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Gold price peaks as SET index dips
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 20/04/2024
» Domestic prices of gold reached a new record high of 42,000 baht per baht-weight early Friday as the Stock of Thailand (SET) index sunk to a three-year low of less than 1,350 points, with unease in the Middle East sending investors rushing to safe assets.
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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.
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Economists predict reduction by mid-year
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 11/04/2024
» The Bank of Thailand is expected to start cutting the policy rate before mid-year as inflationary pressure has eased following six consecutive months of prices contracting, while the economy is underperforming, according to economists.
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AIA posts new record of B24.9bn in value of new business
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 10/04/2024
» AIA Thailand, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based multinational insurer, has devised a new strategy and a healthcare product to offer protection to Thais aged up to 99 years, aiming to maintain its leading position in Thailand's life insurance industry and ensure strong future growth.
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Italian-Thai Development upbeat on funds to wrap up projects
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 10/04/2024
» Cash-strapped Italian-Thai Development (ITD) is confident it will be granted additional financial support from banks to complete more than 100 ongoing construction projects, in addition to bidding for more projects from the now-active fiscal 2024 budget.
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Maybank scrutinises impact from proposed casino project
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 09/04/2024
» Entertainment complexes with gambling venues could generate 187 billion baht in revenue per year, or roughly 1% of Thailand's GDP, with the first complex projected to operate by fiscal 2029, says Maybank Securities.
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FWD ranks second in the life sector
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 04/04/2024
» FWD Life Insurance has secured the No.2 spot in the life insurance industry, with new premiums surging 28% from 2022 to nearly 20.7 billion baht last year thanks to significant growth of the agency channel.
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Association predicts gold hitting 40,000 baht in H2
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 29/03/2024
» Domestic gold prices could hit 40,000 baht per baht-weight after the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates later this year, according to the Gold Traders Association (GTA), as the price reached a new high of 37,950 baht on Thursday, approaching the group's previous target of 38,000 baht.
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Making sense of the uptick for Bitcoin
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 28/03/2024
» Before this year, investors predicted the prices of cryptocurrencies could surge in 2024 because of the Bitcoin halving, an event that rewards mining that occurs every four years, as well as the likelihood of interest rate cuts, which benefit most asset classes.
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Maybank cuts growth forecast to 2.9%
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 28/03/2024
» Despite a steady improvement in exports, analysts are downgrading Thailand's economic growth to less than 3% this year, citing the delayed launch of the government's ambitious digital wallet handout.
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