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: Another Melting Ice Cube on Sathorn Road

IPO Radar: ICN, Nokia Siemens' Best Buddy

Reality Check VIII: Is ZIGA Still Worth a Bet?

Gone With the Wind: Wind Farms Facing Headwinds

Sathorn Series 9: Surviving the Sunset in Thai Securities

Equity Bottom-Up

Asia Plus Group Holdings / Equity Bottom-Up

<p>Life is never easy being a broker, and that’s probably why <strong>Asia Plus</strong> has diversified away from it. Founder Dr. Kongkiat said that when ABN Amro’s Thai unit merged with his firm Asset Plus to form Asia Plus, the revenues from brokerage (mostly retail) was as high as 90%. Last year (2016), it was 60%, and today, it’s more like half yo. The idea is to have a more balanced revenue mix, but that only works, because Asia Plus is also strong in three other areas: investment banking, proprietary…</p>

Life is never easy being a broker, and that’s probably why Asia Plus has diversified away from it. Founder Dr. Kongkiat said that when ABN Amro’s Thai unit merged with his firm Asset Plus to form Asia Plus, the revenues from brokerage (mostly retail) was as high as 90%. Last year (2016), it was 60%, and today, it’s more like half yo. The idea is to have a more balanced revenue mix, but that only works, because Asia Plus is also strong in three other areas: investment banking, proprietary…

Maybank Kim Eng Securities Thailand (MBKET TB)

Sathorn Series A: Asia Plus Treading Water