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).

Gloom & Doom in Asia's Detroit...A Follow-Up on Thai Autos Yo.

Auto Updates Yo: Glimmers of Hope...Not for Everyone

The Autobot Update (April V1): New Safety Rules...Gulp!

Equity Bottom-Up

Why an Auto Check? Honestly, MCorp Review was planning to limit the number of Reality Check's this year in 2016 to just four, but two things prompted us to change our mind. One is some dudes sending us these auto sector data (attached), and the other was these market talks about SAT, a stock we hold, trying to acquire AH (Aapico Hi-tech), so we were like what's going on here? Firstly, the auto sector has been in doldrums since Yingluck's economically insane 'first time car buyer's program' back…

Why an Auto Check? Honestly, MCorp Review was planning to limit the number of Reality Check's this year in 2016 to just four, but two things prompted us to change our mind. One is some dudes sending us these auto sector data (attached), and the other was these market talks about SAT, a stock we hold, trying to acquire AH (Aapico Hi-tech), so we were like what's going on here? Firstly, the auto sector has been in doldrums since Yingluck's economically insane 'first time car buyer's program' back…

Reality Check V (Autos): Light @ the End of the Tunnel?

Aapico Hitech

Reality Check V (Autos): Light @ the End of the Tunnel?