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Panel submits probe results on THAI debt
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/09/2020
» The Transport Ministry on Tuesday submitted the findings of a probe into alleged irregularities involving Thai Airways International (THAI) to the Finance Ministry for further action.
Union calls for severance hike in TBank-TMB merger
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 19/07/2019
» Thanachart Bank's (TBank) labour union expects 4,000-5,000 jobs will be cut after the bank consolidates with TMB Bank, calling for both banks to offer higher severance payments than are legally required for those to be laid off.
Plans halted for national holding firm
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/10/2018
» The government has backed off a plan to set up a national holding company after a public outcry against a draft act on state-owned enterprise governance.
Thailand Future Fund IPO set for October
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 11/09/2018
» The long-awaited Thailand Future Fund (TFF) looks set to be allocated to the public in the second week of October, with at least 60% of its units being offered to retail investors, says the head of the State Enterprise Policy Office (Sepo).
Launch mulled over for second TFF batch
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 19/06/2018
» The government wants to launch the second batch of Thailand Future Fund (TFF) assets, with an estimated fundraising size of 100 billion baht as the infrastructure fund's first tranche is set to go public by September.
TFF poised to go public by September after review
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 11/06/2018
» The delayed Thailand Future Fund (TFF), an infrastructure fund, is scheduled to go public by September at the earliest, says a senior official at the State Enterprise Policy Office (Sepo).
Sepo chief hopes for Thailand Future Fund IPO in July
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/05/2018
» The IPO for the Thailand Future Fund (TFF), delayed several months, is set to launch in October after the Administrative Court turned down a request by the Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) labour union to revoke the infrastructure fund's launch plan.
'S' man on a mission
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/12/2015
» The ambitious mission of the current government to see Thailand's economy grow in an S-shaped curve may not be realised if the country fails to increase public and private investment to match the levels of neighbouring countries.
600 set to retire early at GSB
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/07/2015
» The state-owned Government Saving Bank (GSB) is to cut 600 jobs through an early retirement programme as part of a strategy to inject new blood to take the 100-year-old bank into a new business environ-ment.
BAAC promissory note sale tanks
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/02/2014
» The caretaker government's fundraising plan to pay off rice farmers suffered another setback on Thursday when an auction for the first tranche of 20 billion baht in promissory notes issued by the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) saw weak demand.