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).

Telecom Review: A Primer on Concessions and Spectrums

Thai Media Spotlight: Major Players in the Industry

Thai Media Spotlight: Primer on Industry Regulatory Frameworks in TV and Radio Broadcasting

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)

Thailand Wireless telecommunication services / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p>Around the same time, the TDRI attacked not only the government/regulator's designs to help the digital TV industry ( <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/thai-media-spotlight-digital-tvs-get-new-lifeline-from-license-fee-cuts" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:14552">Thai Media Spotlight: Digital TVs Get New Lifeline From License Fee Cuts</a>) but also their plans to help the much wealthier and larger telecom operators, AIS and True Move, with regards to payment of their large upfront fees after winning the 900MHz and 1800MHz bidding. Suddenly finding itself embattled, the regulator NBTC (National Broadcast and Telecom Commission) decided to…</p>

Around the same time, the TDRI attacked not only the government/regulator's designs to help the digital TV industry ( Thai Media Spotlight: Digital TVs Get New Lifeline From License Fee Cuts) but also their plans to help the much wealthier and larger telecom operators, AIS and True Move, with regards to payment of their large upfront fees after winning the 900MHz and 1800MHz bidding. Suddenly finding itself embattled, the regulator NBTC (National Broadcast and Telecom Commission) decided to…

NBTC on Telecom License Controversy