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).

Thai-Coons Ep.5: Great Gatsby Bangkok-Style

Thai-Coons (Episode 2): Bottle Cap Boy Turned Beer Baron

Thai-Coons (Ep. 4): Mitsubishi's Bankin' Buddy

Thai-Coons (Ep. 3): RBS Logo...Seriously?

Equity Bottom-Up

Every year, on Buddhist Lent (which fell on July 9 this year), things get a little tougher for alcohol companies like <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/3656" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3656:1">Thai Beverage Pcl (THBEV SP)</a> and non-listed rivals like Singha Beer ( <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/thai-coons-ep-5-great-gatsby-bangkok-style" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:6393">Thai-Coons Ep.5: Great Gatsby Bangkok-Style</a>). That's because a large majority of Thais (&gt;95%) are Buddhists, and there's this social pressure to stop drinking for the period yo. So what's the basis anyway? Well, for starters, the five original commandments, akin to the Ten that Moses got for the Christians at…

Every year, on Buddhist Lent (which fell on July 9 this year), things get a little tougher for alcohol companies like Thai Beverage Pcl (THBEV SP) and non-listed rivals like Singha Beer ( Thai-Coons Ep.5: Great Gatsby Bangkok-Style). That's because a large majority of Thais (&gt;95%) are Buddhists, and there's this social pressure to stop drinking for the period yo. So what's the basis anyway? Well, for starters, the five original commandments, akin to the Ten that Moses got for the Christians at…

Buddha Vs Booze: Religious Road Bump for Thai Drinkers Yo