Independent Asian Credit Research, Bondcritic

Warut Promboon

Independent Asian Credit Research

Asian Fixed Income/Frontier Market Research

Bondcritic

Bondcritic, established in 2009, is designed to be an independent credit research voice that helps investors gain insights and unbiased analyses on Asian fixed income market. Our mission is to discover deep-value Asian high-yield and distressed bonds with a bottom-up approach, together with the help of our proprietary ESG (Environmental, Social Development, and Governance) model. At the same time, we focus on bringing investment cases of unrated and unloved issuers to the general public.

Credit

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<li>We initiate our coverage on Health and Happiness International Holding Limited (H&amp;H)’s BTSDF 9.125% 24Jul2028.</li>
<li>H&amp;H has refinanced USD320m of 2026 notes with the new USD300m of 2028 notes at a 9.125% coupon. The new bonds help extend its debt maturity and lower financing cost.</li>
<li>The bonds offer diversification and a chance to invest back in China after the fallout in the property sector. We assign an OVERWEIGHT recommendation.</li>
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We initiate our coverage on Health and Happiness International Holding Limited (H&amp;H)’s BTSDF 9.125% 24Jul2028.
H&amp;H has refinanced USD320m of 2026 notes with the new USD300m of 2028 notes at a 9.125% coupon. The new bonds help extend its debt maturity and lower financing cost.
The bonds offer diversification and a chance to invest back in China after the fallout in the property sector. We assign an OVERWEIGHT recommendation.


Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Nov 14th. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD2.2bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Intouch, Bangkok Dusit, Quality Houses, CP AXTRA NVDR, Muangthai Capital, Muangthai Capital, Quality Houses, Bangkok Dusit.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Nov 14th. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD2.2bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Intouch, Bangkok Dusit, Quality Houses, CP AXTRA NVDR, Muangthai Capital, Muangthai Capital, Quality Houses, Bangkok Dusit.


Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Nov 14th): Intouch, Bangkok Dusit, Quality Houses, CP AXTRA NVDR

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Oct 31st. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD2.4bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Intouch, PTT, Kasikornbank, Advanced Info Service, CP ALL, Kasikornbank, CP ALL, Ptt, Advanced Info Service.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Oct 31st. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD2.4bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Intouch, PTT, Kasikornbank, Advanced Info Service, CP ALL, Kasikornbank, CP ALL, Ptt, Advanced Info Service.


Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Oct 31st): Intouch, PTT, Kasikornbank, Advanced Info Service, CP ALL

Head of Research, Krungthai XSpring

Waraporn Wiboonkanarak

Head of Research

A full service Thai brokerage

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.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>The SET Index is expected to move sideways today, with the support at 1,285/1,268 and the resistance at 1,300/1,313.</li><li>Thailand’s headline inflation fell -0.72% YoY in September, below market expectations of –0.6% YoY, marking the sixth consecutive month of decline.</li><li>The program is expected to boost 4Q25 GDP by 0.3–0.4%.</li></ul>

The SET Index is expected to move sideways today, with the support at 1,285/1,268 and the resistance at 1,300/1,313.Thailand’s headline inflation fell -0.72% YoY in September, below market expectations of –0.6% YoY, marking the sixth consecutive month of decline.The program is expected to boost 4Q25 GDP by 0.3–0.4%.

Krungthai XSpring Zoom Eng. October 7, 2025

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Oct 3rd. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD2.4bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Intouch, Gulf Energy Development, Bumrungrad Hospital, Bangkok Bank, Srisawad, Bangkok Bank, Bumrungrad Hospital, Srisawad, Gulf Energy Development.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Oct 3rd. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD2.4bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Intouch, Gulf Energy Development, Bumrungrad Hospital, Bangkok Bank, Srisawad, Bangkok Bank, Bumrungrad Hospital, Srisawad, Gulf Energy Development.


Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Oct 3rd): Intouch, Gulf Energy Development, Bumrungrad Hospital

Thailand

Muangthai Capital Public Company Limited operates as a commercial lending company. The Company provides car title, personal, agricultural vehicle, land title, and other loan products. Muangthai Capital serves customers in Thailand.

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Muangthai Capital (MTC TB)

Health & Happiness: On Deleveraging Path

Coverage initiated on H&H's new 9.125% 2028 bonds, offering diversification and a chance to invest in China post-property sector fallout....

Bondcritic

Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Nov 14th): Intouch, Bangkok Dusit, Quality Houses, CP AXTRA NVDR

We analyzed SET short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Intouch (INTUCH TB), Bangkok Dusit (BDMS TB),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Oct 31st): Intouch, PTT, Kasikornbank, Advanced Info Service, CP ALL

We analyzed SET short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Intouch (INTUCH TB), PTT (PTT TB), Kasikornbank...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Krungthai XSpring Zoom Eng. October 7, 2025

Thailand’s headline inflation fell -0.72% YoY in September, below market expectations of –0.6% YoY, marking the sixth consecutive month of decline.

Krungthai XSpring

Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Oct 3rd): Intouch, Gulf Energy Development, Bumrungrad Hospital

We analyzed SET short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Intouch (INTUCH TB), Gulf Energy Development...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Health & Happiness: On Deleveraging Path

​Coverage initiated on H&H's new 9.125% 2028 bonds, offering diversification and a chance to invest in China post-property sector fallout....

Bondcritic

Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Nov 14th): Intouch, Bangkok Dusit, Quality Houses, CP AXTRA NVDR

We analyzed SET short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Intouch (INTUCH TB), Bangkok Dusit (BDMS TB),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Oct 31st): Intouch, PTT, Kasikornbank, Advanced Info Service, CP ALL

We analyzed SET short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Intouch (INTUCH TB), PTT (PTT TB), Kasikornbank...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Krungthai XSpring Zoom Eng. October 7, 2025

Thailand’s headline inflation fell -0.72% YoY in September, below market expectations of –0.6% YoY, marking the sixth consecutive month of decline.

Krungthai XSpring

Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Oct 3rd): Intouch, Gulf Energy Development, Bumrungrad Hospital

We analyzed SET short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Intouch (INTUCH TB), Gulf Energy Development...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Coverage initiated on H&H's new 9.125% 2028 bonds, offering diversification and a chance to invest in China post-property sector fallout....