Thailand Financial News

BRANDES SUBMITS… SAN DIEGO: Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. publicly disclosed on April 29th, 2008, that it submitted to Hibiya Engineering, Ltd., an engineering company based in Japan and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, a resolution to be submitted for shareholder approval at the company’s upcoming annual meeting of shareholders.
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Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand) appointed new Senior Vice President of the Office of Legal Affairs and Debt Administration and Credit Procedure Department to be effective on June 1, 2008.
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Fitch Ratings (Thailand) Limited has today affirmed National fund ratings of ‘AAA(tha)’/‘V1+(tha)’ to TMB Money Fund (TMBMF). The ratings reflect the fund’s highest standards for credit quality, its conservative investment policies and the safety of its principal relative to other bond funds in Thailand.
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Confident of good business with net profit growing to 107.7%, and good foundation, encouraging growth in the long run.

Asiasoft Corporation Public Company Limited (AS) steps forward to write a new page in the history of gaming industry, by being the first company in online gaming business in Thailand to enter the stock market.
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HSBC has swept the board in the latest annual Asian Banker magazine Retail Financial Services awards, coming top in four categories. In addition to ‘Best Retail Bank in Hong Kong’, it has further beaten over 150 other banks and financial institutions in 23 countries across the Asia Pacific region to win the most prestigious award for ‘Best Retail Bank in Asia Pacific’.

HSBC in Hong Kong has also achieved recognition for ‘Excellence in Distribution Network Integration’ and ‘Excellence in Internet Banking’.
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Fitch Ratings has said that in the immediate future, Vietnam’s banks face a particularly challenging environment, due to sharply higher interest rates and much tighter liquidity, as belatedly imposed by the country’s central bank, State Bank of Vietnam, recently to combat the sharp increase in inflation.
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Fitch Ratings has affirmed ratings on Shin Kong Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (SKFH) and its subsidiaries Shin Kong Life Insurance Company Ltd. (SKL) and Taiwan Shin Kong Commercial Bank (SKB), and simultaneously revised the Outlook to Stable from Positive.
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VIETNAM INVESTMENT SUMMIT

STUDY TOUR, May 30th – 31st, 2008 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY TOUR

Vietnam today still remains as one of the three most attractive investment areas in Asia. With its WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This is a strategic, informative and concise program designed for senior representatives or PROGRAM OUTLINE

Day 1 Friday, 30 May 2007 8.00 am Visit to HOSE with presentation from HOSE’s CEO

Visit to Key Broking Houses with Q& A Session 11.30 am Vietnam Investment Forum & Luncheon

- Talk by Vietnam’s World Bank Head on “Overall Vietnamese Economic Outlook” 12.30 pm Networking Lunch 2.30 pm Visit Property Projects and Vietnamese listed companies 5.30 pm Free and Easy Day 2 Saturday, 31 May 2008

Planned Agenda (*content is subject to change) 8.50 am Arrival of Guests of Honor 8.55 am Opening Ceremony and Introduction by Mr Mark Laudi, Guest Emcee 9.00 am Welcome Address by Mr Stephen Lai, CEO of NextVIEW Group 9.10 am Keynote Address, Dr Tran Sac Sinh, CEO of Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange 9.20 am Guest of Honor Address by Mdm Nguyen Thi Hong, Vice Chairman of the People Committee (invited) 9.40 am Keynote Address by Mr Truong Trong Nghia, Director of Investment and Trade Promotion Centre (invited)

10.30 am Networking and Refreshments 11.00 am Address by Mr Nguyen Son, State Securities Commission: Policies on

Developing Vietnam Stock Market (invited) 11.15 am Plenary Discussion: The roles and operations of Fund Managements and

securities companies 11.40 am Session Ends and continuation with the Asia Trader & Investor Convention

Program) 6.30 pm Exclusive ATIC Appreciation and Networking Dinner, hosted by NextView

Group and Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange * All Study Tour Participants will be given a 2-day VIP pass to ATIC@HCMC events (May 31- June 1) PLUS  complimentary entry to paid ATIC Master Trading seminars subject to space availability.
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MARKETING AGENT… BETHESDA, Md.: Maple Life Financial Inc. and its affiliate MLF LexServ L.P. have been retained by the current owner of the former Ritchie Risk Linked Trading Strategies (Ireland) Ltd. life settlement portfolio to provide services with respect to the $2.3 billion face amount of life insurance policies purchased in February 2008 pursuant to a bankruptcy sale auction.
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Revenue increases 1.8 percent to 15.7 billion euros

Underlying EBIT rises 6.4 percent to 1 billion euros despite fewer working days; reported EBIT declines 15 percent About Deutsche Post World Net

Deutsche Post World Net is the world’s leading logistics group.
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