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).

Reality Check I: How Bad Can Markets Get?

Thai Market Update: Europe, Tourism, and More

Watching the Sunset in Print Media & Steel

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p>Increasingly, Thai markets are expected to be more turbulent in 2017 than they had been in this year. With Renzi's defeat, most of the press also pointed to possible breakup (at least a partial one) of the Euro bloc with the upcoming Dutch and French elections. In this review, we also discuss the recent acquisitions of two digital TV channels by top ranked Thai-coons. In conclusion,</p><ul><li>we see significant downside on Thai equities during the first half on capital outflows and negative market shocks. However, we also explain the silver lining that could lead to significant upside in H2'17.</li><li>with the emergence of these new Thai-coons in the media sector, we think there is little let down on the intensity of competition. However, the status quo will hardly change given their inexperience relative to already strong platforms such as BEC, Channel 7, and MONO.</li></ul>

Increasingly, Thai markets are expected to be more turbulent in 2017 than they had been in this year. With Renzi's defeat, most of the press also pointed to possible breakup (at least a partial one) of the Euro bloc with the upcoming Dutch and French elections. In this review, we also discuss the recent acquisitions of two digital TV channels by top ranked Thai-coons. In conclusion,we see significant downside on Thai equities during the first half on capital outflows and negative market shocks. However, we also explain the silver lining that could lead to significant upside in H2'17.with the emergence of these new Thai-coons in the media sector, we think there is little let down on the intensity of competition. However, the status quo will hardly change given their inexperience relative to already strong platforms such as BEC, Channel 7, and MONO.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO US)

Times of Trouble: Italy, Europe, & Digital TV