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).

BH: Hospital Serves Swelling Global Demand

Reality Check XXIV: How High Can Bumrungrad Bid Go?

Thai-Coons Ep.5: Great Gatsby Bangkok-Style

Thai-Coons (Ep. 4): Mitsubishi's Bankin' Buddy

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Thailand Health care / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p><strong>The Crusade against Obamacare. </strong>Back in St Louis, a long-shot Republican candidate managed to make Hillary, who is a great debater in our books ( <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/second-take-on-second-debate-hillary-1-trump-1" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:6481">Second Take on Second Debate: Hillary 1, Trump 1</a>), to admit that in some contexts (probably healthy people), Obamacare was making healthcare insurance more expensive. Today, that candidate is in the White House, and the Republicans are seriously pushing to get Obamacare repealed. Basically, CNN explained Obamacare in layman terms as expanding coverage…</p>

The Crusade against Obamacare. Back in St Louis, a long-shot Republican candidate managed to make Hillary, who is a great debater in our books ( Second Take on Second Debate: Hillary 1, Trump 1), to admit that in some contexts (probably healthy people), Obamacare was making healthcare insurance more expensive. Today, that candidate is in the White House, and the Republicans are seriously pushing to get Obamacare repealed. Basically, CNN explained Obamacare in layman terms as expanding coverage…

Obamacare Repeal & Thai Stocks