Report: Tapping the Thai Wealth Market TOC

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

What is this report about?

Who is the target reader?

How to use this report

CHAPTER 2 THAILAND

Introduction and macroeconomic background

Population and GDP

Thailands population is diverse

The Thai economy has seen boom and bust in recent years

Inflation and interest rates

FDI

Retail savings & investments

Affluent individuals

Offshore tendency

Thailands investors contribute to flows into Singapore and Hong Kong

Affluent individuals and their assets

Mass affluent

High net worth

Regulatory environment

Financial services

The Financial Sector Master Plan

Capital markets

The Capital Market Master Plan

Banking structure

Local players

Foreign entrants

Onshore services

There is a distinct lack of specialist domestic banking services

Opportunities in the mass affluent space

There is more competition in private client services

Offshore services

Attracting money out of Thailand

Bharat Overseas Bank offers the only NRI service in Thailand

Future outlook

Customer outlook

Mass affluent segment

High net worth segment

Wealth market outlook

Regulatory overhaul is a boon

Opportunities to be taken at the mass affluent level

Local players should make a move on HNWs

Bancassurance is key and developing

Data

CHAPTER 3 APPENDIX

Definitions

AAGR

CAGR

Gini index

Liquid assets

Liquid asset bands

Research methodology

The Global Wealth Model

The UK sub model

Asia-Pacific sub model

Forecasting methodology

Datamonitors wealth numbers compared with others numbers

Bespoke Wealth Market Sizing

List of Tables

Table 1: Datamonitors wealth market coverage
Table 2: The local players have a large share of the Malaysian banking market, 2004
Table 3: Specialist offerings available in Thailand
Table 4: GDP and S&I growth over the 1998-2003 period
Table 5: Bank rate, adult population and inflation, 1998-2003
Table 6: Thai retail liquid assets, 1998-2003
Table 7: Components of GDP, 2003
Table 8: Number of Thai mass affluent individuals, 1998-2003
Table 9: Liquid assets of Thai mass affluent individuals, 1998-2003
Table 10: Number of Thai high net worth individuals, 1998-2003
Table 11: Liquid assets of Thai mass affluent individuals, 1998-2003
Table 12: Forecasted retail liquid assets, 2003-2008
Table 13: Forecasted number of Thai mass affluent individuals, 2003-2008
Table 14: Forecasted liquid assets of Thai mass affluent individuals, 2003-2008
Table 15: Forecasted number of Thai high net worth individuals, 2003-2008
Table 16: Forecasted liquid assets of Thai high net worth individuals, 2003-2008
Table 17: Wealth markets that have been modeled using the Global Wealth Model

List of Figures

Figure 1: Methodology diagram and report structure
Figure 2: Major components of Thai GDP, %, 2003
Figure 3: Thailands interest rates have fallen in recent years in keeping with the global trend
Figure 4: Retail savings and investment assets in Thailand have grown faster than the economy over the last five years
Figure 5: Deposits were the slowest growing investment vehicle for Thai investors between 1998 and 2003
Figure 6: The liquid wealth of mass affluent individuals in Thailand grew at a rate of 6.8% CAGR over the 1998-2003 period
Figure 7: The number of Thai HNW individuals grew by 7.2% AAGR over the 1998-2003 period
Figure 8: HNW individuals will own almost half of total retail liquid wealth in 2008
Figure 9: The mass affluent population will grow at a rate of 9.8% over the 2003-2008 period
Figure 10: There will be 39,000 more high net worth individuals in Thailand in 2008 than in 2003