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 Stalker: PORT, The Merchant of Venice (Of the East)

IPO Stalker: Humanica, Software Dudes for HR Management

IPO Radar: DOD Biotech...Some Vitamin M (Money) For 2018

IPO Radar: TOA, Thailand's New Paint Tycoon

IPO Radar: A New Asian Series TV Content Provider Emerges

Thai Power Genisys: Origin Stories Before the IPOs

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).

Equity Capital Markets

TOA Paint (Thailand) / Equity Capital Markets

How many world famous paintings can you buy if you sold Thailand's biggest paint company?The correct answer is eight.For the US$1.93bn that TOA is worth today, you could buy eight of the world's most expensive paintings, including Leonardo da Vinci's US$450m Salvator Mundi ("Savior of the World") and Paul Cezanne's US$250m The Card Players. It's a lot more paint and a lot less skill involved. In fact, you'll run out of money before you reach Modigliani's most expensive work The Nude (only…

How many world famous paintings can you buy if you sold Thailand's biggest paint company?The correct answer is eight.For the US$1.93bn that TOA is worth today, you could buy eight of the world's most expensive paintings, including Leonardo da Vinci's US$450m Salvator Mundi ("Savior of the World") and Paul Cezanne's US$250m The Card Players. It's a lot more paint and a lot less skill involved. In fact, you'll run out of money before you reach Modigliani's most expensive work The Nude (only…

IPO Stalker: TOA, More Expensive than a Modigliani