With a growing population and expanding economy heaping the pressure on Brunei Darussalam’s water supply, the Sultanate has upped investment in storage and processing infrastructure, while also calling on its people to reduce consumption.
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Articles & Analysis | Trusts and funds: Regulations provide for new investment vehicles from The Report: Thailand 2014
While Thailand hosts a dynamic market for property funds (PF), new rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) covering new trusts and funds in 2012-13 paved the way for the kingdom’s first infrastructure fund (IFF) in April 2013 and a series of real estate investment trusts (REITs) that are currently under consideration. Whereas PFs...
Articles & Analysis | Thaicom: ICT from The Report: Thailand 2014
THE COMPANY: Thaicom (THCOM) was established in 1991 when it entered into a 30-year Domestic Communication Satellite Operating Agreement with the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT). Under the agreement, the company has the right to build, launch and operate satellites with a requirement to pay the MICT an agreed...
Articles & Analysis | Supalai: Property development from The Report: Thailand 2014
THE COMPANY: Established in 1989 and listed in the Stock Exchange of Thailand in 1993, Supalai (SPALI) is the sixth-largest property developer in Thailand in terms of presales (value of residential bookings). In 2013, 98% of SPALI’s BT12.6bn ($412m) revenue came from transfers of residential projects...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Chaipatr Srivisarvacha, CEO, KT ZMICO Securities Company, on the current political climate and prospects for the region from The Report: Thailand 2014
The Thai equity market has been influenced by political issues that emerged in the fourth quarter of 2013. At a price-to-earnings multiple of 13.3 times forward 2014 earnings, the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) remains relatively cheap, compared to its regional peers, and offers an attractive risk-reward profile. Assuming earnings growth of 14.6% for 2014, our target...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Charamporn Jotikasthira, President & CEO, Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) from The Report: Thailand 2014
How is the SET ensuring diversification through funding instruments such as real estate investment trusts (REIT) and infrastructure funds?