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Hopeful outlook for debt relief plan
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 10/11/2025
» Thailand is grappling with a debt challenge that spans the public, business and household sectors -- a structural vulnerability that weighs on the country's economic growth and financial stability.
Loan quality continues to sag
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 30/10/2025
» Asset management companies (AMCs) expect roughly 50% of special mention (SM) loans to continue to deteriorate into non-performing loans (NPLs) over the next three years.
Asset management firms to absorb bigger slice of NPLs
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 29/10/2025
» The Bank of Thailand expects asset management companies (AMCs) to absorb 20% of non-performing loans (NPLs) to help improve bad debt management in the banking industry.
KBank targets revenue through management of bad loans
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 15/10/2024
» Kasikornbank (KBank) is seeking new revenue streams through the management of bad assets via its joint venture asset management companies (JV-AMCs), in response to the rising trend of non-performing loans (NPLs).
KBank, BAM set up asset management company
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 12/09/2024
» Kasikornbank (KBank) has partnered with Bangkok Commercial Asset Management (BAM) to establish a joint venture asset management company (JV-AMC) to handle non-performing loans (NPLs).
Banks still discussing JV-AMC feasibility
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 20/02/2023
» Banks remain interested in setting up joint venture asset management companies (JV-AMCs) as an option to manage their non-performing loans (NPLs).
Regional shares retreat, foreign selling continues
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 11/02/2023
» RECAP: Asia-Pacific stocks retreated on Friday, slumping towards a second weekly loss as investors fretted about the potential for further US Federal Reserve tightening.
KInvesture buys stake in asset manager
Business, Published on 10/02/2023
» Kasikorn Investure Co Ltd (KInvesture), a subsidiary of Kasikornbank (KBank), has invested in J Asset Management Company (JAM) and holds 9.9% of the company's shares, worth more than 3.5 billion baht, in a move to support JAM's future growth, KBank said yesterday.
Applications for hotel asset warehousing scheme decrease
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 30/11/2022
» The total number of hoteliers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic applying for the central bank's asset warehousing scheme has declined thanks to the rebound in the tourism sector, according to an executive at the Bank of Thailand (BoT).
Banks focus on vulnerable amid uneven recovery
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 23/09/2022
» Local banks have continued to support vulnerable customers amid the uneven economic recovery and the upward trend of non-performing loans (NPLs).