A lot of venture investment funds have been set up in Vietnam. However, due to many reasons, the venture funds still cannot make adventurous investments as per their nature. Venture funds, who are they? DFJV, belonging to the joint venture between VinaCapital and the US Draper Fisher Jurvetson proves to be the best-known venture fund in Vietnam because it was one of the first funds established in the... 

The State Securities Commission (SSC) is studying plans to launch more investment funds such as voluntary pension funds, ETFs (exchange traded funds), securities investment funds and property investment funds to diversify products on the market and meet demands of investors. Nguyen Thanh Long, head of the Fund Management Department under SSC, said that some funds in recent times haven’t operated... 

VinaWealth Fund Management JSC (VinaWealth) has introduced Bao Thinh VinaWealth Enhanced Fixed Income Fund (VFF) under its management as an opened-ended bond investment fund. VinaWealth is backed up by VinaCapital group as a majority stakeholder of 49%. At the road show on the fund’s operation in HCMC on Tuesday, Dang Vi Thanh, head of Retail Sales of VinaWealth, said 80% of the fund’s portfolio... 

Some investment fund management companies have been moving ahead with their plan to set up open end funds. However, observers believe that they would not hurry to establish open end funds at any costs, because they understand that a lot of big difficulties are still waiting ahead. Vietstock, a financial website reported that VMFVFA’s extraordinary investors’ meeting on December 5 approved the... 

While some foreign investment funds have had their operation extended in Vietnam, domestic funds are less lucky. The anticipated death Forty seven investment fund management companies have been licensed, which have been the funds with the minimum capital of 25 billion dong. Many of them have been managing two or more investment funds, while all of them have been incurring heavy losses during their... 

Four key investment funds last week underlined their confidence in Vietnam by voting to continue operations in the country. The October 5 annual general meetings of Dragon Capital-managed investment funds Vietnam Enterprise Investments Limited (VEIL) and Vietnam Growth Fund (VGF) voted against the winding-up of the funds. All resolutions were voted upon in line with the recommendations of the boards,... 

Foreign capital inflow into Vietnam through investment funds and big securities firms has dipped remarkably while the existing funds here are approaching maturity, piling more pressure on the country’s poor-performing stock market. At the Investors Day 2010, Andy Ho, managing director of VinaCapital, said the group intended to set up two new funds of US$200-300 million each, with one for investment... 

Fast growing enterprises, especially the ones in FAST 500, the list of the 500 enterprises with fastest growth rates in Vietnam, have big advantages to attract the capital flow from investment funds. On April 10, 2012, in HCM City, 500 Vietnamese fastest growing enterprises were honored at a conference held by Vietnam Report Company and VietNamNet newspaper. This was the second consecutive year the... 

Dragon Capital, the largest institutional investor in the Vietnamese stock market, is raising up to US$100 million in a new fund that will invest in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Its Chief Executive Dominic Scriven said on February 29 that the group looks for investment opportunities as the Vietnamese government embarks on a major effort to privatize state-owned assets. “We are hoping to reach... 

International investors of four funds under the management of the VinaCapital Group recognise Vietnam ‘s long-term potential but are concerned about the country’s struggle to contain inflation. VinaCapital chairman Terry Mahony said: “In the short term, Vietnam still faces challenges including high inflation and interest rates, which cause pressure to investment funds.” Andy...