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).

Telecom Review: There's Life After IPhone X

The Competitive World of Thai Contractors (Non-Network)

IPO Radar: ICN, Nokia Siemens' Best Buddy

Telecom Review: A Brief Background on Sector Players

IPO Radar: Enter the Stonehenge!...A Rare Architectural Consulting Firm

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 Diversified telecommunication services / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Last year, ICN turned out to be one of the best performing IPOs in Thailand =&gt; <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/ipo-radar-icn-nokia-siemens-best-buddy" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:12628">IPO Radar: ICN, Nokia Siemens' Best Buddy</a>. They are simply one of many in this segment. In this review, we highlight one of Thailand's most volatile (and in some cases, most expensive) sectors. In fact, the word contractor, when applied to the local players, is a bit misleading, since most of them are subcontractorsto foreign technology leaders, and their work is labor-oriented in full-scale network deployment…

Last year, ICN turned out to be one of the best performing IPOs in Thailand =&gt; IPO Radar: ICN, Nokia Siemens' Best Buddy. They are simply one of many in this segment. In this review, we highlight one of Thailand's most volatile (and in some cases, most expensive) sectors. In fact, the word contractor, when applied to the local players, is a bit misleading, since most of them are subcontractorsto foreign technology leaders, and their work is labor-oriented in full-scale network deployment…

Information & Communication Networks (ICN TB)

Telecom Review (August 2018): The Connected World of Thai Network Contractors