bt25.3bn. It targets presales of Bt28.3bn and already has Bt18bn. It expects to launch 15 new projects throughout the rest of the year, worth Bt24bn. (Khao Hoon, 27/07/15) Comment: Quite interesting that despite this economic malaise, AP is able to recognise revenue (the […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 101 mn BGH – Is he tired from buying BA? This purchase doesn’t quite make sense unless he sees something positive happening down the road. Sell(s) THB 66.8 mn IHL – The chairman/MD sells ~2% of total shares in this autoparts manufacturer, we wonder aloud who bought it?

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Yesterday’s market performance notwithstanding, last week was another poor week for the market with effectively every sector in the market now negative for the year and only industrials/prop/service being positive for the year. Are things going to get better anytime soon? Well we’ve been writing the same thoughts for nearly 1.5 years, the market isn’t […]

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BMCL BMCL expects 2016 to be a turnaround year after EXAT approved the merger with BECL, which will support growth. The company is going ahead with the Purple Line (Taopoon-Bangsue) (Thun Hoon, 24/07/15) Comment: The story for BMCL is its merger with BECL. BTS BTS is in talks with U for a joint real estate […]

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Thailand PDMO to restructure the country’s debt – The Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) is planning to restructure the country’s debt after the BoT cut the policy rate to 1.5%. The plan is to convert ST loans made by the finance ministry to longer-term loans. (Daily News, 20/7/15) Fast-track budgets urged – The government has […]

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