The Week that Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Indonesian Mortgages, Thai Retail, and Philippines DIY
This past week's offering of Insights across ASEAN@Smartkarma is filled with another eclectic mix of differentiated, substantive and actionable...
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Kiatnakin: Downward Trends Reinforce Our Cautious Stance
Kiatnakin Bank (KKP TB) may be falling behind its targets for profitability, credit costs, and loan growth but we are more concerned about eroding...
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McKinsey on Asian Banks
In the book Banking in Asia by 12 guys from McKinsey, we distilled 5 interesting lessons and how these principles may be applied to picking Thai...
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The Week that Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Thailand's Election, Philippine Banks, and Data Junkies
This week's offering of Insights across ASEAN@Smartkarma is filled with another eclectic mix of differentiated, substantive and actionable...
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Thailand: Elections Are Not Irrelevant; This One Too Pits Faster Growth Vs. Military "Stability"
Thailand remains the only Asian economy in which fixed investment spending has yet to return to the pre-AFC peak of 1996. The only years in which...
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