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).

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<p><strong>Toyota Stumbles in May. </strong>Toyota finally sent us their May data recently, and we can see why it’s a little late. Toyota’s total car sales figures took an almost 20% decline from last year. This is probably unprecedented unless you include the flood of 2011. Toyota remains the top dog in Thailand with 27% market share of total car sales, but if we drill down into individual segments, they have clearly lost the crown. In passenger cars, their market share is now slightly lower than Honda’s, and in…</p>

Toyota Stumbles in May. Toyota finally sent us their May data recently, and we can see why it’s a little late. Toyota’s total car sales figures took an almost 20% decline from last year. This is probably unprecedented unless you include the flood of 2011. Toyota remains the top dog in Thailand with 27% market share of total car sales, but if we drill down into individual segments, they have clearly lost the crown. In passenger cars, their market share is now slightly lower than Honda’s, and in…

The Autobot Update (June): Toyota Hits a Road Bump