BAY: Consumer unit eyes regional growth. Krungsri Consumer, the personal finance arm of Bank of Ayudhya (BAY), will continue expanding its retail banking business regionally. The move is in line with the business strategy of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU), which will soon become the main shareholder in BAY. The managing director of Krungsri Consumer, […]
Read More →PF: Plans community malls worth Bt19.5b. Property Perfect (PF) plans to invest Bt19.5b over three years to develop four community malls in Bangkok before putting them into a property fund by 2015. The first two projects, Metro West Town on Kalapapruek Road and Metro East Town in Lat Krabang district, will start construction by 3Q13 […]
Read More →This came across my desk yesterday. MSCI Thailand (MSCI Global Standard) Add : HMPRO, MINT, INTUCH, TRUE Delete : None MSCI Thailand (MSCI Global Small Cap) Add : ANAN, BMCL, EASTW, EA, GRAMMY, GUNKUL JMART, KTC, MALEE, N-PARK, OFM, OISHI, SAMTEL, SPCG, TFD, THRE, UMI, UV, VGI, WHA Delete : BLA, BTS, VNT
Read More →HYDRO Gets two projects in Myanmar — HYDRO signed for two water treatment projects in Myanmar this year, worth a total of more than Bt1bn. The management is confident that revenues this year will reach Bt1.1bn, up 25% YoY, supported by its current backlog of Bt11bn. The company is also looking to win more projects […]
Read More →AOT Earnings soar 173% YoY in 1QFY13 —AOT posted 1Q FY13 earnings of Bt3.4 bn, growing 173%YoY. Revenue was Bt8.6 bn. AOT is benefiting from the reopening of Don Mueng airport. It also recovered a FX gain of Bt1.3bn. (Khao Hoon, 15/02/13) LPN DPS of Bt0.53 — The LPN board approved a dividend of Bt0.53/share on its […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s): SIRI – The President bought these shares from his private investment vehicle, only to eventually sell them @ the same price, first time we’ve seen a sell under his name Sell(s): BLA – Main owners BLAND – K. Ananttttttttttttt sold his warrants SIRI – See Above TPIPL – A director sells off […]
Read More →ADVANC Advanced Info Service: Planning 3-year capex of Bt70bn— Advanced Info Service PCL (ADVANC.TH), Thailand’s largest mobile phone service provider by subscribers, is planning a three-year capital expenditure of Bt70bn (US$2.35bn), mainly to expand its third-generation service on the 2.1 gigahertz spectrum. The company expects service revenue to grow by 6%-8% this year, driven by […]
Read More →CK – Expects good 1Q13 revenues — CK said 1Q13 revenue will be good after booking revenue from several construction projects. Currently, the company has backlog of Bt163bn. 1Q13 earnings will also be boosted by the booking of the sale of its shares in TTW to BECL. CK plans to list CK Power in March. (Khao […]
Read More →CPALL – Targets 13% sales growth in 2013 — CPALL targets 13% sales growth for 2013 and plans to add 550 more branches to achieve a total of 7,300 branches by the end of this year. In addition, the company plans to open one more distribution center in Samut Sakhon province this year. (Khao Hoon, […]
Read More →The THB 2.2 trn infrastructure budget has been bouncing around the government for the past 2 years and now it looks likely to go ahead in 2014. There were a few interesting points from the article in today’s paper that caught my eye. In addition to rail projects, nearly a quarter of the 2.2-trillion-baht budget […]
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