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 E: New Wave of Bank Mergers?

The Little League (Season Premiere): House of Green

Sathorn Series D: KTB + TMB = Thailand's New Banking Godzilla Yo!

Snippets #8: Syrian Tensions, PTT's New IPO!

Asean (Thailand) Focused Independent Research

M Corp Review

M Corp is led by Athaporn Arayasantiparb who 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 17 years, of which 14 were in research and 4 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 provides six on-going thematic series ranked by frequency in descending order, namely: 1) Silicon Stories (technology) 2) Sathorn Series (financial services) 3) Thai-Coons (billionaire origin stories) 4) Reality Check (data-driven, investigative) 5) Thai Media Spotlight; and 6) Thai Macro Watch (global market drivers).

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Thailand Financials / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p><strong>We met up these two leasing companies again</strong>, and it's pretty timely given the recent rumors about Thitikorn's rather quixotic attempt to buy BAY's leasing/car finance business. Phatra Leasing hasn't quite made the headlines recently. Hmm...when we think about it, we've never mentioned them lately. OK, so basically, these guys are like the leasing arm of KBANK Group ( <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/the-little-league-season-premiere-house-of-green" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:7748">The Little League (Season Premiere): House of Green</a>). Are they big? Yes. Are they the biggest in Thailand? Probably not, but it's…</p>

We met up these two leasing companies again, and it's pretty timely given the recent rumors about Thitikorn's rather quixotic attempt to buy BAY's leasing/car finance business. Phatra Leasing hasn't quite made the headlines recently. Hmm...when we think about it, we've never mentioned them lately. OK, so basically, these guys are like the leasing arm of KBANK Group ( The Little League (Season Premiere): House of Green). Are they big? Yes. Are they the biggest in Thailand? Probably not, but it's…

Sathorn Series F: Exploring Thai Leasing