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Asset Owners
Thailand's GPF hopes to raise international exposure to 35%
The Thai pension fund also sees the need to transition from sovereign debt to real assets, but struggles to build a long-term investment culture.
By Jame DiBiasio | 13 December 2011
Markets
Local investors go against the flow after Thai floods
They have been buying Thai stocks, going in the opposite direction to foreigners and institutions who have been selling, while domestic funds have been hit by redemptions.
By Joe Marsh | 24 November 2011
Asset Owners
Thailand’s Social Security Office awards global mandate
The $28 billion institution has chosen which firms will manage $200 million of its international portfolio. It will award mandates for another $400 million in 2012.
By Joe Marsh | 16 November 2011
Commentary
Why Thai election shouldn’t derail investment climate
Asia Plus Securities reckons the Thai economy will continue to make steady progress irrespective of which power bloc comes out ahead in Sunday’s election.
By Simon Osborne | 30 June 2011
Markets
Thai fund managers close in on self regulation
The Bangkok-based Association of Investment Management Companies is optimistic about having a self-regulatory organisation in place by early next year, but some fund managers ...
By Joe Marsh | 13 June 2011
Asset Owners
Thailand’s Social Security Office seeks investment consultant
The state fund is looking to ramp up its foreign-asset allocation and needs an investment consultant to help it.
By Joe Marsh | 9 May 2011
Alternatives
Infrastructure gains may precede Thai general election
In common with other Southeast Asian countries, Thailand’s infrastructure needs upgrading, but how can investors in listed equity participate?
By Simon Osborne | 4 May 2011
Markets
SE Asia moves closer to funds passporting in 2012
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand are working on harmonising regulations for an 'Asean Ucits' scheme, initially for ETFs, says Pravej Ongartsittigul of Thailand’...
By Joe Marsh | 24 March 2011
Markets
Kasikorn AM brands trigger funds as unfair
Target-redemption funds have been attracting inflows in Thailand due to swinging volatility in the local stock market. But not all asset managers have jumped on the bandwagon.
By Joe Marsh | 21 March 2011
Distribution
Turnover on the rise among Thai fund executives
Several senior asset management executives in Thailand have switched firms in recent months, and many feel this signals a growing trend.
By Joe Marsh | 9 March 2011
Alternatives
Thailand's Social Security Office in $600 million global RFP
The $25 billion state institution is making its first moves into foreign equities and property and boosting its exposure to international fixed income with three $200 million ...
By Joe Marsh | 4 March 2011
Markets
Global exchange shake-up spreads to Thailand
Proposed capital-market rule changes should reduce trading costs, but they will also make life tougher for domestic brokers, says the Thailand CEO at DBS Vickers Securities.
By Joe Marsh | 17 February 2011
Asset Owners
Thailand's GPF reviews offshore investment programme
The $13 billion Government Pension Fund is investing more in foreign assets and has chosen Towers Watson to advise it on manager selection and portfolio allocation.
By Joe Marsh | 11 February 2011
Alternatives
Thai Reit proposals offer greater flexibility
Thailand has moved quicker than expected on a new framework for real estate investment trusts that brings the market more in line with international rules.
By Joe Marsh | 26 October 2010
Alternatives
Thai-focused fund favours property and construction
Alex Klein Tank of DK Capital outlines a 10-stock portfolio that is 70% weighted towards property and construction due to valuation and previous trading levels.
By Simon Osborne | 15 September 2010
Commentary
Thailand still offers opportunities, says ex-private banker
The anti-government protest came to an end last week, yet the red shirts represented reform in spite of Thaksin Shinawatra, not because of him, argues an AsianInvestor reader.
By Anonymous | 24 May 2010
Commentary
Thailand's red shirts could push the Democrats out
The opposition appears to have got its nuisance tactics right this time, and Abhisit’s government is caught between a rock and a hard place.
By Simon Osborne | 13 April 2010
Markets
Thai PM says government mulling sovereign wealth fund
Abhisit Vejjajiva also underlined a commitment to reforming the country's financial system in an address to delegates attending AsianInvestor's conference in Bangkok.
By Joseph Marsh | 3 February 2010
Markets
Thai rule changes to benefit foreign fund managers
Plans to open up the country’s financial markets will make it easier to sell a wider range of products, including offshore funds, locally.
By Joseph Marsh | 19 January 2010
Business Moves
Prudential and UOB form bancassurance alliance
As part of the deal, the UK group will buy the Singaporean bank's life insurance arm.
By Joseph Marsh | 7 January 2010
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Chinese renminbi
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None of the above; gold
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