BBL BBL says its loans grew less than its target of 3% affected by economic slowdown. Credit card spending for the first seven months grew 13-14% from target of 10%. It added 200,000 new credit card members. (Thun Hoon, 20/08/15) Comment: Strange to see BBL finally pushing into the consumer market with its credit cards, […]
Read More →ADVANC ADVANC maintains its 3% revenue growth target this year. The company plans to expand to the 4G network in 3-4 months if it wins the 4G auction. (Thun Hoon, 19/8/15) BAFS BAFS plans to raise this year’s revenue target in response to high demand. It plans to use Bt600mn CAPEX this year for business expansion. (Khao […]
Read More →AJD AJD and CTH plan to sell set-top boxes for Premier League football. They target Bt338mn in sales (200,000 set top boxes) within one year. It expects membership fees to drive revenue growth to 50%. (Khao Hoon, 18/08/15) Comment: CTH desperately needs to find a way to make money from its PL licenses, they are […]
Read More →The Thai market continues to wobble and is down close to 6% for the year in local currency terms, why? Last week the news was all China china china, oh and the continuing fact that Thailand’s economy isn’t performing well.
Read More →Nothing at all this past week! Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 32 mn N/a Sell(s) Â THB 4 mn N/a
Read More →BANPU BANPU plans to boost sales in 2H15 and expects average coal price of around US$59 per ton. The company plans to expand its power business abroad with the aim of increasing its generating capacity to 4,000MW by 2020. (Khao Hoon, 17/08/15) Comment: The only thing we are all waiting for is it’s power IPO […]
Read More →Survey: Capacity at 55% in H1 – The weak global economy has led to declining orders from overseas importers, forcing Thai industries to cut their production capacity and overtime payments to employees, reports the Employers’ Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry (EconThai). EconThai’s survey showed overtime payments in the first half of this year dropped by 21.1% because of […]
Read More →The evil chinese are devaluing their currency to ruin the world! Right…that’s the headline I’ve been reading the past few days, and this is the only chart that I care about at the moment. And these quotes from El Erian China is now following a path that many other advanced and emerging economies have been attempting […]
Read More →ANAN ANAN launches 4 new projects worth of Bt11bn. It has set a presales target of 40% per project within Aug 12-16. It is cooperating with Thai Samsung Electronics. (Khao Hoon, 14/8/15)] Comment: And they’re spending quite the small fortune on marketing these projects, you can see their advertisements everywhere in Bangkok ATP30 ATP30 IPO […]
Read More →The image below does explain a lot in terms where FDI is going within the region, for the 2nd largest economy in ASEAN, Thailand hasn’t been able to attract the #’s that one would expect, I wouldn’t be surprised in 5 years to see Vietnam attracting far more capital than Thailand. Source: Bangkok Post
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