BAY BAY to expand to more global companies. Following an impressive loan growth of 14.5% in 1Q18, BAY plans to expand its client base from Japanese clients to other global companies. Its key business strategy is to support businesses in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). (Kao Hoon, 31/5/18) Comment: I still think that this bank […]
Read More →AKR AKR expects 2Q18 to be better than 1Q18 given growing demand of transformers from both government and private entities. It has 2-3 deals worth Bt100mn in the works. It will also bid for 10 solar rooftop projects valued at Bt600mn with results in 2Q18. These will give revenue growth of 20% this year. (Thun […]
Read More →AOT AOT is expanding its airports in Chiang Mai and Phuket with a budget of Bt120bn to support rising traffic, both domestic and overseas. (Thun Hoon, 28/5/18) BAY BAY management said that SME loans grew nicely at 2-3% YoY in 4M18 and is maintaining its fullyear target growth of 11%. Bad debts will be controlled […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 1.4 bn SUPER – And boom now look at the stock price after SAWAD – Looks like the owners think that the doubling of NPL’s was a one off RS – So this company is now a media player, cosmetics, what else could they do to drive the “value” here? I […]
Read More →It is all about the dollar and oil at the moment. Oil prices have dropped by some -5%, watch the market drop to 1,600 levels
Read More →JFinCoin & JMART I wanted to give this a few weeks before writing about it to see if there would be anything positive. Unfortunately for them not, the ICO performed poorly and is down some -50% from its initial offering price. The perfect world scenario was that it would pop well on the first day […]
Read More →Budget for agricultural (via 15 measures) is estimated to add Bt100bn into the economy. Given the budget size of Bt42bn, the budget multiplier is around 2.65X. This should generate income of Bt30bn for farmers. (Kao Sod, 21/5/18) Thai exports hit 7-year high. Ministry of Commerce says April-18 exports grew 12.3% to $19bn, extending a winning […]
Read More →AOT AOT’s board of directors gave the green light to second airports in Chiang Mai and Phuket budgeted at Bt126bn after forecasts showed the current airports will be fully utilized. It will propose the plan to the cabinet and shareholders for approval. (Kao Hoon, 25/5/18) Comment: With it supposedly completed by 2022, lets add 2 […]
Read More →BGRIM BGRIM at risk of losing two projects. BGRIM is facing a risk that development of two power plants (BGPR1 and BGPR2) with total capacity of 240 MW might not be able to continue, because these two projects need to relocate to other industrial estates after the V.R.M. Industrial estate (the original location for these […]
Read More →BAFS BAFS expects revenue reach Bt5bn in 2021 upon a full year of revenue from Phichit-Lampang oil pipe. For 2018, it expects revenue growth of 4-5% on easing of ICAO for 16 airlines. (Kao Hoon, 23/5/18) CHOW CHOW expects revenue to exceed Bt5bn as it will book Bt1bn in revenue from its energy business in […]
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