Foreign exchange-traded funds foray into Vietnamese frontier

Foreign exchange-traded funds foray into Vietnamese frontier

Overseas exchange-traded funds are being geared towards Vietnam’s lucrative equity market despite the country’s frontier market status and its impediment to penetration due to foreign ownership limits.
Ministry to halt market trading in emergency cases

Ministry to halt market trading in emergency cases

If serious turbulence is caused by large-scale sell-offs and considered a threat to the security of the equity market, the Ministry of Finance will have to switch the market off.
Attracting more overseas investors on stock market by NVDRs

Attracting more overseas investors on stock market by NVDRs

Vietnam is ­exploring different options to attract more overseas investors to its capital market, including the application of non-voting shares and NVDRs.
Japan joins hands with Vietnam to boost transparency of equity market

Japan joins hands with Vietnam to boost transparency of equity market

A seminar to launch the project for capacity building on improving fairness and transparency in the Vietnamese equity market was held in Hanoi.
US technology sector faces triple threat

US technology sector faces triple threat

Clive McDonnell, head of Equity Strategy at Standard Chartered Bank, looks at the causes behind the decline of the global equity market.
Funds suffer losses on poor market performance

Funds suffer losses on poor market performance

Over the past year, most investment funds in Vietnam’s equity market have seen negative growth in net asset value per share (NAVPS) due to the poor performance of the market indices.
Vietnam equity market to thrive in 2019

Vietnam equity market to thrive in 2019

Analysts and securities firms are hoping Vietnamese shares will perform better in 2019, but there are still many challenges that will clearly weigh on market sentiment.
While yet before corner is turned

While yet before corner is turned

The equity market, by both performance and liquidity, was heavily impacted by the macroeconomic factors in 2011’s first quarter.
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”
Short-term pain from long-term policies

Short-term pain from long-term policies

In November, the State Bank announced a series of policy adjustments to regulate inflation, plus monetary and gold markets.