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Krungthai Bank trims NPL rate to 2.7% this year
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 27/11/2025
» Krungthai Bank (KTB) has exercised careful asset management, enabling the state-owned bank to reduce its non-performing loans (NPLs) excluding government-assisted contracts from 4.4% of the portfolio in 2020 to just 2.7% in the first nine months of this year, say executives.
Igniting an investment revolution
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 25/08/2025
» As global priorities shift towards sustainability, environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment has become increasingly popular for businesses transitioning to a low-carbon economy.
Insuring against earthquake risk
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 05/04/2025
» The 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar and parts of Thailand on March 28 left significant cracks in high-rise buildings in Bangkok and surrounding provinces.
Earthquake insurance prices set to rise after Bangkok damage
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 01/04/2025
» The insurance industry is preparing to mitigate the impact of natural disaster risks after most parts of Thailand, including Bangkok, were hit by a strong earthquake on Friday, pointing out that free earthquake coverage would no longer be available.
Property stimulus bump to lift Thai stock market
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 12/04/2024
» The recently approved property stimulus measures should help the Thai stock market as they significantly lower costs for homebuyers, with the cuts to transfer and mortgage fees applying to up to 70% of the units available in the property market.
Asian equities retreat on US slowdown worries
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 22/04/2023
» RECAP: Asian and European markets fell yesterday on lingering recession worries as data indicated the US economy was slowing down. Thailand has low recession risk but the SET has slid amid negative global sentiment and falling oil prices.
MTL strategy taps elderly market
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 11/11/2022
» Muang Thai Life Assurance (MTL) has tapped the elderly market with the launch of new life insurance products under the strategy "Silver Readiness by MTL".
Global markets advance, foreigners power SET
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 27/08/2022
» RECAP: Global markets advanced as investors believe inflation might be starting to ease in many countries, but they were awaiting further signals yesterday from US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell about how aggressively he will raise interest rates.
LTV rejig a boon for stocks
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 28/10/2021
» Real estate stocks will directly benefit from the Bank of Thailand (BoT)'s decision to raise the loan-to-value (LTV) ratio for mortgage lending to 100% to revive the property sector, said analysts from Maybank Kim Eng Securities (MBKET).
Fetco efforts aim to expand investor base
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 21/12/2020
» The Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations (Fetco) is preparing to propose a capital market development plan to the Finance Ministry encompassing a long-term equity fund for youth to promote savings, a capital fund for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and a revision of tax incentives for the Super Saving Fund (SSF).