ADVANC Economic slowdown leads to cut in target — ADVANC slashed its revenue target for the year to 5-6% from 6-8% due to the slowdown in the economy. Its 3Q13 net profit shrank to Bt8.34bn, with 9M13 net profit of Bt27.46bn, growth of only 3.9% YoY. (Khao Hoon, 06/11/13) Comment: Will this dividend behemoth finally […]
Read More →CPN Central Festival Chiang Mai opening November 14 — CPN will open Central Festival Chiangmai, its 22nd retail outlet, worth more than Bt7bn, on November 14. This will be the north’s largest shopping mall. The company will partner up on promotional campaigns. (Khao Hoon, 05/11/13) Comment: They are just dominating the upcountry area with their […]
Read More →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 […]
Read More →AGE Wins coal orders from China — AGE won new coal orders from China of 300,000 tons and this will help push its international sales for the year to more than 1mn tons. Management expects total 2013 coal sales of 2.5mn tons, with revenue of over Bt5bn. (Khao Hoon, 21/10/13) CPALL Bond issue — CPALL […]
Read More →ABPIF Amata B.Grimm sets IPO price – Amata B.Grimm Power Ltd, majority owned by the local trading conglomerate B.Grimm, has priced its Bt600mn IPO trust units of its infrastructure fund at an indicative range of 10.50 to 11 baht. The IPO is expected to generate up to Bt6.5bn to finance the company’s business expansion. The […]
Read More →BAY bullish on SME loans despite economic slowdown – The Bank of Ayudhya (BAY) maintains its 15% growth target for its small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) loans this year on expectations that the country’s economy will return to normal growth in the next six to 12 months. Thailand’s fifth-largest lender by assets typically sets its […]
Read More →CPN At CPN, B53.2bn for new Rayong mall – Despite the gloomy global economy, leading local retailers vow to maintain their business plans in order to meet sales projections this year. Central Pattana Plc (CPN) is the most active, intending to use Bt3.2bn to build a new shopping mall in Rayong and capture rising spending […]
Read More →CPALL CP outlines Bt2.5bn expansion — CP All, the operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores, intends to invest Bt2.5bn to build four distribution centers across the country to support its future expansion in which the number of stores would reach 10,000 by 2017. The first center, which is under construction at a cost of Bt1bn in […]
Read More →CPN CPN to raise funds for new development — CPN plans to raise an additional Bt10-12bn this year to finance its ambitious investment plans including developing a prime location at the busy intersection of Rama IV and Sathorn roads. CPN will issue new units of its CPN Retail Growth Leasehold Property Fund (CPNRF) in a […]
Read More →AKR AKR wins a bid — AKR has won the bidding for a project worth Bt500mn. Management said the company has its backlog of Bt600mn. AKR targets to grow 10%YoY. International orders will increase to 20-25% in 2013. Its deal regarding the solar business is expected to conclude at the end of this year. (Tun […]
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