REUTERS – Global stock markets rose on Tuesday as U.S. stocks were boosted by news of yet another possible merger that suggested there is still room to the upside, while a pick-up in German economic sentiment supported European stocks. The S&P 500 .SPX, hovering near a five-year high, extended its seven-week winning streak. The benchmark index is already up 7 percent for the year. Office... 

Foreign investment through both direct investment and M&A (mergers & acquisitions) deals is expected to keep flowing into the local market this year despite challenges ahead, experts said. Economic expert Pham Chi Lan said that capital flow from ASEAN enterprises will run strongly into Vietnam to take advantage of opportunities from the ASEAN+1 market in 2015. Businesspeople from the Philippines,... 

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... 

Most acquisitions and mergers (M&A) in Vietnam have involved companies in same sectors, but the number of vertical M&A deals is rising, says a report on M&A in Vietnam. The report by the Vietnam Competition Authority under the Ministry of Industry and Trade announced last week at the second ASEAN Competition Conference shows that M&A deals in the past were mainly done horizontally. In... 

The second ASEAN Competition Conference (ACC) to be held in Vietnam this week will discuss experience and regulations in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the region. “The 2nd ASEAN Competition Conference on Merger and Acquisition – impacts on ASEAN” is hosted by Vietnam Competition Authority on September 13-14 at the Caravelle hotel in HCMC. The first conference was held in Indonesia... 

Several merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions take place quickly, but there are also a lot of problems arising in the wake of such deals, heard a seminar held in HCMC last week. According to experts at the seminar, many disputes have emerged due to the lack of attentiveness on the part of both sellers and buyers in M&A eals. Nguyen Thi Van Quynh, managing partner of DNPro Counsel LLP,... 

Many experts have considered restructuring and equitization of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) as a big opportunity for the M&A (mergers & acquisitions) activity in the coming time. The Ministry of Finance has recently announced a plan to restructure 899 SOEs in the 2011-2015 period. In which, 367 enterprises will go public and 532 others will be transferred, sold, dissolved or go bankrupt. According... 

The high capital cost differential is a reason for the increasing number of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals recorded last year and this, according to experts at the M&A Forum Vietnam 2012 held in HCMC on Thursday. Andy Ho, managing director of VinaCapital, said the total value of M&A deals last year amounted to over US$4 billion with foreign entities accounting for 65%, but the increased... 

Banks are mulling hiking chartered capital to boost capacity and avoid being taken-over. Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are forecast to hold on growth momentum in the coming period. In late May Viet A Bank’s general shareholder meeting gave nod to the plan to raise its chartered capital to VND5,000 billion ($238 million), up 61 per cent against the previous year. To foster inner strength and... 

Transactions involving foreign investors make up a hefty 66% of the total merger and acquisition (M&A) value last year, which hit a new record high of US$4.7 billion with more than 400 deals. The significant deals are IFC buying a 10% stake in Vietinbank, Mizuho acquiring a strategic stake in Vietcombank and Carlsberg taking over Huda Hue. The total M&A value in 2011 surged an impressive 135%...