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Markets
Investors warned about issues with frontier-market ETFs
Fund managers and even some providers of exchange-traded funds say ETFs may be ill-suited for accessing immature markets.
By Joe Marsh | 7 September 2011
Markets
Divorce battle emerges over VinaCapital shareholdings
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.
By Joe Marsh | 20 December 2010
Markets
Chinese investors are eyeing Vietnam, says VinaCapital
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.
By Joe Marsh | 11 November 2010
Markets
Vietnam can benefit from more foreign ownership of local stocks
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.
By Joseph Marsh | 1 April 2010
People Moves
Saigon Asset Management switches CIOs
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.
By Joseph Marsh | 29 March 2010
Business Moves
PXP launches Vietnam's first open-ended fund
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.
By Joseph Marsh | 26 March 2010
Business Moves
Saigon Asset Management partners with portfolio companies
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.
By Joseph Marsh | 10 February 2010
Business Moves
John Shrimpton leaves Dragon Capital
Dominic Scriven takes on a new CEO role as the Vietnam-based investment firm restructures its management.
By Jame DiBiasio | 6 January 2010
Distribution
Saigon AM launches Vietnam fund with RNG Invest
Saigon Asset Management's chairman and chief executive emphasises the difficulties of investing in Vietnam and laments the lack of big-name investors.
By Joseph Marsh | 27 November 2009
Distribution
Daiwa and Saigon Securities set up Vietnam fund
The fund will invest in high-growth companies and hopes to raise $100 million-plus in assets.
By Joseph Marsh | 26 November 2009
Alternatives
Dragon Capital mining project not dead yet
Vietnam-based investment firm Dragon Capital assures its investors that the Nui Phao tungsten mining operation has not yet had its licence revoked, contrary to press reports.
By Jame DiBiasio | 17 September 2009
Markets
Time to sell in Vietnam, says Credit Suisse
Valuations don't reflect fundamentals and need to return to reality, the firm says.
By Rita Raagas De Ramos | 8 September 2009
Business Moves
Indochina Capital’s shareholders vote to close down equity fund
Hedge fund shareholders shoot down a proposal to allow Dragon Capital to manage part of the LSE-listed fund’s assets, and opt to take their cash now.
By Jame DiBiasio | 7 September 2009
Business Moves
Templeton opens Vietnam office
The investment research office marks the next stage of parent company Franklin Templeton’s plans to penetrate Vietnam, after buying a 49% stake in Vietcombank Fund Management ...
By Rita Raagas De Ramos | 25 August 2008
People Moves
Vietnam investment firms continue to expand
Indochina Capital promotes two senior staff, while VinaCapital woos a new director of treasury and fixed income.
By Lara Wozniak | 31 July 2008
Markets
Vietnam: enter at your own risk
From AsianInvestor magazine: It may take many years before Vietnam reaches its full potential, both as an investment destination and as a funds industry.
By Rita Raagas De Ramos | 15 February 2008
People Moves
Vietnam fund announces new director
Indochina Capital appoints Terence Francis Mahony as a new independent non-executive director.
By Lara Wozniak | 7 January 2008
Distribution
Indochina Capital launches two new funds
The Vietnam-based investment manager announces a new infrastructure fund and its third real estate fund.
By Lara Wozniak | 13 December 2007
Distribution
Vietnam fund admin suffers from clients’ poor systems
HSBC Securities Services’ head in Ho Chi Minh City says there’s no escaping manual work for now.
By Rita Raagas De Ramos | 28 November 2007
Services
Fund distribution not top priority in Vietnam for now
HSBC is waiting for a local incorporation license.
By Rita Raagas De Ramos | 27 November 2007
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