CPW maintained 20% FY21 revenue growth target supported by new IT & gadget products launch during the year, larger contribution from online sales, wider margins from IoT & smart home products. Comment: A C-grade version of COM7 ECF sees recovery in furniture mkt on seasonal and weak THB, while Minbu solar PP in Myanmar have […]

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*Effective 1 July SET announced SET50 and SET100 rebalance for 2H21: SET50: Ins : IRPC, KCE, STA, STGT. Outs: AWC, BAM, TOA, VGI. SET100: Ins: AAV, ICHI, NRF, PSL, PTL, SINGER, STGT, SYNEX, TKN. Outs: AWC, BPP, EPG, GFPT, MBK, TOA, TPIPP, TTW, WHAUP. sSET: 34 securities consisting of: Seven Utilities and Power pcl (7UP), […]

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ASAP in talk M&A insurance broker, seeks to branch out from car rent, used cars sales business, launches mobile app penetrate individual clients, target 100k users by end of year. Comment: I am curious to see where this fellow takes his company. I enjoyed talking with him years ago. One of the few people that […]

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AEONTS, VGI, and HUMAN in JV to set up Rabbit Cash, Bt800m registered cap, to expand digital lending platform, including nano finance, by capping interest rate at 15% max. Comment: Love this move by VGI, that damn rabbit card is immensely valuable and now they’ve figured out the partners to use utilise their distribution network. […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 271 mn VGI – BOOM! What a buy order. So first he buys a stake below 6 before the Kerry IPO is announced. Then BTS sells it’s stake in VGI to investors. And now he’s gone ahead without another massive buy. Sell(s) THB 12 mn N/A

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BJC: open new hypermarket branch, BIGC Mahachai 2, lift total to 151 outlets. BTS: kick-off trial run of North Green line extension (Wat Phra Sri Mahathat – Kukot) 7 stations, target cod in December. Comment: License to print money continues for this conglomerate. MBK: issues free warrants 67.79m units (MBK-W1) for existing holders at 25:1, […]

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Right of first refusal, or as I like to call it, freebie shares. Is this the beginning of a new trend where companies are going to be spinning off subsidiary/associate co’s and offering shares of the new IPO to existing shareholders of the existing listed co? The first one we saw post-lockdown was BWG (Better […]

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AS sees YoY revenue growth this year on >10 games launched, with 5 to be in 2H. Comment: Kicking myself for missing this. BAY cuts FY20 loan growth target to 3-5% from 5-7%, NII to 10-15% contraction yoy from -3% prior, coverage ratio 180-200 bps from 130-150 bps on fragile environment. BWG’s major holder, Komol […]

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Notable Transactions Note: Price data is as of 24/08/20, and as 2Q20 #’s are finished, management buy/sells are YUGEE. Buy(s) THB 560 mn BOFFICE – Family has put in a small fortune ready for the cap increase. OSP – Founding family member has been putting a lot of capital to work this year, both in […]

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BJCHI said results of the 7 projects worth Bt13b it participated in bidding will be known by end of year, adding to Bt3.5b current backlog, the highest since 2016. KKP name changed to Kiatnakin Phatra Bank Pcl, effective tomorrow (Aug 20), ticker remained unchanged. Comment: I suppose they had to make it obvious… KTC’s P-Loan, […]

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