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 Media Spotlight: The Rise of Workpoint

Thai Media Spotlight: Digital TVs Get New Lifeline From License Fee Cuts

Thai Media Spotlight: The Facebook Invasion

Rabble Rousers (Ep. 4): The Best Show in Town

Stocks and Things to Watch Out For During the Rainy Season

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Thailand Media / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Quality vs Quantity. The actual number of blockbusters in Q4'17 this year may not be so large, but we are expecting them to have quite an impact to Major's momentum, thanks to the high level of anticipation for some of them. Clearly, Disney will be the studio with the biggest hits, such as Star Wars: Last Jedi and Thor Ragnarok, as they play on the Mark Hamill nostalgia and the mystery of why Thor was suddenly missing when his Avenger buddies were duking it out in Civil War. Warner will no doubt…

Quality vs Quantity. The actual number of blockbusters in Q4'17 this year may not be so large, but we are expecting them to have quite an impact to Major's momentum, thanks to the high level of anticipation for some of them. Clearly, Disney will be the studio with the biggest hits, such as Star Wars: Last Jedi and Thor Ragnarok, as they play on the Mark Hamill nostalgia and the mystery of why Thor was suddenly missing when his Avenger buddies were duking it out in Civil War. Warner will no doubt…

Thai Media Spotlight: Fewer But Major Hits in Q4'17