Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 509mn BGH – Another THB 506 mn bought by K. Prasert Sell(s) THB 248 mn BEAUTY – Big off the market transaction of THB 213 mn by principals IFEC – The founder, K. Narong, continues to sell his shares
Read More →The weekend’s and yesterday’s protests actually caught quite a fair bit of attention in the global media and made the market drop some 40 pts (2.5%) in a day. Our viewpoint is simple, this bill still has to go through the Senate and then the Constitutional Court at which point we think it won’t pass. […]
Read More →CPN Central Festival Chiang Mai opening November 14 — CPN will open Central Festival Chiangmai, its 22nd retail outlet, worth more than Bt7bn, on November 14. This will be the north’s largest shopping mall. The company will partner up on promotional campaigns. (Khao Hoon, 05/11/13) Comment: They are just dominating the upcountry area with their […]
Read More →CPALL To issue bonds — CPALL has boosted its bond issue for institutional and retail investors to Bt50bn from Bt40bn in response to strong demand. (Khao Hoon, 4/11/13) Comment: Only positive out of this is that brokers can stop passing rumours around of a potential high FX Cost with the dollar loans. GEN GEN acquires […]
Read More →Great monthly commentary out by Bill Gross of Pimco, and he’s made a couple points that are definitely worth mentioning. And here’s a rather incredible kicker to this theoretical comparison. The U.S. economy – thanks to the Fed – has been operating a 1 trillion dollar share buyback program nearly every year since late 2008, […]
Read More →What happened? So the news came out two days ago after the market closed that the Supreme Court ruled to overturn the Central Bankruptcy Court’s ruling of 10 years ago in 2003. Now the Bankruptcy Court had approved JAS’s Business Reorganisation Plan in August 2003 and JAS had completed its restructuring plan and was out […]
Read More →Thailand Shrimp, industrial goods lead 7% export decline – Thailand’s exports fell by 7.09% YoY in September, bringing the nine-month expansion rate to a marginal 0.05%. With it, the Commerce Ministry admitted yesterday the country will likely end the year with shipments far from its growth target range of 3-4%. (Bangkok Post, 26/10/13) BoT ditches […]
Read More →BLAND Bangkok Land condo taps area’s growth – SET-listed Bangkok Land Plc (BLAND) is developing the second phase of its Double Lake condominium project in Muang Thong Thani to cater to higher demand in northern Bangkok. The new phase, worth ~Bt525mn, will comprise two buildings with a combined 298 units priced from Bt1.99mn. It will […]
Read More →I love this quarterly release from Vincent Fernando over @ Religare where they track earnings growth vs market performance on a sector basis for countries in ASEAN. So as a quick summary this is what he sees for ASEAN  Banks, non-coal energy, materials , retail and telecom offer the best growth in ASEAN by sector. […]
Read More →BAY Credit card growth of 15% achievable — BAY expects revenues from credit cards for 2013 to reach its growth target of 15% as consumer spending picks up in 4Q13. Management expects growth for credit cards to double that of GDP growth in 2014. (Tun Hoon, 31/10/13) GLOW 9M13 profit of Bt5.63bn, up 45% YoY […]
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