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).

Three of a Kind: Piles, Furnitures, and Lighting

Equity Bottom-Up

<p>CP All, one of our top five stock picks, reached Bt60/sh yesterday, and we are switching to BTS, Thailand's skytrain monopoly. Both BTS and BEM have high valuations, but we prefer the thought process that went behind BTS's platform more than BEM. BEM combined a subway and expressway monopoly; we fail to see synergies between the two. On the other hand, BTS tries to capture value in all facets of the skytrain operation from transport/tickets to transit advertising (VGI and MACO) and property via joint ventures with Sansiri and GLAND. </p><p>There is also a nice yield pickup compared to the more defensive choice of BTSGIF, its affiliated infrastructure fund.</p>

CP All, one of our top five stock picks, reached Bt60/sh yesterday, and we are switching to BTS, Thailand's skytrain monopoly. Both BTS and BEM have high valuations, but we prefer the thought process that went behind BTS's platform more than BEM. BEM combined a subway and expressway monopoly; we fail to see synergies between the two. On the other hand, BTS tries to capture value in all facets of the skytrain operation from transport/tickets to transit advertising (VGI and MACO) and property via joint ventures with Sansiri and GLAND. There is also a nice yield pickup compared to the more defensive choice of BTSGIF, its affiliated infrastructure fund.

BTS Group Holdings

BTS Vs BEM: Battle of the Train Boys