AMANAH- AMANAH to expand its hire-purchase business — The company expects 2013 hire-purchase business will reach Bt5 bn, growing 15%YoY. AMANAH partnered with IBANK to capture Islamic customers. (Tun Hoon, 30/01/13) Comment: Another financing co trying to ride the industry trend. CPN – CPN plans Bt10 bn ‘super mall’ — Central Pattana Plc (CPN), the […]
Read More →BCH – WMC opening soon — BCH will open its high-end World Medical Centre (WMC) in Chaeng Wattana. The hospital is expected to attract higher premium and international patients. Phase 1 will consist of 150 hospital beds before its grand opening of 324 beds. BCH expects revenues to grow by 25% this year, as it […]
Read More →Just out last night, see below for a quick summary MSCI Global Standard Indices # of Thai Additions: 4 Companies: Airports of Thailand (AOT) Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BGH) Central Pattana (CPN) Siam Makro (MAKRO) MSCI Global Small Cap Indices # of thai co’s in/out: 9/(5) Companies: +Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services (BAFS) +Golden land (GOLD) […]
Read More →Market begun to show some take profit signs last week with foreign investors slowing down their buying in the Thai Equity market and with banks posting +20% YoY earnings across the board, some profit taking happened in the sector as well. Going forward we are looking at what will happen with the commerce sector, its […]
Read More →UBS put out an extremely good paper demonstrating where the growth areas are in Thailand. In summary it shows how the provinces have grown far faster than Bangkok city in the past 15 years primarily due to manufacturing becoming a more prominent part of the economy here. This merely proves what a lot of us […]
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