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).

PSL (PSL TB): Dry-Bulk Shipping Should See Continued Uptrend

Little Thai-Coons of 2018 (Part 2): The New Industrialists

MEGA: Supplement Maker Spreads Healthy Message in Booming Region

Hidden Tigers (Season Premiere): Chocolate Ship Donuts

Three of a Kind: Jeans, Glasses, and Cameras

South Series (Part 1): The Canal That Can CheckMate Singapore

Equity Bottom-Up

<p>We had the chance to meet up with Khaleed Hasheem, founder of PSL (one of Thailand's three big shippers), this week and catch up on some of his ideas on the Asian shipping outlook. PSL currently has a fleet of 36 ships. The only guys bigger than this would be TTA of the Mahagitsiri fortune ( <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/hidden-tigers-season-premiere-chocolate-ship-donuts" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:9781">Hidden Tigers (Season Premiere): Chocolate Ship Donuts</a>) and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/11430" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11430:1">Regional Container Line Pcl (RCL TB)</a> yo. After listening to Khaleed, my sense is I'd rather buy a coal producer like Banpu, which we already own…</p>

We had the chance to meet up with Khaleed Hasheem, founder of PSL (one of Thailand's three big shippers), this week and catch up on some of his ideas on the Asian shipping outlook. PSL currently has a fleet of 36 ships. The only guys bigger than this would be TTA of the Mahagitsiri fortune ( Hidden Tigers (Season Premiere): Chocolate Ship Donuts) and Regional Container Line Pcl (RCL TB) yo. After listening to Khaleed, my sense is I'd rather buy a coal producer like Banpu, which we already own…

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