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: CMC, New Condo Listing...Literally

IPO Radar: M Vision, The Guys Who Bought Us the Iconic Mobile Expo

Silicon Stories G: Netflix's Uphill Battle in Thailand

Silicon Stories E: The Sound of Digital Music

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)

Crypto-currency is a lot more than just bitcoins. Considering the fact how much it dominates the media these days, MCorp Review decided to provide a quickie but comprehensive update on the Thai front.<ul><li>
SCB's share price once rose on Bt30bn off-balance sheet gains on its investment in Ripple via Digital Ventures. Recently, the bank's asset management arm has also been mulling a new cryptocurrency fund for public investors. <ul><li>
Jaymart recently finished its Bt600m ICO (initial coin offerings) with great…</li></ul>
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Crypto-currency is a lot more than just bitcoins. Considering the fact how much it dominates the media these days, MCorp Review decided to provide a quickie but comprehensive update on the Thai front.
SCB's share price once rose on Bt30bn off-balance sheet gains on its investment in Ripple via Digital Ventures. Recently, the bank's asset management arm has also been mulling a new cryptocurrency fund for public investors. 
Jaymart recently finished its Bt600m ICO (initial coin offerings) with great…


Silicon Stories H: Cryptocurrency Craze Update