Overview
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund’s aim is to achieve medium to long-term returns through investment either in Vietnam or in companies with a substantial majority of their assets, operations, revenues or income in, or derived from, Vietnam
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Research History
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26 May 2023 1 min read
Interview with Andy Ho & Khanh Vu from VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund
In this week’s show, James Carthew spoke to Andy Ho & Khanh Vu from VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund. If you were looking for the first part of QuotedData’s show, focused on the roundup of the week’s news, click here. If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us on [email protected]. […]
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06 Apr 2023 82 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup April 2023
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | April 2023 A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairs and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage […]
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05 Jan 2023 9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – January 2023
December 2022 Monthly roundup | Investment companies Winners and losers in December 2022 The Financials sector only has two constituents, one of these – Trian Investors 1 – has seen its discount narrow since it promised to return cash to investors by next June, and it has also benefited from underlying NAV appreciation. Last month’s […]
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03 Nov 2022 8 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – November 2022
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and abrdn November 2022 Monthly | Investment companies Winners and losers in October 2022 Many equity markets recovered some of the ground lost in September. The swift departure of Liz Truss and her unfunded tax cuts helped the UK stock market and sterling. North America […]
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50 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup November 2022
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | November 2022 A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairs and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage […]
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12 Nov 2020 5 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – November 2020
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or […]
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10 Aug 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – August 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over July: Seneca Global Income & Growth – […]
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07 Apr 2020 5 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – April 2020
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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10 Jan 2020 5 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – January 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford Table of contents New research In this issue Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Income Events New research Here is a list of research we published over December: An update note on BlackRock Throgmorton (THRG) “BlackRock Throgmorton continues to lead its peer group in […]
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12 Nov 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – November 2019
Economic & Political Roundup
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13 Nov 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – November 2018
QuotedData’s economic roundup – November 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any […]
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16 Oct 2018 2 min read
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Third Quarter 2018
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Third Quarter 2018 Global equities delivered positive returns over the third quarter of 2018. This was principally because of strength in the US market. Political uncertainty and concerns about global trade held back other regions. Generally, government bond yields rose over the quarter. The UK equity market fell as the Bank of […]
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12 Oct 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of August 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money raised and returned in September Trian Investors 1 is a new fund that will adopt […]
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14 Sep 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of August 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money raised and returned in August GRIT Real Estate Income floated on the UK Stock Exchange in […]
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15 Aug 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – August 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – August 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of July 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money raised and returned in July Tritax EuroBox raised its maximum target of £300 million in an […]
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11 May 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – May 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – May 2018 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of April 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. India Capital Growth has experience a rebound in performance in the past month, as […]
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25 Apr 2018 1 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – First quarter 2018
Quarterly investment companies roundup – First quarter 2018 Quarterly investment companies roundup – First quarter 2018 – Global equity markets declined in the first quarter of 2018. Concerns about US interest rate rises were the feature of the first half of the quarter. However, worries about global trade took over in the second part, particularly […]
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18 Apr 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – April 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – April 2018 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of March 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Stock markets have suffered their first meaningful fall for nearly two years. At the quarter end, […]
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07 Feb 2018 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – February 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – February 2018 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of January 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. The oil price was up again over the month and this helped propel […]
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18 Jan 2018 1 min read
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year – Many commentators, including us, were wary going into 2017. In the event, economic growth and markets surprised on the upside: US markets hit new highs despite three interest rate rises. Perceived low/no growth areas such as Europe and Japan burst into life. Asia’s technology stocks surged. India’s […]
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10 Jan 2018 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – January 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – January 2018 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of December 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. January Investment Companies Roundup Winners and losers in December Infrastructure India’s share price […]
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11 Dec 2017 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – December 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – December 2017 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of November 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. December Investment Companies Roundup Money raised and returned in November There were no […]
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10 Nov 2017 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – November 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – November 2017 – is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or […]
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19 Oct 2017 1 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017 – Markets moved up a little over the course of the three months ended 30 September 2017. Regionally, emerging markets did well. The pound strengthened a bit relative to the US dollar but was flat against the euro. The oil price rose by more than 20%. In […]
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14 Sep 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – September 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – September 2017 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of August 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. September Investment Companies Roundup Winners and losers in August Ashmore Global’s […]
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16 May 2017 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – May 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup: Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of April 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money in: The only new launch in April was EJF Investments, a £69m fund trying to take advantage of […]
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10 Apr 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – April 2017
Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of February 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. April Investment Companies Roundup
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15 Mar 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – March 2017
Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of February 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. March Investment Companies Roundup
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14 Feb 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – February 2017
Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of January 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. February Investment Companies Roundup
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31 Jan 2017 1 min read
QuotedData – 2016 review of the year
Our review of 2016 includes performance data, significant moves in discounts and premiums, money raised and money handed back, major news stories and links to the research we have published including our guide to investment companies. 2016 Annual roundup
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08 Nov 2016 1 min read
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – November 2016
QuotedData’s collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from comments made by chairman and managers of investment companies. november-economic-and-political-roundup
News
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24 Oct 2024 2 min read
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity new team in place following sad passing of Andy Ho
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity has published results for the 12 months ended 30 June 2024. The NAV total return for the period was 7.8%, ahead of the 4.9% return posted by the VN Index. Dividends for the period total 14.25 cents. 8m shares were bought back at a weighted average discount of 20.5% and at a […]
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07 Jun 2024 1 min read
Andy Ho, CIO of VinaCapital, passes away
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund (VOF) and its manager, VinaCapital Investment Management have announced that Andy Ho, VinaCapital’s Chief Investment Officer, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Ho Chi Minh City on the morning of 6 June. Andy (pictured) had been with VinaCapital for some 17 years, having first joined VinaCapital in 2007. Previously he […]
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26 Apr 2024 4 min read
QD view – Vietnam, big on ambition
Vietnam celebrates its ‘Reunification Day’ on 30th April each year. The date, which is one of the largest public holidays in Vietnam, marks the day when North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces captured what was then called Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), the capital of South Vietnam, ending the Vietnam War. This year marks […]
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26 Mar 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 26 March 2024 – JEMA, AWEM, VOF, FEML
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 26 March 2024: JPMorgan Emerging EMEA Securities (JEMA) has announced that manager Pandora Omaset is pursuing other opportunities external to JPMorgan. Oleg Biryulyov continues to be the company’s investment manager supported by JPMorgan Asset Management’s investment management team and the investment process for the company’s portfolio management will remain unchanged. Ashoka […]
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07 Dec 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 December 2023 – UKW, DVNO, FAIR, VOF, NAS
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 December 2023: Laurence Fumagalli plans to step down from his role as co-head of the Schroders Greencoat LLP team managing Greencoat UK Wind (UKW) on 1 March 2024. Matt Ridley, a partner at Schroders Greencoat, will succeed Laurence to co-manage the fund alongside Stephen Lilley. Matt is currently head of […]
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24 Oct 2023 2 min read
Outperformance in difficult year for VOF
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund (VOF) announced its annual results for the period ended June 30, 2023. NAV total return in USD terms was -0.4% and the share price total return was -3.1%. While the VN Index is not a benchmark for the company, it serves as a useful comparison. Over the same 12-month period, the […]
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20 Oct 2023 3 min read
QD view – Back an alpha hero
Calling the direction of global markets is not an easy task. Be it the whims of central bankers, the next hottest thing in tech up-ending the market, or the seemingly constant stream of geopolitical crises – what we once thought was the calm after the COVID-19 storm may have only been the eye, as today […]
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19 Apr 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 April 2023
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund has announced that Thuy Dam has retired from her position as director of the company with effect from 18 April 2023. Thuy has been a director of VOF for nine years since 2014 and her retirement is in compliance with best corporate governance practices. Thuy played an important role in the […]
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09 Feb 2023 1 min read
Vietnam Opportunity backs digital advertising platform
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund has made a private equity investment in Chicilon Media Information Technology Vietnam Joint Stock Company (Chicilon Media), which it descrbes as “the leading inner-building advertising company in Vietnam”. VinaCapital is leading a consortium to invest $38m and the fund will put up $30m of this for an undisclosed stake and a […]
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25 Oct 2022 9 min read
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity holds up relatively well in falling market
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund reports that, for the 12 months ended 30 June 2022, its NAV total return in US dollar terms was -8.8%. The shares fell by 12.8% in US dollar terms as the discount widened from 17.7% to 19.8%, but the dividend was increased from 11.5 cents to 16 cents per share. The […]
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25 Mar 2022 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 March 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 March 2022: Strategic Equity Capital (SEC) has published its interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2021. During the period, SEC’s NAV per share (on a total return basis) increased by 1.9%, while its Small Cap (ex Investment Trusts) Total Return benchmark, which is used for comparison purposes […]
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26 Oct 2021 2 min read
Strong returns from VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity
Strong returns from VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity – VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund produced an NAV return of 65.6% and a 63.1% increase in its share price over the year ended 30 June 2021. The strong returns meant that there was a performance fee of $16.6m accrued at the end of the year. The dividend for the year […]
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29 Mar 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 March 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 March 2021 – VietNam Holding (VNH) had an excellent interim results period to 31 December 2020, with its NAV increasing by 38.7% in USD terms. Vietnam’s early success in containing COVID-19 helped it re-open its economy much sooner than many other nations. Within the portfolio, VNH’s overweight position in HPG, the leader in […]
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27 Oct 2020 1 min read
Vietnam Opportunity reports solid results
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund reports an NAV total return for the year ended 30 June 2020 of -1.5% in US dollar terms but +1.2% in sterling terms and a fall in its share price from $4.34 to $4.07. The VN Index fell by 12.7% over this period. The dividend is being maintained at 5.5 cents. […]
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10 Aug 2020 3 min read
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund invests in Thu Cuc International General Hospital
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund has announced that it has made a private equity investment in Thu Cuc International General Hospital (TCI). VinaCapital led a consortium to invest USD26.7m to obtain a significant minority stake along with a board seat in the well-known health care provider, which is currently undertaking a significant expansion. Thu Cuc International […]
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06 Aug 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 August 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 August 2020: VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity has completed its sale of its stake in International Dairy Products. The fund shares $45.4m with its co-investment partner Daiwa PI Partners. All in, this deal added 14 cents to the NAV but this is already in the NAV (has been reflected there since 10 July). […]
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03 Jul 2020 3 min read
Some good COVID news
The FT publishes some high-quality data about the spread of COVID-19. Measures of confirmed cases are distorted by a lack of testing in some parts of the world, but the death statistics are harder to argue with. The disease has sadly claimed the lives of at least 500,000 people. In April, these deaths were mainly […]
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25 Oct 2019 12 min read
Roller coaster ride for VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund (VOF) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2019. The Chairman, Steven Bates, says that over the course of VOF’s financial year, the stock market in Vietnam had something of a roller coaster ride, rising at first and then falling in line with global markets in the […]
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24 Sep 2019 4 min read
QuotedData takes a look at Vietnam
QuotedData takes a look at Vietnam – QuotedData recently attended a investor presentation by a London-listed Vietnam country-specialist investment company. We figured it would be interesting to share some findings given the level of interest in Vietnam, on the back of strong economic and stock market performance, shaped by its evolvement beyond low-cost manufacturing. The […]
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19 Nov 2018 2 min read
Vinaland sells Green Park Estate
Vinaland sells Green Park Estate, Vietnam Opportunity Fund sells alongside. VNL will return cash to shareholders VinaLand Limited is selling its stake in the Green Park Estate project, located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The project consists of a total land area of approximately 15.7ha and was acquired by VNL in 2007, with the […]
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24 Oct 2018 3 min read
Vietnam Opportunity makes fee changes
Vietnam Opportunity makes fee changes – VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited has released its annual report for the year ended 30 June 2018. In the year to 30 June 2018, the NAV per share increased in US dollar terms by 13.7% to $5.38, while the share price rose by 12.6% to $4.30, from the same date a year ago. […]
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10 Aug 2018 1 min read
Vietnam Opportunities extracts itself from chicken farm
Vietnam Opportunities extracts itself from chicken farm – VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund has reached an agreement with Ba Huan JSC, a Vietnamese poultry producer, to cease its investment, with all capital being returned to the fund. In February 2018, VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity announced that it had invested USD32.5 million to acquire a significant minority stake in Ba Huan. […]
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26 Feb 2018 2 min read
VinaCapital Vietnam invests in local poultry company
VinaCapital Vietnam invests in local poultry company – VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund has invested in Ba Huan JSC, Vietnam’s leading producer of pasteurised eggs and poultry meat. The fund has invested USD32.5 million to acquire a significant minority stake in the company and may also invest a moderate amount of additional capital during the next twelve months as […]
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26 Oct 2017 1 min read
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity planning significant private equity investment
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity planning significant private equity investment – VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund has published accounts for the year ended 30 June 2017. The NAV increased in US Dollar terms by 25.5% to USD4.73, while the share price rose by 35.5% to USD3.82. Their listed equity portfolio returned 32%, outperforming the VN Index by 12%. VOF benefited from […]
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19 Sep 2017 2 min read
Aberdeen Frontier Markets experiences teething problems as moves to direct investment
Aberdeen Frontier Markets experiences teething problems as moves to direct investment – Aberdeen Frontier Markets reports that, for the year ended 30 June 2017, the NAV rose by 13.7% in total return terms with the share price rising 16.7% as the discount narrowed. This compared to a gain of 19.7% for the MSCI Frontier Markets Index, […]
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17 Aug 2017 2 min read
Vietnam Opportunities paying dividends
Vietnam Opportunities paying dividends – Following consultations with the major shareholders of, and advisers to, VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited, the Board of Directors has decided to amend VOF’s dividend policy. With immediate effect, the Board intends that the Company will pay a dividend twice per year, normally declared in March and October. The first […]
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11 Aug 2017 1 min read
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunities invests in mobile phone distributor
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunities invests in mobile phone distributor – VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunities becomes a major shareholder in FPT Retail, the second largest mobile phone distributor in Vietnam. As part of its divestment strategy, FPT Group (HSX: FPT) is spinning-off its retail distribution unit, and is selling 35% of the shares in FPTR to a few institutional investors […]
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04 Aug 2017 2 min read
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunities invests in toll road operator
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunities invests in toll road operator – VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunities has become a significant investor in Tasco JSC (HNX: HUT), a leading toll road operator and real estate development company in northern Vietnam, via a private placement. Tasco’s private placement raised USD23 million by issuing 21% of post-investment common shares to several investors including […]
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29 Jun 2017 5 min read
Miton Global discount narrows on strong performance
For the year ended 30 April 2017, Miton Global Opportunities net asset value per share rose to 248.7p (2016: 182.4p), a total return of 36.3% (2016: 0.4%). The share price ended on an all-time high of 242.3p (2016: 164.3p), a total return of 47.5%. The fund has outperformed a number of other comparators such as the […]
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11 Apr 2017 1 min read
VinaCapital funds sell Dai Phuoc Lotus stake
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund and VinaLand have sold their entire stakes in the Dai Phuc Lotus direct real estate project located in the Dong Nai province near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The site is a future residential – township development with a total site area of 198.5ha and was acquired in 2007. The Project is residential […]
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02 Feb 2017 1 min read
Aberdeen Frontier Markets outperforms in H2 2016
Aberdeen Frontier Markets beat its benchmark over the second half of 2016, posting net asset value per share and share price total returns of 3.7% and 6.3%, respectively. This compared to a gain of 3.2% for the MSCI Frontier Markets Net Total Return Index. The chairman’s statement says managers in Vietnam, Argentina and Kazakhstan performed […]
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30 Nov 2016 1 min read
Lazard World Trust discount narrows
Lazard World Trust Fund’s net asset value rose 5.9% on a total return basis, compared with the gain of 6.2% of the MSCI All Country World ex-USA Index during the six-month period ended 30 September 2016. The Fund’s share price, as traded on the London Stock Exchange, was up 8.6% (dividends reinvested) as the discount narrowed. […]
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15 Nov 2016 1 min read
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity sells unnamed asset for $100m
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity has made $40m by selling an unnamed asset valued at $60m in their books for $100m. They buyer is a newly formed consortium. VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity expects to sign and close a Share Purchase Agreement within 21 days. VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity will receive minimum net proceeds of USD100 million from the sale of the […]
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28 Oct 2016 1 min read
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity beats benchmark by over 10%
Over the year to the end of June 2016, VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund beat its benchmark, the VN Index, by over 10%. The fund’s NAV returned 15.3% in US dollar terms against 4.3% for the index. Listed equities were 47.9% of the portfolio at 30 June 2016, down from 52.4% the previous year. this part of […]
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08 Sep 2016 4 min read
Aberdeen Frontier Markets announces first dividend
Over the year to the end of June 2016 Aberdeen Frontier Markets’ net asset value per share and share price declined by 13.6% and 16.0% respectively compared to a decline of 12.1% in the MSCI Frontier Markets Net Total Return Index. The Board is proposing to pay an initial dividend in respect of the second half […]
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02 Aug 2016 1 min read
Commodities-focused trusts top Q2 performers – QuotedData
The best performing trusts in Q2 focused on commodities and natural resources, Vietnam and Latin America, according to QuotedData. See more here
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03 Jun 2016 1 min read
VinaLand and Vietnam Opportunity sell stake in Project Pham Hung
VinaLand Limited and Vinacapital Vietnam Opportunity have announced that they are divesting their stakes in Project Pham Hung. The project, acquired by VNL and VOF in 2007, is a 2.4 hectare parcel of land located in Hanoi and has planning approval for a future mixed use development. VNL will dispose of its entire stake at a total valuation 0.2% […]
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20 May 2016 2 min read
VinaLand and VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunities sell Danang Golf
VinaLand and VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunities are selling their stakes in the Danang Golf Project. The project, acquired by VNL and VOF in 2006, is situated in Danang on 219.8ha of land and includes a completed 18-hole golf course with related facilities as well as residential dwellings, some of which are currently under construction. The project site […]
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11 May 2016 1 min read
Vinaland and VOF sell Century 21 stakes
Vinaland and VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunities (VOF) are selling their entire stakes in the 21(st) Century International Development Joint Stock Company (Century 21 Project) located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The site is a future residential – mixed use development site, with a total site area of 301,060 square metres which was acquired in 2006 for […]
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23 Feb 2016 1 min read
African exposure and discount widening impact Advance Frontier Markets
For the six months ended 31 December 2015, Advance Frontier Markets Fund saw a decline in its NAV of 14.7% during what proved to be a disappointing period for investors in frontier markets. The share price fell by 18.1% as the discount at which the Company’s shares trade widened to 10.0%. The MSCI Frontier Markets […]
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16 Nov 2015 1 min read
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunities delays move to LSE’s ‘Premium Segment’ until January
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunities Fund has provided an update on its proposed move from trading on AIM to the ‘Premium Segment’ of the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market. The move was scheduled to occur at 7.00 a.m. on 20 November 2015 but has been delayed and is now expected to take place in January 2016. The […]
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18 Sep 2015 2 min read
Advance Frontiers beats falling benchmark
Last night Advance Frontier Markets published results for the year ended 30 June 2015. Over that period the fund’s net asset value fell by 11.2% and the share price fell by 10.9%. The MSCI Frontier Markets Net Total Return Index declined by 13.9% over the period. The manager says asset allocation, manager selection and discount movements […]
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30 Mar 2015 1 min read
VinaCapital Vietnam Opps swaps dairy interests, outperforms
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunities Fund added around 1% to its NAV over the second half of 2014. This was well ahead of the Vietnam Index which fell by 6%. The best performing part of the portfolio was their private equity positions. They sold An Giang Plant Protection for $63.1m. This investment was originally purchased five years ago […]
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28 Oct 2014 1 min read
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund keen to tackle its discount
VOF : VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund keen to tackle its discount VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund results for the year that ended on 30 June 2014 have been published today. The asset value increased from $2.88 to $3.27. They bought back $52.3m worth of shares – taking the total to 26.6% of the fund since they initiated […]
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26 Sep 2014 1 min read
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund selling stake in An Giang Plant Protection
VOF : VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund selling stake in An Giang Plant Protection An Giang Plant Protection is the leading pesticides manufacturer and distributor in Vietnam. VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund is selling its 23.6% stake in the company for $63.1m. Over the period that VOF has held the stake it has generated an IRR of 23.7%. […]
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11 Sep 2024 2 min read
The best investment trusts for Vietnam’s rise
by Jennifer Johnson, Investors Chronicle, September 11, 2024 If the geopolitical chaos of the past five years has taught multinationals anything, it’s that the only stable supply chain is a diversified one. Although China remains the world’s manufacturing superpower, its status among major western companies took a serious knock during the pandemic. Its government’s zero-Covid […]
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26 Feb 2024 2 min read
IT Factor
Tom Aylott, Portfolio Adviser Magazine, February 2024: Poor market conditions have sent the share price of investment companies plummeting in recent years, with 93.8% of all trusts now trading at a discount to their net asset value. While this has been a thorn in the side of many portfolios, widespread discounts could be used to […]
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20 Dec 2022 1 min read
As Terry Smith’s emerging market trust closes, where should investors turn?
Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 20 December 2022: We asked financial advisers, fund analysts and wealth managers to share 10 emerging market fund and investment trust ideas for shareholders in Fundsmith Emerging Equities Trust who are looking for a new home for their capital. Shareholders in Fundsmith Emerging Markets Trust (FEET) overwhelmingly gave their blessing […]
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05 Sep 2022 2 min read
Look through volatility to reap Vietnam’s rewards
Christopher Akers, Investors’ Chronicle, September 1 2022: Investing in frontier markets means putting your money into economies whose exchanges are considered to be even less developed than emerging markets. The risks, from less liquid trading to limits on the foreign ownership of companies, reflect this. But if you can tolerate these risks, investing in frontier […]
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13 Jun 2022 2 min read
A dangerous pariah? Or is China a mighty beast investors can’t afford to shun?
By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY, 12 June 2022: Investing in emerging markets is often a step too far for investors with an ethical bent. Human rights issues and exploitation of labour put them off. Nowhere in the emerging markets world are these issues currently more prominent than in China, still the engine room […]
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17 May 2022 1 min read
Asian trusts succeeding despite China
James Carthew for Investment Week, 16 May 2022: Most Asian funds have had a tough time recently, dragged down by their Chinese exposure. Government intervention in a range of sectors unnerved investors, but now the country has embarked on a new phase of stringent lockdowns in a bid to maintain its zero-Covid policy. Funds dedicated […]
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28 Mar 2022 1 min read
The emerging market funds worth adding to your ISA this year
Eve Maddock-Jones, Trustnet, 25 March 2022: In the midst of ISA season, several fund pickers highlight a range of broad and specific emerging market portfolios to consider holding. Emerging markets are typically classed as a riskier investment versus developed market options such as the UK and the US, and this factor has only increased in […]
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22 Sep 2021 1 min read
Covid bruises Vietnamese trusts despite strong fundamentals
Country has ambitious growth plan Kathleen Gallagher, Investment Week, 20 September 2021 • 4 min read While the UK is making plans to protect itself from another Covid crisis it is easy to forget that some nations are in the middle of fighting the deadly virus. Vietnam is one such country. Up until the end […]
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16 Oct 2020 1 min read
Deep Dive into emerging market equities
Deep Dive into emerging market equities: Good time to invest in the sector during pandemic – or not? Investment Week, 15 October 2020 Matthew Read is a senior analyst at QuotedData Vietnam is punching way above its weight. And it may well surge ahead with renewed confidence in the post-Covid world. Economically, it is small […]
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28 Apr 2020 1 min read
Investment trust insider on China and Vietnam
Investment trust insider on China and Vietnam – James Carthew: taking China profits to plough into Vietnam I was dealing on my portfolio again this week. I try not to turn it over too much but there were a couple of situations that I couldn’t ignore. First, I sold about half my position in JPMorgan China […]
