One of the wildest of wild cards in 2012 has been the question of brokerage reform in Thailand. A plan under implementation early in 2012 to deregulate broker commissions became uncertain after Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said the plans to liberalise the sector should be reversed. As of August 2012, it appears that liberalisation has been...
Diversified and globally integrated to a high degree, Thailand’s economy has also proven itself to be resilient to shocks of recent years, both external and internal. The country’s decades-long incentives-based policy for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) has been one of the great successes of developing-market economics, having boosted the...
Thailand’s roster of banks and financial services companies include the universal banking model, but even among larger lenders differentiation by specialty and focus is pronounced. Among that roster, the following five stand out as the largest and most closely watched:
The Kingdom of Thailand, formerly known as Siam, is situated in the heart of South-east Asia. Thailand lies between the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to its north-east, Myanmar to its north-west and western, Cambodia to the south-east, and Malaysia on the southern border.
THE COMPANY: Big C Supercenter, the second-largest hypermarket in terms of number of stores in Thailand after Tesco Lotus, was founded in 1993. The major shareholders are Géant International BV, which is part of the Casino Group – a well-known retailer based in France that has investments in retail...
In the light of the devastation caused by flooding, I have huge sympathy and admiration for the courage, dignity and determination of Thai people. Thailand is open for business and can be confident of its future, and the world should be confident as well.
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