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

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

The Army-Democrat Alliance Challenges Thaksinite Hegemony

Somchai's Acquittal, a New Twist in Thai Politics

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)

When one studies history, one realizes that empires rise and fall like leaves in the autumn winds, but as one clique's fortune whittles, others invariably rises to fill the vacumm. Such is the inevitable fact in Thai politics. We are not entirely saying that the Thaksinites are toast, but clearly they have been marginalized by the Army's (often done via the Election Commission and National Legislative Assembly) rigging of the upcoming (is it?) election. Even though we are 95% confident at this…

When one studies history, one realizes that empires rise and fall like leaves in the autumn winds, but as one clique's fortune whittles, others invariably rises to fill the vacumm. Such is the inevitable fact in Thai politics. We are not entirely saying that the Thaksinites are toast, but clearly they have been marginalized by the Army's (often done via the Election Commission and National Legislative Assembly) rigging of the upcoming (is it?) election. Even though we are 95% confident at this…

Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction (STEC TB)

New Faces in Thai Politics