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).

Sathorn Series 8: Bailing Out on the Lil'l Guys

Sathorn Series 9: Surviving the Sunset in Thai Securities

Sathorn Series 6: Disappearing Deutsche, Breakaway Brokers

Sathorn Series 2: Banks Under Storm (PromptPay & Deposit Guarantee Removal)

Equity Bottom-Up

Maybank Kim Eng Securities Thailand / Equity Bottom-Up

Maybank Kim Eng Securities Thailand (MBKET TB)

<p>Yesterday, a friend of mine in Singapore running a rival family office in Singapore mentioned massive layoffs across the world, but mainly in Asia. Though it's probably 10x less than what happened during the Lehman crisis aftermath circa 2011, it's still pretty dramatic. One thing hastening the decline of Asian investment banking seems to be capital flight to America, a major global market bolstered by capital flows (from Asia to America) and positive sentiments from a pro-business Trumpian…</p>

Yesterday, a friend of mine in Singapore running a rival family office in Singapore mentioned massive layoffs across the world, but mainly in Asia. Though it's probably 10x less than what happened during the Lehman crisis aftermath circa 2011, it's still pretty dramatic. One thing hastening the decline of Asian investment banking seems to be capital flight to America, a major global market bolstered by capital flows (from Asia to America) and positive sentiments from a pro-business Trumpian…

Sathorn Series 7: Twilight of Investment Banking?