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).

Sathorn Series F: Exploring Thai Leasing

Sathorn Series D: KTB + TMB = Thailand's New Banking Godzilla Yo!

Sathorn Series 8: Bailing Out on the Lil'l Guys

Snippets #8: Syrian Tensions, PTT's New IPO!

Snippets #7: The End of Digital Banking Fees

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 Banks / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p>In the wake of the <strong>news about Barclay's potential acquisition of Standard Chartered</strong>, we had a chat with a friend who works for the potential target company. In Thailand, this deal itself is probably not a big issue as it is globally or in London. Barclays only has limited investment banking presence here, though Standard Chartered, even after selling off its retail business to TISCO, still has a large corporate loans portfolio, legacy of long years of operations as well as its long-ago…</p>

In the wake of the news about Barclay's potential acquisition of Standard Chartered, we had a chat with a friend who works for the potential target company. In Thailand, this deal itself is probably not a big issue as it is globally or in London. Barclays only has limited investment banking presence here, though Standard Chartered, even after selling off its retail business to TISCO, still has a large corporate loans portfolio, legacy of long years of operations as well as its long-ago…

Sathorn Series E: New Wave of Bank Mergers?