Vietnam
Andrew Foster, the former Matthews Asia CIO, has launched a new fund for US investors via Seafarer Capital Partners. He is hoping to target institutional accounts in Asia next ...
The firm establishes a private equity vehicle in partnership with FIDP to target deals in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Fund managers and even some providers of exchange-traded funds say ETFs may be ill-suited for accessing immature markets.
The United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment initiative is increasing its activity in Asia, putting on events in Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam.
Competition is less fierce in private equity markets in Southeast Asia than in certain other countries, but investing there raises other issues, say general partners.
VinaCapital chairman Horst Geicke and his wife, Katherine Yip-Geicke, are locked in a dispute over the ownership of the Vietnam-based fund management company.
The founders of VinaCapital say open-ended funds and higher foreign ownership limits may arrive next year in Vietnam, after the Communist Party congress in January.
Raising the country's foreign-ownership limits would attract more investment from offshore and provide local banks with greater access to foreign expertise, say fund managers.
Having started as chief investment officer in September, Hoang Nguyen has stepped down to be replaced by Michael Kokalari, previously an advisor to VietFund Management.
The Ho Chi Minh City-based asset manager has just received a licence for the new fund and is about to list its existing PXP Vietnam Fund in London.
The Ho Chi Minh City-based firm will advise NBB Investment Corporation and Construction and Materials Trading Company on investments, financing and real estate projects.
Dominic Scriven takes on a new CEO role as the Vietnam-based investment firm restructures its management.
Saigon Asset Management's chairman and chief executive emphasises the difficulties of investing in Vietnam and laments the lack of big-name investors.
The fund will invest in high-growth companies and hopes to raise $100 million-plus in assets.
Company veteran Alan Morton returns to Asia with a move from London to Ho Chi Minh City.