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).

Sathorn Series B: KBANK Goes to Indonesia

Reality Check XII: How Much Upside Can CP All Squeeze from a New Banking Venture?

The Little League (Season Premiere): House of Green

Silicon September 2.0: Fintech Revolution...Incumbents Vs Insurgents

Equity Bottom-Up

Godzilla vs King Kong of Thai Banking. We noticed on the Discovery tool that two stocks that topped the list in Thailand were rival banks, SCB and KBANK, so it would be kinda fun to do a quick Superman vs Terminator comparison for our first piece in May. Most investors tend to ignore BBL (the country's biggest bank by assets profiled in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/rabble-rousers-ep-3-the-king-of-banks" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:6762">Rabble Rousers (Ep. 3): The King of Banks</a>), because of the overly conservative management and slow pace of expansion, while KTB ( <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/big-brother-ep-3-blessing-or-bane" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:7599">Big Brother (Ep 3): Blessing or</a>…

Godzilla vs King Kong of Thai Banking. We noticed on the Discovery tool that two stocks that topped the list in Thailand were rival banks, SCB and KBANK, so it would be kinda fun to do a quick Superman vs Terminator comparison for our first piece in May. Most investors tend to ignore BBL (the country's biggest bank by assets profiled in Rabble Rousers (Ep. 3): The King of Banks), because of the overly conservative management and slow pace of expansion, while KTB ( Big Brother (Ep 3): Blessing or…

Siam Commercial Bank

Battle of the Bankers: SCB Vs KBANK