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: DTAC's Costly Decision in the Spectrum Wars

IPO Stalker: M Visions, Mobile Expo Organizers

Telecom Review: True Says No to 1800MHz, Now What?

Snippets #10: Thailand Goes 5G...SCB/TMB Tie-Up?

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)

A New Day for DTAC. MCorp Review has highlighted for sometime that Lars was leaving DTAC <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/telecom-review-lars-last-stand" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:18657">Telecom Review: Lars' Last Stand</a> no later than September this year. Well, the good news is that day is here. After presiding over a period when DTAC lost more than 2m subscribers and became Thailand's smallest major telecom operator (behind True Move!), Alexandra Reich has been appointed to replace him. The 17-year industry veteran has experience from Swisscom and is favoured by (equally controversial)…

A New Day for DTAC. MCorp Review has highlighted for sometime that Lars was leaving DTAC Telecom Review: Lars' Last Stand no later than September this year. Well, the good news is that day is here. After presiding over a period when DTAC lost more than 2m subscribers and became Thailand's smallest major telecom operator (behind True Move!), Alexandra Reich has been appointed to replace him. The 17-year industry veteran has experience from Swisscom and is favoured by (equally controversial)…

Telecom Review (June 2018): New DTAC Leadership