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).

South Series (Part 5): Phuket Cruise Crisis and Sino-Thai Tourism

Thai Strategy 2019 (Part 1): Themes and Risks

Thai Strategy 2019 (Part 2): Sector Outlooks

South Series (Part 1): The Canal That Can CheckMate Singapore

Kra Canal New Update: All Systems Go, Maybe (One Belt, One Road File)

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)

This is something of a collaborative piece between MCorp Review and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/profiles/1646" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="accounts:1646">Victor Wai, CFA</a>, a Drewry ports specialist who flew into Bangkok to discuss some issues regarding the Kra Canal, which we attack from different angles ranging from politics, historical parallels, to economic viability. While we can not agree on all aspects yet, there are certain "near consensus" or "quasi-conclusions" on some issues yo. Well, heck, let's just dig in. Our Dark Side is taking over again, and we can't help feel…

This is something of a collaborative piece between MCorp Review and Victor Wai, CFA, a Drewry ports specialist who flew into Bangkok to discuss some issues regarding the Kra Canal, which we attack from different angles ranging from politics, historical parallels, to economic viability. While we can not agree on all aspects yet, there are certain "near consensus" or "quasi-conclusions" on some issues yo. Well, heck, let's just dig in. Our Dark Side is taking over again, and we can't help feel…

South Series (Part 4): Kra Canal, A Chinese Suez Smacked Two Days North of Singapore?!