Head of Research, Krungthai XSpring

Waraporn Wiboonkanarak

Head of Research

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Krungthai XSpring

Krungthai XSpring is a full service broker. The company provides a wide range of investment services such as Securities Brokerage, Derivative Agent Business, Securities Borrowing and Lending, Securities Trading, Underwriting, Financial Advisory, Wealth Advisory, Private Fund Management and International Markets Securities Trading. 

In terms of credibility, Fitch Ratings has assigned Krunghtai XSpring a long-term rating of AA- and a national short-term rating of F1+ with stable outlook.

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<ul><li>Global fund managers still suggest increasing holdings of safe-haven assets, such as cash, or investing in sectors with recurring income, notably utilities and health care stocks, while they are bearish on risk assets and global growth in the next 12 months.</li><li>Investors also repriced their expectations regarding the terminal fed funds rate in 1Q23 by 50 bps higher.</li><li>However, we expect the Thai market to see a limited impact from the bearishness thanks to the good earnings recovery momentum, in contrast to global economies, as well as the boost from the huge growth in the number of tourist arrivals from 400k in 2021 to an expected 21mn in 2023E.</li></ul>

Global fund managers still suggest increasing holdings of safe-haven assets, such as cash, or investing in sectors with recurring income, notably utilities and health care stocks, while they are bearish on risk assets and global growth in the next 12 months.Investors also repriced their expectations regarding the terminal fed funds rate in 1Q23 by 50 bps higher.However, we expect the Thai market to see a limited impact from the bearishness thanks to the good earnings recovery momentum, in contrast to global economies, as well as the boost from the huge growth in the number of tourist arrivals from 400k in 2021 to an expected 21mn in 2023E.

<ul><li>The Global Fund Manager Survey in October reconfirms a bear market atmosphere due to concerns over a global economic slowdown, which is prompting investors to overweight cash and underweight equities.</li><li>While the Thai market has not escaped being impacted by the bearishness as evidenced from the net selling by foreign investors and the weaker baht amid the stronger USD, we still hold a positive view thanks to the outlook for a more outstanding recovery in Thailand than other countries, based on the upward revision to the World Bank’s 2022E GDP projection from +2.9% to +3.1% YoY.</li><li>We maintain our recommendation for stocks under the reopening theme that should benefit from the peak seasons for spending and tourism. </li></ul>

The Global Fund Manager Survey in October reconfirms a bear market atmosphere due to concerns over a global economic slowdown, which is prompting investors to overweight cash and underweight equities.While the Thai market has not escaped being impacted by the bearishness as evidenced from the net selling by foreign investors and the weaker baht amid the stronger USD, we still hold a positive view thanks to the outlook for a more outstanding recovery in Thailand than other countries, based on the upward revision to the World Bank’s 2022E GDP projection from +2.9% to +3.1% YoY.We maintain our recommendation for stocks under the reopening theme that should benefit from the peak seasons for spending and tourism. 

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<ul><li>We expect the MPC to continue raising the policy interest rate in 2023E to the terminal rate of 2.0%, which is where the real rate will turn positive at +0.1%, based on a CPI of 1.9% as of the end of 4Q23E (Bloomberg consensus).</li><li>The 2023E Thai economy is projected to grow at its full potential at 4.5% YoY (vs. the current projection of 3.7% YoY) on the back of the expected recovery of tourism thanks to China’s sooner-than-anticipated reopening.</li><li>Meanwhile, inflation has continued to slow down. We continue to recommend reopening plays whose earnings are likely to recover in line with the Thai economic outlook. </li></ul>

We expect the MPC to continue raising the policy interest rate in 2023E to the terminal rate of 2.0%, which is where the real rate will turn positive at +0.1%, based on a CPI of 1.9% as of the end of 4Q23E (Bloomberg consensus).The 2023E Thai economy is projected to grow at its full potential at 4.5% YoY (vs. the current projection of 3.7% YoY) on the back of the expected recovery of tourism thanks to China’s sooner-than-anticipated reopening.Meanwhile, inflation has continued to slow down. We continue to recommend reopening plays whose earnings are likely to recover in line with the Thai economic outlook. 

MPC - MPC Raised the Policy Interest Rate by 0.25% to 1.50%

Thailand

The Erawan Group is a Thai hospitality company that invests in, develops, and operates hotels across luxury, midscale, economy, and budget segments, primarily in Thailand, the Philippines, and Japan. The company also engages in building rental and management, including commercial retail properties and office buildings. It was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Fund Manager Survey - No Cuts, No Glory

Global fund managers still suggest increasing holdings of safe-haven assets, such as cash, or investing in sectors with recurring income, notably...

Krungthai XSpring

Special Report: Global Fund Manager Survey

We maintain our recommendation for stocks under the reopening theme that should benefit from the peak seasons for spending and tourism

Krungthai XSpring

MPC - MPC Raised the Policy Interest Rate by 0.25% to 1.50%

We expect the MPC to continue raising the policy interest rate in 2023E to the terminal rate of 2.0%, which is where the real rate will turn...

Krungthai XSpring

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