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).

Thai-Coons (Season Finale): Two Brothers on a Flying Train

Discover Singapore: BreadTalk (BREAD SP EQUITY)

Thai-Coons Ep. 8: Thaksin...Business Genius or Political Provacateur?

Equity Bottom-Up

Coup'la years ago, the Goldman Sachs, the mightiest firm on Wall Street which already had a stake in Four Seasons, tried to buy the Regent in Thailand, but was defeated Bill Heinecke, but how did he do it? Heinecke is no master strategist like Sun Tzu. He's more like a Thai-American Richard Branson. Came down with Mama and decided to stay long term, and the rest is history. The former AMCHAM (American Chamber of Commerce) Chairman and first farang to hit our list, Heinecke loves go-karting, and his conglomerate seems messy and more Thai than you'd expect for a focussed American business.Today, he runs MINT (Minor International), Thailand's biggest hotel and restaurant chain. If you've eaten at Burger King, Sizzler, or the Pizza in Bangkok, you've just made him a little richer. His book The Enterprenuer is a bestseller; his eccentric story is legend. His scuffle with Goldman...hmm they rather keep that under the rug haha...so enjoy, folks! Oh he told me you guys should drink some Dairy Queen Moolata while you're at it; he sells those too Haha.

Coup'la years ago, the Goldman Sachs, the mightiest firm on Wall Street which already had a stake in Four Seasons, tried to buy the Regent in Thailand, but was defeated Bill Heinecke, but how did he do it? Heinecke is no master strategist like Sun Tzu. He's more like a Thai-American Richard Branson. Came down with Mama and decided to stay long term, and the rest is history. The former AMCHAM (American Chamber of Commerce) Chairman and first farang to hit our list, Heinecke loves go-karting, and his conglomerate seems messy and more Thai than you'd expect for a focussed American business.Today, he runs MINT (Minor International), Thailand's biggest hotel and restaurant chain. If you've eaten at Burger King, Sizzler, or the Pizza in Bangkok, you've just made him a little richer. His book The Enterprenuer is a bestseller; his eccentric story is legend. His scuffle with Goldman...hmm they rather keep that under the rug haha...so enjoy, folks! Oh he told me you guys should drink some Dairy Queen Moolata while you're at it; he sells those too Haha.

Minor International

Thai-Coons Ep. 9: Beating Goldman Sachs