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).

Singapore Airlines - Take off Remains Unclear

Singapore Airlines Q2 Results - Parent Better but Minimal Improvement Overall. Dividend +11%

Value Traps: Dinosaur Stocks in the Digital Age

Snippets#3: Thailand's New Debt Crisis? Hmm...Maybe Not

Snippets#2: Most Profitable Bank's Best Year

Nostalgia. If this had been written in 2016, the grand prize would definitely gone to the insider trading case at CP All that involved the CEO Korsak ( <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/cp-all-a-walk-down-the-memory-lane" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:4572">CP All: A Walk Down the Memory Lane</a>). Korsak shrugged off the case as though nothing happened. He didn't apologize or quit, though they did pay the fines. Life goes on. If history is any guide, no one cares. CP All went on to trade above what we thought was their fair value (Bt60/sh), and now some brokers are saying it's worth more than Bt70/sh…

Nostalgia. If this had been written in 2016, the grand prize would definitely gone to the insider trading case at CP All that involved the CEO Korsak ( CP All: A Walk Down the Memory Lane). Korsak shrugged off the case as though nothing happened. He didn't apologize or quit, though they did pay the fines. Life goes on. If history is any guide, no one cares. CP All went on to trade above what we thought was their fair value (Bt60/sh), and now some brokers are saying it's worth more than Bt70/sh…

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Top Three Scandals/Myths of 2017