Environment

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...

THE COMPANY: CP ALL is the sole operator of the convenience store chain 7-Eleven and the cash-and-carry stores Makro in Thailand. The company, established in 1988 by the Charoen Pokphand Group under the name of CP Seven Eleven, has been granted the exclusive right by 7-Eleven in the US to conduct...