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.

Equity Derivatives

Palantir Technologies  / Equity Derivatives

<ul><li>We recommend opening a position in PLTR06, a DR linked to a leading data analytics and defense technology company.</li><li>KTX Tactical DR Port's average return was largely flat (-0.15%), as global stock markets came under pressure from renewed Middle East tensions following Iran's increasingly tough stance.</li><li>Our KTX Baht Tracker indicates that the THB is becoming excessively strong.</li></ul>

We recommend opening a position in PLTR06, a DR linked to a leading data analytics and defense technology company.KTX Tactical DR Port's average return was largely flat (-0.15%), as global stock markets came under pressure from renewed Middle East tensions following Iran's increasingly tough stance.Our KTX Baht Tracker indicates that the THB is becoming excessively strong.

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Equity Bottom-Up

Palantir Technologies  / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Palantir Technologies reported exceptionally strong results in the second quarter of fiscal 2026, marked by a 93% year-over-year revenue growth, the highest in the company's history, and a significant acceleration in its U.S. business.</li><li>U.S. revenue accounted for over 81% of total revenue and grew 115% year-over-year, driven by 149% growth in U.S. commercial revenue and 90% growth in U.S. government revenue.</li><li>The company closed a record number of large deals, including 220 deals worth $1 million or more, with 98 deals above $5 million and 73 deals exceeding $10 million.</li></ul>

Palantir Technologies reported exceptionally strong results in the second quarter of fiscal 2026, marked by a 93% year-over-year revenue growth, the highest in the company's history, and a significant acceleration in its U.S. business.U.S. revenue accounted for over 81% of total revenue and grew 115% year-over-year, driven by 149% growth in U.S. commercial revenue and 90% growth in U.S. government revenue.The company closed a record number of large deals, including 220 deals worth $1 million or more, with 98 deals above $5 million and 73 deals exceeding $10 million.

Palantir Technologies’ 93% Revenue Surge — Is The AI Growth Engine Still Accelerating?

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li><em><strong>Repatriation Investment Account (RIA) has surpassed 1 trillion won ($690 million) since its launch about a month ago in Korea. </strong></em></li>
<li>Total amount of overseas listed investments by Korean investors increased from $27 billion at the end of 2020 to $131.7 billion as of 22 April 2026.</li>
<li>RIA account is aiming to slow down this aggressive growth of overseas stock investments by Korean investors and rather try to repatriate these overseas investments into the Korean stock market. </li>
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Repatriation Investment Account (RIA) has surpassed 1 trillion won ($690 million) since its launch about a month ago in Korea. 
Total amount of overseas listed investments by Korean investors increased from $27 billion at the end of 2020 to $131.7 billion as of 22 April 2026.
RIA account is aiming to slow down this aggressive growth of overseas stock investments by Korean investors and rather try to repatriate these overseas investments into the Korean stock market. 


Repatriation Investment Account (RIA) Surpasses 1 Trillion Won in One Month in Korea

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/space-exploration-technologies-corp-spacex" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33284:1" rel="noopener">SpaceX (SPCX US)</a>, an Elon Musk led Space to AI company, aims to raise around US$75bn in its US IPO.</li>
<li>SpaceX is set to be the largest IPO ever. It will also probably end up being one of the most controversial ones given the asking valuations and other worldly promises.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the company background and its ground breaking space segment.</li>
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SpaceX (SPCX US), an Elon Musk led Space to AI company, aims to raise around US$75bn in its US IPO.
SpaceX is set to be the largest IPO ever. It will also probably end up being one of the most controversial ones given the asking valuations and other worldly promises.
In this note, we talk about the company background and its ground breaking space segment.


Aequitas: SpaceX IPO - Space - The Breakthrough Segment but with Low/No Growth

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/space-exploration-technologies-corp-spacex" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33284:1" rel="noopener">SpaceX (SPCX US)</a>, an Elon Musk led Space to AI company, aims to raise around US$75bn in its US IPO.</li>
<li>SpaceX is set to be the largest IPO ever. It will also probably end up being one of the most controversial ones given the asking valuations and other worldly promises.</li>
<li>We will undertake our more serious analysis in the coming days. This note is a lighthearted look at some of the other worldly claims and Grok’s view on SpaceX valuation.</li>
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SpaceX (SPCX US), an Elon Musk led Space to AI company, aims to raise around US$75bn in its US IPO.
SpaceX is set to be the largest IPO ever. It will also probably end up being one of the most controversial ones given the asking valuations and other worldly promises.
We will undertake our more serious analysis in the coming days. This note is a lighthearted look at some of the other worldly claims and Grok’s view on SpaceX valuation.


Aequitas: SpaceX IPO- A Lighthearted Take on Some of the Claims - Grok Speaks the Truth on Valuation

United States

Palantir Technologies Inc. develops software to analyze information. The Company offers solutions support many kinds of data including structured, unstructured, relational, temporal, and geospatial. Palantir Technologies serves customers worldwide.

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