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Exploring a potential baht-gold price link
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 17/01/2026
» As global gold prices skyrocket, debates are ongoing in Thailand about the significant impact of gold trading flows on the volatility and appreciation of the baht.
Frasers expands its regional presence
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 08/07/2025
» Frasers Property, the Singapore-based property developer and management company of the Sirivadhanabhakdi family, is deepening its presence in Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore to build a resilient portfolio amid an increasingly uncertain global environment.
Resilient UOB relishes regional role
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 29/11/2024
» In Thailand’s highly competitive banking industry, UOB has proven its resilience as a foreign bank over the past 25 years thanks to a strong Southeast Asian network, brand strength and its ability to win the trust of Thai customers.
UOB, Prudential unveil investment-linked life insurance policy
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 12/07/2024
» Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) is strengthening its regional partnership with multinational insurer Prudential by launching Thailand's first investment-linked life insurance policy that locks in the highest net asset value (NAV) over the contract's lifetime.
Axa turns to M&A deals to generate Thai growth
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 17/04/2024
» Axa Thailand General Insurance, a unit of the French multinational, is exploring merger and acquisition opportunities to help grow its presence in the highly fragmented non-life insurance industry here, says chief executive Claude Seigne.
Baker Tilly Asia expansions
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 02/03/2023
» Thailand and other Asia Pacific countries hold great opportunity for their economy to grow and for Baker Tilly to expand its presence here after the London-based global accounting firm posted a record revenue of US$1 billion from this region last year, executives say.
Wasted Year
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 21/02/2022
» Once perceived as Asia's final frontier, Myanmar has been tested severely by dual shocks -- a surge in Covid-19 cases in 2021 and the military coup that has brought its economy close to a standstill and left its people suffering from ongoing violence.
Programmed to learn
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 07/02/2022
» Anothai Wettayakorn considers himself an adventurous eater, though he was originally a beef lover. Thanks to a job that has allowed him to visit many countries, the 52-year-old executive has learned about different cultures to help him manage in a diverse market landscape, partly through exploring the local food.
US and China should continue talks
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 20/09/2021
» The United States last Wednesday took a major step in challenging China's massive influence in Asia by announcing a plan to help Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines that could eventually make their way into contested waters claimed by Beijing.
Connecting with Laos
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 20/09/2021
» Landlocked but rich in natural resources and geographically diverse, Laos has a lot to offer. Significant investments from neighbours including China have helped the country achieve economic growth of 6-7% a year over the past decade. Yet, inadequate infrastructure and the absence of a skilled workforce are among the reasons Laos has yet to fulfil its potential.