Bank Rakyat Indonesia buy via BKK Bank?

[THAIPHUKET]

Bank Rakyat's ROE is superior to that of the majority of its peers  https://goo.gl/76k1vQ

 

Does it make sense to shares this way?    Bangkok Bank has a representative office on one of the main avenues in Jakarta: Jalan Thamrin.

 

Goal is to build non-Thai Asian portfolio for Thai partner, 

Edited January 3, 2017 by THAIPHUKET
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[topt]

Maybe its me but took me a while to work out what you were actually saying/asking?

Simple question is can you buy Indonesian shares via Bangkok Bank? Whether they have a rep office in Jakarta I would have thought is pretty irrelevant but maybe I am missing something.....

[fletchsmile]

18 hours ago, topt said:

Maybe its me but took me a while to work out what you were actually saying/asking?

Simple question is can you buy Indonesian shares via Bangkok Bank? Whether they have a rep office in Jakarta I would have thought is pretty irrelevant but maybe I am missing something.....

 

Not sure what OP means either :)

 

I think he may be saying Bank Rayat's ROE is better than Bangkok Bank's, so would it make sense for Bangkok Bank to buy it as part of a strategy to expand outside Thailand?

 

If that's what OP is asking. There's a lot more to it than just ROE. I don't see a fit there.

e.g. BRI specialises in smaller companies and microfinance. That's not necessarily a space you want to jump into without expertise.  Bangkok bank's strength in Indo would be focusing or regional/ larger corporates plus perhaps regular retail. Thais in Indo, Indos in Thailand etc.

 

Not to mention either all the regulatory hoops BBL would have to go to and restrictions on foreigners explicit and hidden doing business in Indo

 

Longer term, yes Thai Banks may need to think about outside Thailand, perhaps via acquiring other banks in the region. BRI doesn't make sense to me though and wouldn't be one I'd go for if BBL.

 

Cheers

Fletch :)

Edited January 4, 2017 by fletchsmile

[topt]

13 minutes ago, fletchsmile said:

 

Not sure what OP means either :)

 

I think he may be saying Bank Rayat's ROE is better than Bangkok Bank's, so would it make sense for Bangkok Bank to buy it as part of a strategy to expand outside Thailand?

 

If that's what OP is asking. There's a lot more to it than just ROE. I don't see a fit there.

e.g. BRI specialises in smaller companies and microfinance. That's not necessarily a space you want to jump into without expertise.  Bangkok bank's strength in Indo would be focusing or regional/ larger corporates plus perhaps regular retail. Thais in Indo, Indos in Thailand etc.

 

Not to mention either all the regulatory hoops BBL would have to go to and restrictions on foreigners explicit and hidden doing business in Indo

 

Longer term, yes Thai Banks may need to think about outside Thailand, perhaps via acquiring other banks in the region. BRI doesn't make sense to me though and wouldn't be one I'd go for if BBL.

 

Cheers

Fletch :)

That was how I first read it as well. However I think he missed the word "buy" before the word "shares" in the second line and then depends how you take his last line.

I think we covered the bases for him anyway