Thailand Rice scheme payments begin – Farmers waiting for delayed rice-pledging scheme payments can begin claiming their money from today, coup-makers announced yesterday. (Bangkok Post, 26/05/14) Reform plans to be discussed today — The NCPO will meet with several economic experts and government officials today to launch a new policy plans to reform the economy […]
Read More →BAFS BAFS maintains revenue growth of 10% in 2014, even though it has reduced volume growth of refueling services to 4.5% YoY from 5% YoY after raising refueling services fee. It will invest in the fuel pipeline for Phase 2 of Suvarnabhumi and will conclude its investment plan in Myanmar and fuel pipeline project in […]
Read More →While I’m still putting together my own long piece on the coup and its potential impacts (yes i’m slow I know I know, but I’m still just amazed and impressed by how well this all been executed). So in the meantime have a look at some key points that Dr. Mobius has put together. From […]
Read More →I’ve had the pleasure of listening to Kishore Mahbubani speak live a few months ago and just came across this article stating his viewpoints on ASEAN. As a region it is doing tremendously well despite all the issues that plague developing countries, and in my mind as an investment destination is a no-brainer. See below for […]
Read More →BGH Buys new hospital in Nakorn Pathom — BGH has announced the acquisition of Sanamchan Hospital, a 198-bed private hospital in Nakorn Pathom, plus its two hospitals. The investment cost is Bt3.66bnn (SET) Comment: And the growth machine for BGH continues, still think it can comfortably go to THB 20/share, just wait for the day […]
Read More →Well there are some surprises here, namely I’m quite happy to see Somkid’s Jatusripitak (he was part of thaksin’s team as their finance minister/deputy pm) and I do highly rate his capabilities. As for M.R. Pridiyathorn…well..he implemented capital controls some 8 years ago which made the SET drop 30% so I hope he doesn’t make […]
Read More →AGE AGE plans to generate 100MW from biomass power plant in 5 years. It expects to invest Bt7bn. Although revenue from the electricity business will be lower than from the coal business, net profit is expected to be similar. (Khao Hoon, 28/05/14) Comment: Well they are going to have to raise debt to quite high […]
Read More →A rating agency, R&I, last night downgraded Thailand’s outlook from Stable to Negative, will this be the first of many? Thus far Moody’s and S&P haven’t commented just yet, on a worst case scenario you can imagine all rating agencies downgrading Thailand to the point where the cost of issuing new debt skyrockets and then leads […]
Read More →BCP Only slight QoQ fall in EBITDA in 2Q14 — Although its refinery will be shut down for maintenance, BCP expects EBITDA for 2Q14 to only fall slightly compared to 1Q14. Even though EBITDA for refinery business will fall by 30%, revenue from its three solar energy phases plus the attractive adders, will help strengthen […]
Read More →Gunkul Engineering Plc is one of Thailand’s top producers and traders of electrical equipment and has expanded into electric power production, mainly from renewable energy, both solar and wind. Chief executive officer Sopacha Dhumrongpiyawut discusses the company’s strategy and outlook. What is Gunkul’s business model? Gunkul is a one-stop provider for renewable power plants and […]
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