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).

Snippets#3: Thailand's New Debt Crisis? Hmm...Maybe Not

Snippets#4: Ferrum's Transformation from Phones to Power Plants

Snippets#5: Trump Vs Techdom, Clash of the Titans

Equity Bottom-Up

<div class="content-highlight"><p><strong>Record profit for SCB</strong>. SCB likes to advertise itself as Thailand's first bank. Actually, it's not. That honor goes to HSBC, but at a century old, SCB is the first local bank in Thailand yo. More importantly, it is the <strong>most profitable bank </strong>by far, and 2016 was their most profitable year. SCB is set to report <strong>Bt40bn</strong> in profits for the year that just ended. Part of this is due to the fact that SSI was brought out of receivership by the Courts, and so, their creditors (which also includes KTB and…</p></div>

Record profit for SCB. SCB likes to advertise itself as Thailand's first bank. Actually, it's not. That honor goes to HSBC, but at a century old, SCB is the first local bank in Thailand yo. More importantly, it is the most profitable bank by far, and 2016 was their most profitable year. SCB is set to report Bt40bn in profits for the year that just ended. Part of this is due to the fact that SSI was brought out of receivership by the Courts, and so, their creditors (which also includes KTB and…

Snippets#2: Most Profitable Bank's Best Year

Siam Commercial Bank

Snippets#2: Most Profitable Bank's Best Year