Asean-focused. Ex-Head of Thai Research

Athaporn Arayasantiparb, CFA

Athaporn served as Head of Research for UOB and ANZ in Thailand and was an award-winning telecoms analyst at UBS in 2010 (AsiaMoney Thailand category) and Regional Strategist for DMG in Singapore. Prior to that, he also served as Kasikornbank credit analyst and scholar. He has a total work experience of 22 years, of which 19 were in research and 9 in research management roles. He started his career as an engineer for PTT and currently manages family investments. He holds an MBA from Stern (NYU) and CFA Charter since 2006.

Apart from IPO Radar, which focuses on future listings, MCorp Review also performs financial advisory services for TKC Services and provides 11 other on-going thematic series ranked by frequency in descending order, namely:

1) Snippets (news-driven);
2) Sathorn Series (financial services);
3) Silicon Stories (technology); 
4) Thai-Coons (billionaire origin series);
5) Reality Check (data-driven, investigative);
6) Thai Media Spotlight;
7) Political Pit Stop; 
8) Telecom Review; 
9) Thai Macro Watch (read-through from foreign events);  
10) Small Cap Diary; and
11) Property Grid

There are also 3 limited-time series driven by specific events or locations, namely:
1) Thai Corona Crisis;
2) South Series; and
3) Mechanics and Details (deal forensics).

IPO Radar: Rich Sport, the Thai "Shoe Dog"

Reality Check IX: What Has More Upside in Thailand: Innovative Products, Adders, or Deals?

Thai-Coons (Ep. 3): RBS Logo...Seriously?

The Little League (Ep. 4): Tales from the Kitchen

The Little League (Ep.3): Bangkok's Bechtel

The Little League (Ep. 2): The Adventurer and AC Milan

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Thailand Beverages / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p>A few centuries ago, coffee would have been an entirely alien concept in this country. These days, drinking coffee is as habitual as brushing your teeth. I recall drinking 3 cups a day when I was studying, 2 while working, and one per day in retirement. I'm sure I'll cut it down to zero when I'm dead, but ah...there'll be new people to pick up the slack yo. There are at least 10,000 places you could have coffee in Thailand, and that's not counting the infinite number of street vendors. Between…</p>

A few centuries ago, coffee would have been an entirely alien concept in this country. These days, drinking coffee is as habitual as brushing your teeth. I recall drinking 3 cups a day when I was studying, 2 while working, and one per day in retirement. I'm sure I'll cut it down to zero when I'm dead, but ah...there'll be new people to pick up the slack yo. There are at least 10,000 places you could have coffee in Thailand, and that's not counting the infinite number of street vendors. Between…

A Cup of Joe: Stocks with Lotta Caffeine