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Demand for B/E cools after defaults
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 18/10/2017
» Bills of exchange (B/E) issuance continues to drop this year as companies have shifted to rely on other debt instruments after a series of B/E defaults occurred late last year, says the Thai Bond Market Association (TBMA).
BoT unveils SME forex option contract
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 18/08/2017
» The Bank of Thailand plans to roll out a foreign exchange option with a lower fee to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) to access forex hedging tools in dealing with the firmer baht.
KBank: Baht appreciation may have peaked in April
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 17/05/2017
» The baht probably reached its strongest level in mid-April and will reverse course until the end of the year, says a senior official at Kasikornbank (KBank).
Outflows surge on US rate rise signal
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 08/03/2017
» Hot money will keep flowing out of Thailand's bond market in anticipation of a US Federal Reserve rate hike this month, says a Maybank economist.
Hot-money inflow into bonds piques BoT curiosity
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 01/03/2017
» The massive offshore fund inflows spotted in the Thai bond market in February amid prospects of a firmer baht could trigger speculative activity or more benign use of Thai assets as a shelter from global fluctuation, says a senior Bank of Thailand official.
BoT governor: Thailand assets a safe haven
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 24/02/2017
» Foreign investors are parking money in Thai assets in the short run because they see the baht as a safe haven backed by solid foreign reserves amid global market fluctuation, the central bank chief says.
Foreign investors weigh on bond yields
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 23/02/2017
» The effectiveness of the Bank of Thailand's policy rate in determining long-term bond yields is lessening as foreign investors' trading activities become a larger factor, says an economic researcher at the central bank's think tank.
Central bank says bond yields likely to remain volatile
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 25/01/2017
» The ongoing bond yield spikes are not expected to cause a sudden shift in banks' interest rate trends as liquidity in the financial market remains high, says the Bank of Thailand's chief.
Confidence drops to neutral
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 07/12/2016
» Investor confidence for the three months to February weakened from last month's survey, weighed by the possibility of persistent capital outflows from emerging markets triggered by US President-elect Donald Trump's inwardly focused policies.
BoT: No shift in yield-search behaviour
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 24/08/2016
» The magnitude of offshore investors' search for yield in the Thai capital market remains unchanged as most of the fund flow has gone into the safe haven of government bonds, says the Bank of Thailand.