On the back of the sensational news that executives from CPALL were caught with their hands in the cookie jar for front running the public by buying MAKRO shares before the takeover announcement, the SEC has continued on its crusade to clean the SET further. The latest fines are now to WHA – The founder  Somyos Anantaprayoon, […]
Read More →BIG BIG adjusts revenue target growth to 15% from 10% supported by camera market growth. It plans to start up “Print Gift†services in May to increase net and gross margins. (Kao Hoon, 17/03/16) Comment: One interesting tidbit here is with the model cycle, when new models are released the older models will naturally see […]
Read More →ABC ABC expects net profit to be back in the black this year. It expects to launch ABC Residence and ABC Pet World projects, valued at Bt7.5bn, in 3Q16. It plans to wipe out all retained losses this year. (Khao Hoon, 16/03/16) Comment: I’m beginning to be very bored of the newsflow from this company…. […]
Read More →ADVANC ADVANC asking for injunction from the Central Administrative Court to allow its customers to continue using 900MHz if JAS does not make its license fee payment. Its 2G-900 service will cut off at midnight tonight, the NBTC said. (Khao Hoon, 15/03/16) Comment: And the drama continues….we are all rather curious as to how 1q […]
Read More →And here you go…I wouldn’t be surprised to see 50% of all tourists in Thailand come from China within the next 5 years. So who benefits? It is isn’t necessarily just the airport (AOT), airlines (AAV, BA, NOK, THAI) nor the hotels (ERW, MINT, CENTEL, DTC) but names like BEAUTY have said that they’ve benefited […]
Read More →ACC ACC’s shareholders have approved 300mn share capital increase, at par Bt0.25 with warrant at a ratio of 4:1 and an exercise price of Bt1.25. It will use the funds for business expansion. It expects 2016 revenue to turn around on the back of alternative energy and property business. Its power plant business has already […]
Read More →And the roaring start to the year continues for the SET, up 8.2%, driven by resources, tech (read telcos) and financials. Earnings last year were so-so @ best given the multiple write-offs by the resources sector, insurance seems to be suffering this year along with the MAI index still down -3.7%. Now we wonder aloud…with […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 598 mn BIG – Some THB 160 mn bought by the two founders, a block purchase perhaps? BA – And he continues to buy and buy and buy BROOK – Hmmm BROOK … hmmm SPALI – Typically whenever you see this family buying back their shares in SPALI, implies a very […]
Read More →The ECB is following the route of Japan with the latest announcement this week of continuous easing by lowering the deposit facility rate by another 10 bps to -0.4%, the main refinancing rate was cut to zero, quantitative easing was raised to EUR80bn/month with effect from next month and corporate bonds are now included. In addition, […]
Read More →Ministry of Finance to open free trade for gold and jewelry – The Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) will study this. The idea is to position Thailand as a jewelry hub. (Thai Post, 7/3/16) More help on way for farm sector — The government will introduce a new stimulus package aimed at spurring the grassroots economy […]
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