BECL: June traffic growth of 3.3% — BECL reports moderate traffic growth in June at +3.3% YoY. An associate is listing and will begin to trade on July 18, 2013, at which time BECL will sell 20.6mn shares in the company. (Company) BTS: Vietnam subsidiary to bid for VN elevated rail management —BTS’s subsidiary is […]
Read More →KTB changes tack to focus on fees — State-owned Krungthai Bank (KTB) is focusing more on high-yielding retail banking and small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) loans in order to boost non-interest income, underscoring the fierce competition in these segments among big banks. Thailand’s second-largest lender by assets targets retail and SME loans of 60% of […]
Read More →As a sector its earnings grew 25% YoY with KK, BAY, KBANK, and KTB showing incredible earnings growth. The combination of a recovering Thai economy from the 2011 floods, automobile incentive scheme, housing schemes, reduction in corporate income tax from 30% to 23% all boosted their earnings strongly. Going forward however the same elements aren’t […]
Read More →KTB – FIDF still looking to sell part of its stake — The Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF) is to sell out 4% of its KTB stake or approximately 447mn shares. The selling price is expected to be 1.5x its book value or Bt19.20. The proceeds will be used to clear off the FIDF 1 […]
Read More →Applications for Board of Investment (BoI) privileges in 2012 topped 1.46 trillion baht, the highest ever, Industry Minister Prasert Boonchaisuk said on Thursday. The number of projects rose from 2011 by 29.7%, while investment worth was up 131%. These investment projects would create an estimated 348,866 jobs, the minister said. Source: Bangkok Post Booyah! This […]
Read More →AGE New coal mine ready to start up — AGE is ready to start operations of its coal mine in Tambon Nadee in Samutsakorn province and revenues are expected to be recognized immediately in the first quarter. The company is confident that revenues this year will reach Bt6bn from last year’s Bt4bn. (Khao Hoon, 03/01/13) […]
Read More →EARTH Raises capital to buy mine in Indonesia — EARTH increased its capital by 1.47bn shares to acquire a coal mine in Indonesia. The company said the dilution affect is 10% and it is confident that revenues this year will exceed Bt8 bn from 4 million tons of coal sales. It expects revenue growth of […]
Read More →Best CEO Award – SET: Somprasong Boonyachai, chief executive officer, Shin Corporation – MAI: Noppadon Tansalarak, chief executive officer, Master Ad SET Award of Honour For Continuous Excellence in 2008-2012 – Corporate Governance Report: Bangchak Petroleum, Kasikornbank – Corporate Social Responsibility: Bangchak Petroleum, Siam Cement For Continuous Excellence in 2009-2012 – Corporate Governance Report: Krung […]
Read More →Just received this in my mailbox, its a rather nifty little infographic showing which publicly listed companies in Thailand will benefit from the recent issuance of 3G licenses to the telecom operators. Source: Not sure, if someone knows do inform me so I can credit them properly
Read More →Analysts have been sending me this table most of today with the headlines that Thai Bank’s loan growth has been slowing in the month of August but a MoM growth of +1.0% for the whole sector isn’t bad. Based on the figures this is what I see: The Small financial institutions (KK and TISCO) have […]
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