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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