Thailand Budget disbursement down – Budget disbursement during the first three months of fiscal 2015 is expected to fall slightly short of the target. Deputy Finance Minister Wisut Srisuphan estimates Bt725bn or 28.2% of the annual budget expenditure of Bt2.575trn will be drawn down for the October-December period. (Bangkok Post, 19/12/14) 10% inheritance levy passes […]
Read More →BTS Confirmed for O&M on South Green Line — Minister of Transportation Prachin has confirmed that BTS will obtain the O&M contract for South Green Line worth Bt9.1bn. BTS management met the minister to discuss the project and expects the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand to conclude the details in January 2015. (Kao Hoon, […]
Read More →ABC ABC preparing to negotiate with a partner in Japan. Management also reports that 2-3 local institutional investors want to buy shares due to its interesting fundamentals. The company has set a revenue target of Bt800-900mn in 2015 as its E-commerce business will launch point redemption with budget of Bt50mn to support company’s growth. It […]
Read More →With the BOT just announcing that interest rates were going to remain flat today, Bloomberg came out with an article highlighting how consumer debt is still a big issue (and I believe will continue to be at least for another 2-3 years) in Thailand today, enjoy the snippet and the link to the full article […]
Read More →BTC BTC expects to be in the black in 2014 although it faced net loss of Bt35.53mn in 9M14 and a loss in 2013 of Bt235.64mn due to lower spending. The company plans to improve its profitability to bring performance back to profit and is ready to form a partnership. (Thun Hoon, 17/12/14) CPF To […]
Read More →Yesterday the stock market went through the whole market cycle of selling, panic selling, forced selling, & bargain hunting all the space of a 4.5 hrs. A low of -9% was seen for the day before it rushed back up in the last hour to close down some -2.4%. So what happened yesterday? Well oil […]
Read More →BCP Bangchak eyes non-oil sales, renewables – Bangchak Petroleum Plc (BCP), a majority state-owned oil refiner and retailer, has earmarked Bt10bn to develop its refineries and expand into non-oil business next year. President Vichien Usanachote said apart from refinery upgrades, Bangchak had looked at non-oil business as a means to rely less on oil revenue, […]
Read More →The SET has announced the semi-annual index review results for the SET50, SET100 & SETHD indices to be effective the first half of 2015 (Jan 1 – Jun 30). SET50 Index (SET50): 4 ADDED: CK, HEMRAJ, KTIS & SPALI 4 DELETED: BLA, GLOBAL, KKP & THCOM SET100 Index (SET100): 10 ADDED: ANAN, DEMCO, HANA, ICHI, […]
Read More →DELTA DELTA expects revenue growth of 10-15% YoY in 2015 upon growing demand and expanding foreign client base from expected 2014 revenue of Bt42bn. The company will conclude an acquisition deal for a European company soon. (Thun Hoon, 15/12/14) Comment: One of the best performing electronic names in the past few years. EUREKA EUREKA expects […]
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