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).

Mechanics and Details of the MINT-NHH Deal in Spain

Reality Check XVI: Was the MK Property Deal A Good Idea for Supalai?

Reality Check XIII: Is MINT's Acquisition of NH Hotels Wise?

Asean (Thailand) Focused Independent Research

M Corp Review

M Corp is led by Athaporn Arayasantiparb who 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 17 years, of which 14 were in research and 4 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 provides six on-going thematic series ranked by frequency in descending order, namely: 1) Silicon Stories (technology) 2) Sathorn Series (financial services) 3) Thai-Coons (billionaire origin stories) 4) Reality Check (data-driven, investigative) 5) Thai Media Spotlight; and 6) Thai Macro Watch (global market drivers).

Event-Driven

<p><strong>MINT buys NHH! </strong>Maybe, it's the sound of B Grimm tycoon tailgating Bill Heinecke on the Thai-Coons list, or the cheap interest rates, which can only get higher from here. Or is it the sunny beaches of Barcelona that beckons? Or Microsoft's US$7.5bn acquisition of GitHub that provides inspiration...we'll never know. What we do know is that after acquiring one third of Spain-based hotel giant NHH from Ocean World, MINT does the improbable by bidding for the entire hotel, paying US$1.9bn for the…</p>

MINT buys NHH! Maybe, it's the sound of B Grimm tycoon tailgating Bill Heinecke on the Thai-Coons list, or the cheap interest rates, which can only get higher from here. Or is it the sunny beaches of Barcelona that beckons? Or Microsoft's US$7.5bn acquisition of GitHub that provides inspiration...we'll never know. What we do know is that after acquiring one third of Spain-based hotel giant NHH from Ocean World, MINT does the improbable by bidding for the entire hotel, paying US$1.9bn for the…

Biggest Deal in 2018: MINT Becomes a Thai Starwood!!

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Biggest Deal in 2018: MINT Becomes a Thai Starwood!!