AEC AEC targets 2015 market share of 4% from 2014’s 2% aided by customer base expansion. It is confident 2015 performance will show a net profit despite the loss in 1Q15 as the capital market recovered. It has seven investment banking deals that will raise revenue. (Thun Hoon, 28/05/15) Comment: It is a tough environment […]

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His latest paper is a discussion on the low interest rate environment and how he plans to navigate it going forward, it is quite the enjoyable read, here’s a snippet and link to the rest of the article. On the bond side, my famous (infamous?) “Short of a lifetime” trade on the German Bund market […]

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AJD AJD benefiting from 5.4mn digital TV coupons distributed by NBTC. It targets set-top box sales of 2mn with 50% revenue growth this year. (Khao Hoon, 27/05/15) Comment: It is obvious with the carnage going on in digital TV that the coupon sales has been poor. ARROW ARROW says pipeline system business continues to trend […]

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Here are some comments from around the Web + my own at the bottom Thailand is the least preferred equity market in Southeast Asia given lofty valuations and ongoing political uncertainty, Morgan Stanley wrote in a report this week, predicting a possible 10 percent decline in the MSCI Thailand Index in dollar terms. The baht […]

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ABC ABC expects to report net profit in 3Q15 after a loss of Bt32mn, with revenue of Bt3bn. It plans to expand to E-commerce by launching an application with a credit card point redemption campaign. (Khao Hoon, 26/05/15) Comment: I still have extreme doubts on ABC’s business, perhaps they’ll allow us to redeem credit card […]

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The market continues to wobble around the 1,500 levels, why? Well economic growth is still a bit meh, more importantly earnings are meh and in reality we aren’t going to see anything wonderful until infrastructure spending actually kicks in, and the market is still pricing in those potential high levels. Going forward we may have […]

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AJP Targets 2015 revenue of Bt750mn backed by strong fundamental. It plans to restructure business by focusing on IT business, event organization and alternative energy. (Khao Hoon, 25/05/15) BRR 2015 revenue expected to grow 50% from 2014’s Bt241mn aided by increasing electricity sales and sugar orders. Its 9.9MW power plant is operating and it plans […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 444 mn EA – A huge share swap BA – He seems to be continually buying his shares back in the market. LPN – It’s not often that you see management buying shares in LPN, they must believe that their projects are not going to be affected whilst many projects that are […]

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Thailand Economy will expand by 4.7%: Prayut – Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha expects the economy to expand by 3.7 to 4.7 per cent next year, when the government starts spending the Bt2.72-trillion budget earmarked for the 2016 fiscal year. (The Nation, 22/5/15) Baht to remain volatile for now, BOT warns – The Baht will […]

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AKR 2Q15 earnings expected to outperform. AKR will sign a contract for an electric transformer project worth Bt100mn with EGAT next week. The company is preparing for upcoming bids, expecting to win 10-15% of the Bt4bn up for bids. It plans to invest Bt1.2bn in a solar power plant. (Thun Hoon, 22/05/15) Comment: Perhaps with […]

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