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).

The Little League (Season Finale): The Nelson to Kanjanapat's Napoleon

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The Little League (Ep. 2): The Adventurer and AC Milan

The Little League (Season Premiere): House of Green

Equity Bottom-Up

<p><strong>Regional Restaurants. </strong>Across ASEAN, we see the power of McDonald's, which is the biggest chain in Singapore, Indonesia, and the world (bigger than Subway by sales), and KFC, which is really big in Malaysia yo, but like every rule, there is an exception, or like Burger King likes to put it, "Sometimes, you gotta break the rules." For example, local burger chain Jollibee beat the two American fast-food superpowers in the Philippines. A decade ago, Colonel Sanders still reigned in Thailand. His…</p>

Regional Restaurants. Across ASEAN, we see the power of McDonald's, which is the biggest chain in Singapore, Indonesia, and the world (bigger than Subway by sales), and KFC, which is really big in Malaysia yo, but like every rule, there is an exception, or like Burger King likes to put it, "Sometimes, you gotta break the rules." For example, local burger chain Jollibee beat the two American fast-food superpowers in the Philippines. A decade ago, Colonel Sanders still reigned in Thailand. His…

The Little League (Ep. 4): Tales from the Kitchen

MK Restaurants Group

The Little League (Ep. 4): Tales from the Kitchen