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).

Yongsan Electronics Market Visit: Shortage of Computer Graphics Cards Due to Cryptocurrencies Mining

Silicon September 1.0: Ride Hailing and Autonomous Driving

Silicon Stories #7: Saving Private Optimus

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Thailand Software / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p>Uber may have lost US$4bn since its founding, but the still non-listed ride-hailing platform is worth more than General Motors, one of the world's biggest car manufacturers. Singapore's Grab lost around US$40m in 2014 and 2015, but counts Softbank as an investor and is said to be a unicorn too. The two companies have very different approaches. In Thailand, Grab is legal, because it uses only registered taxi drivers. Uber is still considered illegal here, but that doesn't seem to bother anyone…</p>

Uber may have lost US$4bn since its founding, but the still non-listed ride-hailing platform is worth more than General Motors, one of the world's biggest car manufacturers. Singapore's Grab lost around US$40m in 2014 and 2015, but counts Softbank as an investor and is said to be a unicorn too. The two companies have very different approaches. In Thailand, Grab is legal, because it uses only registered taxi drivers. Uber is still considered illegal here, but that doesn't seem to bother anyone…

Silicon Stories #8: The Uber Backlash