Thailand Financial News

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) cordially invites you to listed companies’ presentation about their Q3/2006 operational performance. The event is open for interested public, analysts, and media to attend.

13:00 - 14:30  hrs.          Salee Industry PCL  (SALEE)
15:00 - 16:30 hrs.           Aapico Hitech PCL (AH)*
15:00 - 16:30 hrs.           Eastern Water Resources Development and Management PCL (EASTW)
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In  the  25  years since the first case was reported, AIDS has changed the  world.  It has killed 25 million people, and infected 40 million more. It  has  become the world’s leading cause of death among both women and men aged 15 to 59. It has inflicted the single greatest reversal in the history of  human development.
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From 1-2 December, former U.S. President Bill Clinton  will make his final visit to the tsunami affected region as the UN
Secretary-General’s  Special  Envoy for Tsunami Recovery. President Clinton will  visit  locations  in  Tamil  Nadu (India), Phuket (Thailand) and Aceh (Indonesia),  three of the many areas along the Indian Ocean coastline that were  affected by the December 26, 2004 tsunami that took the lives of over 200,000  people.  He is expected to complete his two-year tenure as Special Envoy at year’s end.
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Thailand’s Bond Electronic Exchange (BEX) will list 12 issues of treasury bills worth THB 54.00 billion (approx. USD 1.47 billion), from the Ministry of Finance during December 1 – 25: 1.      Treasury bills to commence trading on December 1 worth THB 14.00 billion
TB50/10/28D, worth THB 4.00 billion, will use “TB07103C” as its trading symbol.
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Pay 40% dividends on strong earnings and bright business prospect Demco Plc. sets to offer its IPO share at baht 3.05 each during the booking period on December 4th and 6th. Asia Plus Plc., its financial advisor expects a fifty-million shares sell-out because of Company’s strong fundamental.
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HK$2 Billion of Mortgage-Backed Securities Rated.
Moody’s Investors Service has assigned Aaa ratings to Series 2006-1’s Class A and Class B notes (the “notes”) issued by Bauhinia MBS Limited (the “issuer”). The notes are backed by a static pool of residential mortgage loans originated by the Hong Kong Housing Authority (”HA”) and sold to the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation (”HKMC”) during 2001 to 2003.
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Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) and SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) recently held a code share agreement signing ceremony at THAI?s head office in Bangkok in order to establish an extensive partnership to offer services beyond their destinations.
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Jeffrey H. Chen hired to spearhead the firm’s Asian securitization and  structured finance practice
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP has received its operating license from the Law Society of Hong Kong and will officially open its doors in the Landmark Building of Hong Kong’s Central Business District on January 1, 2007.  Initially, the Hong Kong office will focus on securitization and structured finance throughout Asia, but will soon provide a broad range of legal services to local Asian companies seeking advice regarding the U.S.
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Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
Reveleus, a business of i-flex solutions (Reuters: IFLX.BO & IFLX.NS) and a leading global provider of analytical applications for the financial services industry, has announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc.
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The Bank of East Asia (“BEA”) would like to alert all customers and the general public that the BEA Group has no affiliation whatsoever with a recently established Internet website operating under the URL www.boeauk.com .
All BEA Internet-based services may be accessed safely and securely through the Bank’s homepage at It has come to the attention of BEA’s management that there is at least one possible case of fraud associated with the website overseas.
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