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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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).

Event-Driven

<p><strong>Avantgarde Capital</strong>, which advises MINT on the acquisition of NH Hotels, provided a comprehensive 100-pager opinion of this deal, which ranks as the second biggest one attempted by a Thai company in 2018. NH Hotels has 382 locations spread across Europe and Latin America accounting for 59,487 rooms. This is almost triple the size of MINT's existing network, which is primarily in Asia. (MINT also has earlier forays in Africa, Elewana, and Europe via the Tivoli acquisition in Portugal). In their…</p>

Avantgarde Capital, which advises MINT on the acquisition of NH Hotels, provided a comprehensive 100-pager opinion of this deal, which ranks as the second biggest one attempted by a Thai company in 2018. NH Hotels has 382 locations spread across Europe and Latin America accounting for 59,487 rooms. This is almost triple the size of MINT's existing network, which is primarily in Asia. (MINT also has earlier forays in Africa, Elewana, and Europe via the Tivoli acquisition in Portugal). In their…

Mechanics and Details of the MINT-NHH Deal in Spain

Minor International

Mechanics and Details of the MINT-NHH Deal in Spain