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).

Reality Check XV: How Might a GPSC-Glow Deal Look Like?

STA (STA TB): High-Margin Rubber Products to Further Support Good Trend

Comanche: The Closest Thing to a Thai Microsoft

TMB Vs SCB: Bancassurance Ain't Big Enough for the Two of Us!

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)

Corbyn/Conde to the Rescue? World politics is unpredictable. Though we enjoy studying history ( <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/world-war-3-what-why-will-it" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:10014">World War 3: What, Why, Will It?</a>), it is not always a good idea to predict the future, especially in the age of Trump and Brexit.  We get more bang from the buck looking at one might happen in light of recent events. In Europe, it actually seems like the fractured pieces of the European Union is magically coming together....literally piece by piece, even if the path to reconciliation has been anything…

Corbyn/Conde to the Rescue? World politics is unpredictable. Though we enjoy studying history ( World War 3: What, Why, Will It?), it is not always a good idea to predict the future, especially in the age of Trump and Brexit.  We get more bang from the buck looking at one might happen in light of recent events. In Europe, it actually seems like the fractured pieces of the European Union is magically coming together....literally piece by piece, even if the path to reconciliation has been anything…

Snippets #10: Thailand Goes 5G...SCB/TMB Tie-Up?