09-10-2018 10:56
Selling all the shares to Vingroup, the 23 supermarkets of the Fivimart chain will be brought under the umbrella of Vinmart.
08-10-2018 12:41
AkzoNobel N.V. (AKZA; AKZOY) has completed the sale of its Specialty Chemicals business to The Carlyle Group and GIC for an enterprise value of €10.1 billion ($11.6 billion) on October 5.
04-10-2018 14:00
Money from Asian investment funds is finding its way to Vietnam’s listed equities, spurred by mergers and acquisitions of conglomerates from Japan, Thailand, and South Korea.
27-09-2018 18:38
Despite a decrease in FDI volume, Vietnam continued to see soaring foreign investment capital in M&A deals in the first nine months of this year, with the total investment capital of $5.7 billion, up 36.8 per cent on-year.
24-09-2018 16:46
While M&A is a popular strategy to mobilise capital, the outcomes of these deals get far less attention a couple of years down the road. Khac Lam delves into the most eminent cases in the Vietnamese stock market.
06-09-2018 08:57
Mergers and acquisitions transactions in the Vietnamese packaging industry continues strongly, with local companies becoming potential targets for foreign investors.
06-09-2018 08:53
As more foreign investors buy and sell Vietnam-based assets to and from each other, the tax issue is becoming more pressing for both deal participants and Vietnamese regulators. Disagreements remain over who will pay the tax and what rates they are subjected to.
06-09-2018 08:48
Thanks to Vietnam’s incentive policies issued to lure investment capital into the renewable energy sector, foreign investors are expanding in the country through mergers and acquisitions deals.
04-09-2018 11:59
If foreign investment inflows maintain their growth momentum until the end of the year, Vietnam can expect a new foreign investment record for the decade. Of particular note, the majority of the increase is generated by M&A deals.
30-08-2018 09:35
Japan’s Sojitz Corporation has become the newest aggressive buyer in Vietnam’s mergers and acquisitions scene, with a planned stake acquisition in PAN Group, reflecting Japanese investors’ quest to take over major Vietnamese companies before their Asian peers can.
27-08-2018 10:01
Masan Resources had just announced the acquisition of H.C. Starck’s 49 per cent ownership at Nui Phao-H.C.Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC. This is a major step to making Masan Resources the “Pride of Vietnam” in possession of state-of-the-art downstream processing technology through mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
24-08-2018 11:11
Experts have agreed with the Government’s plan to restrict or even stop licensing wholly foreign-owned banks in Vietnam, saying it was necessary to help increase the stability of the domestic banking system.
24-08-2018 06:57
Once the transaction between PAN Group and Japan’s Sojitz Corporation, who spent around $91 million on acquiring a 95 per cent stake in Saigon Paper Corporation, Sojitz will become a large shareholder and strategic partner of PAN Group.
23-08-2018 15:21
Sealing a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deal requires more than just the efforts from the seller and the buyer. The participation of an M&A consultant gives a fair push towards the success of any M&A transaction, and this especially holds true for those in the field of real estate that often involve complicated matters. Michael Piro, chief operating officer at Indochina Capital, gave Trang Nguyen an insight into what it takes for M&A deals in real estate to thrive, from the perspective of a firm which has been both the advisor and the investor.
23-08-2018 15:07
An increasing number of foreign and domestic investors come together in property projects, with one party arriving with the financial resources and expertise while the other brings a large land bank and competence to deal with local authorities. Michael Piro, director of Indochina Strategic, the advisory arm of Indochina Capital, gives Trang Nguyen a glimpse into how this trend emerged and why he thinks it is healthy for the local real estate market.