Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

HK Type 4 license through Ballingal Investment Advisors Ltd. 

I'm a highly experienced sell-side analyst with in excess of 22 years of covering Asia Pacific equities, the past 19 years immersed in event strategies encompassing M&A risk arbitrage, directional long/short, stub trades and restructuring.  

My background also includes accountancy (liquidation/bankruptcy/receivership) earlier in my career and as a chief financial officer of a global commodity company based in the US and Mexico.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

True/DTAC Pop As Council Of State Rules NBTC Has No Teeth

The Week That Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Astra International, Ace Hardware, and DTAC's Merger

True/​DTAC: NBTC Sees Merger Crimping GDP Growth

True/​​DTAC: Merger Support After Court Ruling

True/DTAC: Merger Delays As NBTC Board Revamped

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Reportedly, the board of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Thailand's telco regulator, has called for a more detailed analysis of the deal’s impact on competition, consumers and industry. </li>
<li>This follows recent calls by Thailand’s opposition Move Forward party <a href="https://www.thaipbsworld.com/nbtc-board-urged-to-ditch-true-dtac-merger-plan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urging</a> the NBTC to block <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/total-access-communication" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:948:1" rel="noopener">Total Access Communication (DTAC TB)</a></strong> / <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/true-corp-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8:1" rel="noopener">True Corp Pcl (TRUE TB)</a></strong>'s merger.</li>
<li>Both DTAC and True are trading tight to terms - especially True. Time to take down borrow.</li>
</ul>


Reportedly, the board of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Thailand's telco regulator, has called for a more detailed analysis of the deal’s impact on competition, consumers and industry. 
This follows recent calls by Thailand’s opposition Move Forward party urging the NBTC to block Total Access Communication (DTAC TB) / True Corp Pcl (TRUE TB)'s merger.
Both DTAC and True are trading tight to terms - especially True. Time to take down borrow.


True/​​​DTAC: Merger Support Increasingly Tenuous

True Corp Pcl

True/​​​DTAC: Merger Support Increasingly Tenuous

True/DTAC: Merger Support Increasingly Tenuous