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).

Italian Election Likely to Severely Impact Financial Sector

Sathorn Series 2: Banks Under Storm (PromptPay & Deposit Guarantee Removal)

Sathorn Series 1: The Case Against Rate Cuts

Equity Bottom-Up

Deutschebank, one of Europe's biggest bank, is falling deeper into crisis. It has been called the 'Lehman Brothers of Europe', and Merkel has been vocal about not bailing it out. MCorp Review believes the German Chancellor will eventually eat her words and bail out the iconic bank, but there are many past examples (UBS, ING) that indicates that: 1) Deutsche will further divest its assets in Asia; and 2) the people who buy those assets do not necessarily do well.Hence, we highlight the risk of the Tisco-Deutsche brokerage partnership unraveling in Thailand, which would benefit rival Thanachart. Our favorite bank remains SCB. Like Deutsche, SCB has some history with derivatives, and it is certainly in a different league from Deutsche's Thai partner Tisco.

Deutschebank, one of Europe's biggest bank, is falling deeper into crisis. It has been called the 'Lehman Brothers of Europe', and Merkel has been vocal about not bailing it out. MCorp Review believes the German Chancellor will eventually eat her words and bail out the iconic bank, but there are many past examples (UBS, ING) that indicates that: 1) Deutsche will further divest its assets in Asia; and 2) the people who buy those assets do not necessarily do well.Hence, we highlight the risk of the Tisco-Deutsche brokerage partnership unraveling in Thailand, which would benefit rival Thanachart. Our favorite bank remains SCB. Like Deutsche, SCB has some history with derivatives, and it is certainly in a different league from Deutsche's Thai partner Tisco.

Deutsche Bank

Sathorn Series 5: Deutsche's Doomsday