In 2013, Thailand went from a country increasingly wary of coal to one actively pursing it for power generation. Late in the year, the Energy Policy and Planning Office said that it would be updating its Power Development Plan (PDP), and that coal would play a larger role in the country's energy future than was outlined in the previous version...
THE COMPANY: BTS Group Holdings (BTS) has four separate business units that contributed revenues of 25% (mass transit), 36% (media), 38% (property development) and 2% (services) in 9M FY2014 (ending in March). The company focuses on the mass transit business, which is operated by a 96%-owned...
Lenders in Thailand are expected to adopt a cautious position throughout 2014, keeping a close watch on household debt levels and monitoring the local economy’s return to growth following a contraction earlier in 2013. In late October 2013, Moody’s Investors Service issued a report on the outlook of the Thai banking system, saying that the...
Foreign banks with Thai branches account for 15% of commercial banks’ assets. What limits these banks from achieving a greater market share?
As the Bank of Thailand (BOT) gradually reduces constraints on foreign direct investment (FDI) in the banking sector, Asian banks are proving the keenest to tap opportunities. A key plank of the regulator’s second Financial Sector Master Plan (FSMP) is to reduce costs and enhance the competitiveness of Thai banks by allowing more foreign...
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