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).

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<p>According to Prof Savitri Ungsangchai of the Alcohol Research Insitute, Thai alcohol consumption is down 29% during the first 30 days of mourning, even though there are actually no laws against it. Some 46% of respondents said they abstain from alcohol entirely during this period, and her calculations show this cuts expenses by 66% yo. Now, this may sound like good news for religious groups or people who don't like booze and the social problems they bring, but it's certainly not good news for…</p>

According to Prof Savitri Ungsangchai of the Alcohol Research Insitute, Thai alcohol consumption is down 29% during the first 30 days of mourning, even though there are actually no laws against it. Some 46% of respondents said they abstain from alcohol entirely during this period, and her calculations show this cuts expenses by 66% yo. Now, this may sound like good news for religious groups or people who don't like booze and the social problems they bring, but it's certainly not good news for…

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