ADVANC ADVANC reports more than 500,000 of its 2G clients have upgraded to 3G. It aims at getting more than 10mn 4G users from 4.4mn now. It has budgeted of Bt40bn to expand its business in 2016. (Kao Hoon, 29/2/16) Comment: The number we read this morning from the news was 5 mn users already. […]

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Humour Would you believe it if I said that Thailand is the second best performing market in Asia this year? Nearly +4.5% in USD terms Airlines Nok Let’s start with Nok Airways, it appears that ever since its ludicrously expensive IPO  no one has been a believer in Nok Airways, perhaps its the way that […]

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SET-listed IRPC Plc is Thailand’s largest integrated refinery and petrochemical company. President Sukrit Surabotsopon discusses the company’s strategy and outlook. What is IRPC’s business model? In simple terms, our operations start from importing crude oil to refining oil into petroleum products such as naphtha, petrol, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas and making petrochemical products. Petroleum […]

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January export value slides by 8.9% — JANUARY’S export value continued contracting by 8.9 per cent to US$15.71 billion on the same global factors – slumping demand and rock-bottom crude-oil prices. (The Nation, 26/2/16) Household debt expected to remain above 80% of GDP — THE LEVEL of household debt this year is expected to continue […]

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ANAN ANAN targets 2016 revenue to reach Bt11bn backed by Bt37.2bn backlog. It plans to launch 12 projects, valued at Bt22bn. (Thun Hoon, 26/02/16) Comment: Seems to be rather conservative estimates coming out from the management team given their backlog, lets see how things unfold during the year BANPU BANPU expects net profit to return […]

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AIT AIT is talking to A prospective partner to provide data center service. It expects this to need Bt400mn capital investment. It plans to ask board approval in April. It plans to take part in Bt10bn public bids, of which it expects to get 40-50%. (Khao Hoon, 25/02/16) Comment: They’ve come out saying a few […]

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Notable Transactions Note: Interesting to see the wide divergence in buy’s/sell’s Buy(s) THB 226 mn BROOK – Harumph…trust this company at your own peril… TMT – It’s been a rather odd following this company over the past few years, dividends have been amazing but every once a in while one of the quarterly #’s are […]

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