E_1 Legal_FA_2015_12_29-c A brWCorpL.1hig A Executive Summary Management Discussion and Analysis For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2018 In the first quarter of 2018, Thai economic growth gained traction, buoyed by both domestic and international factors. However, the business sector faced rising challenges, namely various forms of competition, a borderless marketplace within the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), and the advancing digital age amid the rapid pace of technological advancement, thus lea...

E_1 Legal_FA_2015_12_29-c A brWCorpL.1hig A Executive Summary Management Discussion and Analysis For the Quarter Ending September 30, 2019 Thai economic activity in the third quarter of 2019 continued to see limited support, after growing by 2.30 percent in the second quarter. The Thai economy did show some signs of strength in the third quarter, due mostly to the low base effect of the same period last year, especially in the tourism sector. However, exports and private investment – two major e...

Culture), while Political & Regulatory is remained unchanged. Thailand fared very well in Accounting and Auditing (IGAAP), moving from 73 percent to 80 percent. Thailand is ranked the second following only

remained unchanged at 20%. In 2013, the SEC performed the firm-level reviews for the total of 8 audit firms, as planned, and observed significant improvements in most aspects, especially in client acceptance

yields shifted downward 68-187 basis points (bps.) (Figure 2 and 3) whereas the US Federal Reserve left its policy rate unchanged at 5.25 percent in the first half of the year. 2 3 4 5 % 29/ 12/ 49 30/ 1/5

E_1 Legal_FA_2015_12_29-c A brWCorpL.1hig A Executive Summary Management Discussion and Analysis For the Quarter Ending March 31, 2020 The Thai economy in the first quarter of 2020 sank into a recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Economic activity was crippled almost across the board in light of lockdown measures implemented in several countries to contain the viral transmission. Financial markets went into a tailspin, whereas turbulence was seen in manufacturing, service and tourism sectors,...

A String of Earnings Increases, Future Earnings Uncertainty, and Firm Fundamentals* Sarayut Rueangsuwan † Kasetsart University, Thailand August 2015 Abstract Prior literature on meeting or beating earnings benchmarks extensively documents that market rewards firms reporting a string of consecutively earnings increases. To date, it is still unclear what an earnings string really means. This paper empirically provides rational explanations for this phenomenon by investigating whether the increment...

Thailand Taxonomy Board The Thailand Taxonomy Board is established to develop Thailand Taxonomy, a classification system of economic activities deemed as environmentally-sustainable. The Board comprises agencies from both the public and private sectors to ensure all sectors’ views are reflected. In the initial phase, the list of agencies is as follows: 1. Bank of Thailand (BOT)* 2. The Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand (SEC)* 3. Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and...

, a BSc scholar from Chulalongkorn University and an MSc scholar from Fort Hays Kansas State University, USA. She had made a remarkable contribution to the Thai capital market, particularly in the

E_1 Legal_FA_2015_12_29-c A WCorpL4.1hig A Executive Summary of Management Discussion and Analysis 1 For the Year Ending December 31, 2018 In 2018, the overall Thai economy maintained its growth due largely to healthier growth of exports and tourism, especially in the first half of the year. Meanwhile, the government continued to implement measures to promote and strengthen the domestic economy through support of investment and private spending as well as bolstering opportunities for other econo...