KBANK is mimicking SCB’s successful expansion into Investment Banking (3 years ago), I’m not too surprised by the move given both banks move from pure depositor-lenders to more universal banks and over the short-mid term I wouldn’t be surprised to see more deals happening in Thailand which could make for an exciting period in the market, then […]
Read More →In the news this morning the Thai newspaper Kao Hoon reported on rumours that Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) is in talks with the Ministry of Finance (MOF) to buy its 26% stake in TMB through a share swap ratio of one SCB share to 60 TMB shares. The key issue with this transaction lies with […]
Read More →Ploy has put together a plethora of charts and information, she’s still hesitant on the market as whole and lists out key factors to look for. SET made a low at 1,101.59 last week. Although there have been rebound for 3 consecutive trading days, and the SET made a beautiful rebound from the support at […]
Read More →Market had continued to struggle to break above 1,200 last week but was kept afloat by massive bank results with KBANK posting +50% YoY and SCB +29% YoY improvement in earnings.
Read More →I touched on the fact that the government was trying to transfer the FIDF (Thailand’s loans from the ’97 asian financial crisis) from the government’s balance sheet to the Bank of Thailand’s balance sheet. And now there is a recent development, according to local news today the BOT Governor is exploring ways to make up […]
Read More →My good friend Roger, who’s doing his PhD specifically on Myanmar recently wrote this paper on the developments there today. It’s a country that is going to grow extremely quickly, my only fear for them is that the government takes a short term viewpoint to the country’s future, although I’ve been assured by several parties […]
Read More →Market Update September continued the volatility seen in August with all assets classes ex US Treasuries globally falling ~10%. The SET dropped just over 14% during September. As discussed in last month’s letter to clients we opined that we were extremely worried about a potential liquidity crisis given the Eurozone’s exacerbated debt issues and the […]
Read More →The Inmates are taking over the Aslyum! SCB doubles the size of its investment banking team! Ok maybe that is an unfair comment as Siam Commercial Bank is a fantastically well-run bank since Dr. Vichit Suraphongchai came on board to advise the bank and eventually become its CEO in 2007 and today is the most profitable […]
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