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. […]

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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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What happened now? Yesterday the House President called for an early bill debate today with 2nd and 3rd readings and votes by the end of this week and early next week and who sold off the market? Local institutions and prop desks (something we’ve been watching closely)… So whats the timeline of events now? If […]

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AOT  Transport Minister: Look at costs before allowing PSC rise — Chatchart Sithipun, transport minister, said he wants to take a look in detail at AOT’s cost rises before make the decision about raising passenger service charge, because there are more opponents than supporters. (Khao Hoon, 29/10/13) Comment: i’ve been reading that there will be […]

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This an incredibly good article on Bloomberg evidencing the growth of Thailand’s provinces ex Bangkok. Its something that we’ve thought internally for the longest time that Bangkok doesn’t have much more business growth which as been evidenced by its growth numbers, whereas the provinces are growing @ 2-3x the rate of the country’s GDP. Of […]

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AMATA Investing Bt50-60mn in flood prevention — AMATA says it has set aside Bt50-60mn for investment in flood prevention and is currently in the process of gathering necessary information for its long-term planning and mitigation plans which is expected to take 2-3 weeks. It plans to expand reservoirs and improve floodways with help from the […]

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CKP Turnaround in 3Q13 — CKP will post a turnaround in 3Q13 net profit to Bt170mn, driven by revenues from Nam Ngum 2 hydropower plant. The company expects net profit for the year to exceed Bt370mn. (Khao Hoon, 28/10/13) Comment: Still an expensive entity. CPF Plans to go abroad to produce Asian food — CPF […]

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