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 surged in line with other Asian bourses, buoyed by expectations of a Fed rate cut and the MPC’s 0.25% policy rate reduction.</li><li>The index rebounded sharply and advanced further, supported by rising RSI and MACD, and remains above all short-term EMA lines.</li><li>We recommend selective speculation as the index continues to advance with the potential to rally towards the 1,300-point level.</li></ul>

The SET surged in line with other Asian bourses, buoyed by expectations of a Fed rate cut and the MPC’s 0.25% policy rate reduction.The index rebounded sharply and advanced further, supported by rising RSI and MACD, and remains above all short-term EMA lines.We recommend selective speculation as the index continues to advance with the potential to rally towards the 1,300-point level.

Krungthai XSpring Technical Eng. August 14, 2025

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.

Debt Capital Markets

iShares MSCI Thailand / Debt Capital Markets

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<li>We sample blue-chip and household Thai corporations and plot the 12-month probability of default (PD) using iRAP</li>
<li>The median 12-month PD of the above samples was 11.15 basis points (bps), up from 5bps last November, with a trend showing continuing deterioration in the next 12 months</li>
<li>We expect more political upheaval and economic adjustment from the military conflict with Cambodia and the19% tariff on exports to the US to be quite detrimental to the Thai economy.</li>
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We sample blue-chip and household Thai corporations and plot the 12-month probability of default (PD) using iRAP
The median 12-month PD of the above samples was 11.15 basis points (bps), up from 5bps last November, with a trend showing continuing deterioration in the next 12 months
We expect more political upheaval and economic adjustment from the military conflict with Cambodia and the19% tariff on exports to the US to be quite detrimental to the Thai economy.


Bond Market Monitor: Thai Corporations UnSmiled

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

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Aug 1st. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD2.1bn.</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, Bumrungrad Hospital, VGI, SCB X, Home Product Center, Bumrungrad Hospital, Home Product Center, Vgi, Scb X.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Aug 1st. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD2.1bn.
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, Bumrungrad Hospital, VGI, SCB X, Home Product Center, Bumrungrad Hospital, Home Product Center, Vgi, Scb X.


Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Aug 1st): Intouch, Bumrungrad Hospital, VGI, SCB X

<ul><li>The US has maintained the reciprocal tariff rate on Thailand at 36%, while allowing room for negotiations before the new tariff takes effect on August 1, 2025.</li><li>If the US ultimately imposes this 36% tariff on Thai exports (with KTX estimating a 30% probability), it would undermine the competitiveness of Thai products — particularly electronics and rubber — posing downside risk that could push the SET Index down to 1,037 points over the next 12 months.</li><li>However, we believe the Thai government will make strong efforts to negotiate the rate down closer to 18% (55% probability). </li></ul>

The US has maintained the reciprocal tariff rate on Thailand at 36%, while allowing room for negotiations before the new tariff takes effect on August 1, 2025.If the US ultimately imposes this 36% tariff on Thai exports (with KTX estimating a 30% probability), it would undermine the competitiveness of Thai products — particularly electronics and rubber — posing downside risk that could push the SET Index down to 1,037 points over the next 12 months.However, we believe the Thai government will make strong efforts to negotiate the rate down closer to 18% (55% probability). 

Special Report: Reciprocal Tariff - JULY 9, 2025

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Jun 20th. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD1.9bn.</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 TMBThanachart Bank, Scb X, Cp Foods, Minor International.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Jun 20th. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD1.9bn.
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 TMBThanachart Bank, Scb X, Cp Foods, Minor International.


Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Jun 20th): TMBThanachart Bank, Scb X, Cp Foods, Minor International

Thailand

WHA Corp PCL is a built-to-suit distribution center and factory developer in Thailand.

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WHA Corp Pcl (WHA TB)

Krungthai XSpring Technical Eng. August 14, 2025

The SET surged in line with other Asian bourses, buoyed by expectations of a Fed rate cut and the MPC’s 0.25% policy rate reduction.

Krungthai XSpring

Bond Market Monitor: Thai Corporations UnSmiled

12-month probability of default for Thai corporations is on the rise, with political and economic challenges ahead due to military conflict and...

Bondcritic

Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Aug 1st): Intouch, Bumrungrad Hospital, VGI, SCB X

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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Special Report: Reciprocal Tariff - JULY 9, 2025

We recommend speculative buying of stocks affected by concerns over the 36% tariff, namely DELTA, HANA, CCET, SVI, STA, NER, WHA, and AMATA.

Krungthai XSpring

Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Jun 20th): TMBThanachart Bank, Scb X, Cp Foods, Minor International

We analyzed SET short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in TMBThanachart Bank, Scb X, Cp Foods, Minor...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Krungthai XSpring Technical Eng. August 14, 2025

The SET surged in line with other Asian bourses, buoyed by expectations of a Fed rate cut and the MPC’s 0.25% policy rate reduction.

Krungthai XSpring

Bond Market Monitor: Thai Corporations UnSmiled

​12-month probability of default for Thai corporations is on the rise, with political and economic challenges ahead due to military conflict and...

Bondcritic

Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Aug 1st): Intouch, Bumrungrad Hospital, VGI, SCB X

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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Special Report: Reciprocal Tariff - JULY 9, 2025

We recommend speculative buying of stocks affected by concerns over the 36% tariff, namely DELTA, HANA, CCET, SVI, STA, NER, WHA, and AMATA.

Krungthai XSpring

Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Jun 20th): TMBThanachart Bank, Scb X, Cp Foods, Minor International

We analyzed SET short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in TMBThanachart Bank, Scb X, Cp Foods, Minor...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

12-month probability of default for Thai corporations is on the rise, with political and economic challenges ahead due to military conflict and...