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SET: Jay Mart ICO has utility returns
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 02/02/2018
» Jay Mart Plc's upcoming initial coin offering (ICO) is considered an investment with utility returns and is not classified as raising funds through securities issuance, meaning such fund-raising initiatives are legitimate, says the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET).
BoT eases capital outflow rules to cool down baht
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 02/02/2018
» The Bank of Thailand has further eased rules to encourage more capital outflows by allowing a greater number of retail investors to directly put money into overseas securities. The move is part of efforts to rein in the stronger baht.
Wall Street quiet as Yellen bows out, SET barely moves
Business, Published on 03/02/2018
» Recap: The US stock market moved in a narrow range this past week with few market-moving developments. The US Federal Open Market Committee, as expected, left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at the last meeting chaired by Janet Yellen. Her successor as Federal Reserve chief, Jerome Powell, officially takes over today.
Making sense of 2018's head-scratching trends
Business, Published on 05/02/2018
» The seemingly endless month of January is past, and the festive season's good tidings and optimism have given way to the usual hard-bitten cynicism about the year ahead.
Indonesia's economy improves slightly as exports rise
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/02/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesia’s economy grew slightly better than expected last quarter, supported by a pick- up in exports, while consumer spending continued to disappoint. Stocks and the currency pared losses.
CFETS extends forex
Business, Published on 06/02/2018
» China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), the nation's official inter-bank market trading platform and infrastructure provider, has extended its direct trading and quotation services between yuan and baht currencies across the world's second-largest economy.
Hong Kong, China stocks succumb to global market rout
Reuters, Published on 06/02/2018
» Hong Kong and China stocks tumbled on Tuesday as a global market rout intensified, fuelled by worries that a build in inflationary pressures will prompt major central banks to raise interest rates faster than expected.
TNSC cuts export outlook on baht gains, minimum wage hike
Business, Published on 07/02/2018
» A strong baht and higher wages may slow Thailand's export growth to as low as 3.5% this year after a nearly 10% expansion last year, says a group of Thai shippers.
Asian shares mirror Dow comeback, dollar steady
Associated Press, Published on 07/02/2018
» TOKYO: Asian shares saw a broad rebound on Wednesday, mirroring the bounce-back rally on Wall Street, though gains were in a modest range and most benchmarks gave up some gains after opening sharply higher.
As US rattles sabre on trade, Asia bites its tongue on soft dollar
Reuters, Published on 07/02/2018
» SEOUL/TOKYO: A year after US President Donald Trump took office, heightened rhetoric out of Washington about unfair trade has kept Asian policymakers reluctant to openly talk down their currencies despite the dollar's slump to multi-year lows.