Property developers in Thailand are a diverse lot, ranging from large, diverse companies with land banks that will suit their needs for years to come, to smaller companies considered takeover targets because the economy is developing and margins are increasingly tight. Pruksa Real Estate, which specialises in building low-income units, is the...
In 2011 as unprecedented damages from floods hit the non-life segment, Thailand’s insurance industry caught the world’s attention. But while loss ratios for property surged, the industry’s claim settlements continued to function efficiently and provided a crucial source of financing for post-crisis reconstruction.
Along with the auto and food processing sectors, Thailand’s electronics and electrical (E&E) industry is one of the strongest manufacturing segments and accounted for approximately 23% of the country’s export revenues in 2011. The region-leading industry currently has some 800 factories, many operated by high-profile companies, including...
The drawing board rationale for a Thai company to develop a $50bn deep-water port and industrial complex in neighbouring Myanmar is astonishingly simple. The 250-sq-km development would reduce sea transport time between Thailand and India or Europe by more than a week, avoid the overcrowded sea lanes of the Strait of Malacca and at the same time...
The unsuccessful attempted takeover of American International Assurance (AIA) by the UK’s Prudential Insurance (Pru) in early 2010 focused investors’ attention on the important growth prospects in Asia’s life insurance industry. While this would have translated into a minor player overtaking a major one, unlikely given Pru’s negligible presence, it...
After years of debate about various options to improve and expand transport infrastructure, action is now scheduled to follow the words in a giddying array of directions. In March 2012, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra gave an unequivocal go-ahead to high-speed trains in Thailand, even if the Chinese are not yet ready to proceed with the overall...
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