property adds new spark to quiet market

Property adds new spark to quiet market

With the domestic stock market in the doldrums, securities companies and funds are turning their attention to the country’s capital-hungry real estate sector.
sbi to hook into fpts shares

SBI to hook into FPTS shares

The FPT Securities Joint Stock Company (FPTS) will sell 11 million shares, equal to 20 per cent of its total chartered capital, to its strategic partner SBI Securities.
google rewards top executives

Google rewards top executives

Google has awarded nearly $9 million in bonuses and another $50 million in equity to four top executives of the Internet giant, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
aig offers to buy toxic assets from fed

AIG offers to buy toxic assets from Fed

US insurer American International Group has offered to buy back $15.7 billion in mortgage-backed securities from the central bank as part of its efforts to emerge from a government bailout.
market proves the skeptics wrong

Market proves the skeptics wrong

Vietnam’s stock market strongly bounced back today, beating previous expectations of a market downward trend.

Kim Long Securities’ exit shakes market to the core

Kim Long Securities’ plan to withdraw from securities trading, embrace new business lines and change its name to Kim Long Group Joint Stock Company, has rocked the market. VIR talks with Kim Long Securities Joint Stock Company general director Pham Tan Huy Bang about the proposed changes.
talking up some big economic challenges

Talking up some big economic challenges

Vietnam steps into 2011 facing multiple challenges both domestically and internationally.
market hit by surprise kls exit

Market hit by surprise KLS exit

Vietnam’s stock markets have been hit hard by news that one of the nation’s biggest brokerages is heading for the exit door.
securities firm wobbles rock market

Securities firm wobbles rock market

Vietnam’s stock market continued to fall on Thursday, with confidence in securities companies dipping.
sbv urges curb on loans for non production activities

SBV urges curb on loans for non-production activities

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has asked chairpersons of the people’s committees of provinces and cities to instruct SBV branches and credit organisations in the localities to keep loans to non-production sectors such as real estate and securities at reasonable levels.
new instruments set to improve liquidity

New instruments set to improve liquidity

Increasing liquidity will be the key to help the securities market overcome a tough 2011.
vietnams stock market to be restructured

Vietnam’s stock market to be restructured

The State Securities Commission (SSC) will gradually restructure the stock market in 2011 by improving the listed, OTC and government bond markets.
competition name of the game

Competition name of the game

Wooing investors is now a top priority for securities firms.
caution needed amid a tricky feb

Caution needed amid a tricky Feb

“We recommend investors focus on bluechips whose prices were not heated in January”
new legislation to curb outstanding new year issues

New legislation to curb outstanding new year issues

In 2010, Vietnam’s economy witnessed a lot of bad news, including the Vinashin scandal, the over-inflation of the local currency, the super-inflation of consumer price index (CPI), the increase in gold and US dollar prices weakening the local currency, the gloomy securities markets and proposed bond issuances from large corporations.