The Week that Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Toll Roads, Exploding Smartphone Growth, and ASEAN Cement
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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Sathorn Series I: TMB's PartialDivestment & The Laos Flood Spillover
A quick heads-up on two recent events in Thai banking sector: TMB agreed to sell 65% stake of its asset management arm TMBAM to Prudential ( See...
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Sathorn Series E: New Wave of Bank Mergers?
In the wake of the news about Barclay's potential acquisition of Standard Chartered, we had a chat with a friend who works for the potential target...
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Sathorn Series D: KTB + TMB = Thailand's New Banking Godzilla Yo!
In this review, we look at the proposed merger between KTB and TMB. In our view, this deal could be valued at US$3.9bn and would create Thailand's...
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Snippets #8: Syrian Tensions, PTT's New IPO!
Syrian Tensions. The Western allied nations (America, France, and Britain) decided to launch a second attack on Syria on the same basis of the...
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