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).

The Chef's Selection: The Best of May/June Company Visits

Somchai's Acquittal, a New Twist in Thai Politics

Equity Bottom-Up

<p><em>MCorp Review </em>recently met these three companies on the same day. We're gonna start with Erawan, since it's the biggest of the three and also happens to be the only stock in this list that we actually own. Gotta admit we're rather happy holders here, and you'll see why in a moment. APCO...These jokers claim they have the panacea to everything, and that's probably why they make so much money, but I'm pretty sure they don't have one for gout (from personal experience yo). And there's this random…</p>

MCorp Review recently met these three companies on the same day. We're gonna start with Erawan, since it's the biggest of the three and also happens to be the only stock in this list that we actually own. Gotta admit we're rather happy holders here, and you'll see why in a moment. APCO...These jokers claim they have the panacea to everything, and that's probably why they make so much money, but I'm pretty sure they don't have one for gout (from personal experience yo). And there's this random…

Three of a Kind: Hotels, Snake Oil, & Truckers

Erawan Group

Three of a Kind: Hotels, Snake Oil, & Truckers