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Rabbit Life sales surge by 22% in first 8 months
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 01/10/2025
» Rabbit Life Insurance, a subsidiary of BTS Group Holdings, is targeting 2.6 billion baht in premiums this year amid robust demand for whole life, health and annuity insurance products.
UOB Kay Hian expects firms' profits to decline 40% in Q2
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 16/08/2023
» UOB Kay Hian Securities (Thailand) anticipates profits of listed companies to decline by almost 40% in the second quarter of 2023 compared with the same period last year because of the drastic drop in oil prices. The performance of energy stocks accounts for one-third of the combined profits of listed firms.
JP makes impressive MAI trading debut
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 03/11/2021
» Shares of JSP Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (Thailand) (JP), a medicine and nutritional supplements distributor, opened trading at 9.40 baht on the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI) on Tuesday, up 34.29% from the initial public offering price (IPO) at 7 baht.
TMBAM ES continues to focus on foreign funds
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 23/02/2021
» TMBAM Eastspring (TMBAM ES) continues focusing on foreign investment funds (FIFs) this year as the investment units record the fastest growth among all types of funds in the mutual fund industry, giving the highest returns in 2020.
SET fares poorly on returns
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 06/01/2021
» Capital returns from the Thai stock market ranked 49th out of 69 global stock markets in 2020 at -8.3%, while Vietnam's bourse offered the highest regional return of 14.2%.
Bond issuance hits B1tn, spurred by M&A activity
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 22/11/2019
» New corporate bond issuance in Thailand has hit a record of 1 trillion baht, thanks to strong demand for fund mobilisation for mergers and acquisitions and business expansion locally and abroad, says the Thai Bond Market Association (TBMA).
Trading dwindles as new tax begins
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 12/09/2019
» Average daily new short-term corporate bond issuance and short-dated corporate bond trading in secondary markets slumped by 75% and nearly 50%, respectively, after a 15% withholding tax on gains from investment in fixed-income funds came into force on Aug 20.
Tech disruption weighing on CEOs' minds
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 27/04/2018
» Despite a positive economic outlook from chief executives of SET-listed companies this year, technological disruption is seen as the most prominent factor having a long-term impact on business operations going forward, says an academic.