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).

Thai-Coons (Season Finale): Two Brothers on a Flying Train

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

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<p>Thaksin Shinawatra, born the son of a coffee guy up in Chiangmai and stepson of a silk tycoon, grew up to be the most famous citizen...and now fugitive in Thailand, or is he Montenegrin now? Thaksin founded AIS, the biggest mobile operator in Thailand, and his main holding company ShinCorp (now Intuch) also holds satellite monopoly Thaicom and Internet service provider CS Loxinfo. Today, they sold most of that (though conspiracy theorists have a different story) and only control SC Asset, a small but highly profitable property developer. His two sisters still control M-Link, a mobile phone distributor with much reduced network contracts.</p><p>As 23rd and arguably most influential Prime Minister in Thailand, Thaksin polarized the country into two camps. Upcountry dudes praise his populist policies, while Bangkok elitists like myself (well, that's what call us) deride him for his many alleged corruption charges. Love him, hate him....No one ignores Thaksin (you could say the same for Donald Trump...a figure he is frequently compared to by Bloomberg).</p>

Thaksin Shinawatra, born the son of a coffee guy up in Chiangmai and stepson of a silk tycoon, grew up to be the most famous citizen...and now fugitive in Thailand, or is he Montenegrin now? Thaksin founded AIS, the biggest mobile operator in Thailand, and his main holding company ShinCorp (now Intuch) also holds satellite monopoly Thaicom and Internet service provider CS Loxinfo. Today, they sold most of that (though conspiracy theorists have a different story) and only control SC Asset, a small but highly profitable property developer. His two sisters still control M-Link, a mobile phone distributor with much reduced network contracts.As 23rd and arguably most influential Prime Minister in Thailand, Thaksin polarized the country into two camps. Upcountry dudes praise his populist policies, while Bangkok elitists like myself (well, that's what call us) deride him for his many alleged corruption charges. Love him, hate him....No one ignores Thaksin (you could say the same for Donald Trump...a figure he is frequently compared to by Bloomberg).

Thai-Coons Ep. 8: Thaksin...Business Genius or Political Provacateur?

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Thai-Coons Ep. 8: Thaksin...Business Genius or Political Provacateur?