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

1 25 May 2020 Subject: Notification on Resolution of the Board of Directors’ Meeting No. 5/2020, Change of Directors and Directors’ Power, Entering into Connected Transaction, Entering into Transaction on Acquisition of Assets and Determination of the 2020 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders To: Director and Manager The Stock Exchange of Thailand Enclosure 1. Information Memorandum on the Acquisition of Assets (Schedule 1) and the Entry into Connected Transaction of Nation Broadcasting Corpor...

INDEPENDENT AUDIT INSPECTION ACTIVITIES REPORT 2020 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, THAILAND Contents Executive Summary 01 04 08 15 28 58 62 70 47 Quality Assurance Review Panel Activities for Enhancing Financial Reporting Quality Summary of Audit Inspection Results A. Firm-Level B. Engagement-Level Root Cause Analysis Framework and Focuses in 2021 Essential Statistics Auditing Landscape in Thailand Executive Summary Over the past year, the Thai capital market experienced tremendous volatili...

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...

boutiques that rely heavily on tourists as their clientele. Other events likely to reduce the number of tourists, such as geopolitical instability and insecurity (e.g., terrorist attacks) and weakening of the