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...
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...
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...
THE COMPANY: PTT Global Chemical was set up on October 19, 2011 through the successful amalgamation of PTT Chemical and PTT Aromatics and Refining to be the chemical flagship of the PTT Group. Currently, the company has become a world-scale petrochemicals and refining producer with integrated olefins...
While derivatives trading has grown significantly since the launch of the Stock Exchange of Thailand’s (SET) Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) in 2004, liquidity remains concentrated. The SET’s development programme aims to introduce new hedging instruments, from non-agricultural commodity futures to currency swaps and a greater array of single...
With the market capitalisation of its bourse at around BT11.97trn ($391.42bn) as of late March 2014, Thailand has relatively deep and liquid capital markets by regional standards. A derivatives market has grown significantly since 2007, with particular interest in index and single stock futures, as well as gold futures (see analysis). With...
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