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).

IPO Radar: Praram 9, a Hospital on One of Bangkok's Busiest Roads

Political Pit Stop (Season Premiere): Emerging Election Trends

The Army-Democrat Alliance Challenges Thaksinite Hegemony

"Watch-Gate": Ticking Political Time Bomb or Tempest in the Teacup?

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).

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p>Ever since the start of the military government, we have been very skeptical about the election timeline. Even today, we can't put an exact date on it, but at least, we finally believe it will happen either in November this year, Feb 2019, or somewhere in between. The Army Dudes know that political pressure is mounting. Had they been democratically elected, their term would have expired in May 2018.</p><blockquote><p>The upcoming elections in late 2018 or early 2019 will be ironic in the sense that the largest…</p></blockquote>

Ever since the start of the military government, we have been very skeptical about the election timeline. Even today, we can't put an exact date on it, but at least, we finally believe it will happen either in November this year, Feb 2019, or somewhere in between. The Army Dudes know that political pressure is mounting. Had they been democratically elected, their term would have expired in May 2018.The upcoming elections in late 2018 or early 2019 will be ironic in the sense that the largest…

Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction (STEC TB)

First Election Since the 2014 Coup