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Derivative market start likely to be delayed into 2017
June 2015 The Chairman of the Hanoi Stock exchange, Mr. Tran Van Dung has said the latest timetable to open the stock derivative market is either late 2016 or early 2017 instead of by the end of 2016 as was stated previously. He cited issues with technology and processes to explain the delay. According to
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Circular 74 – Unrestricted Stock Trading
June 2015 Under Circular 74, both foreign & local investors to be considered domestic investors for the purposes of trading unrestricted stocks – Applying Decree 60 opening the FOL for non-restricted has run into a major hurdles. Triggered by the current definition of what is a foreign owned company. Currently, the SSC manages stock trading
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Fruitful Month for Bond Issuers
November 15, 2015 G-bond issuance tripled over a one-month period with the success ratio at its highest level since March. Of note, 5Y tenors constituted 88% of total uptake (up 250% MoM) and the market seems satisfied with yields tracking circa 6.6%. G-backed bonds also enjoyed the best monthly performance so far this year as
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TPP: Impact on Imports and Exports
June 2015 Imports would increase more rapidly than exports to begin with. Given the need to build and stock new factories – As Vietnam lacks a domestic machinery industry capable of producing the wide variety of machinery required by new factories, an increase in FDI is closely tied to a surge in machinery imports, followed
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TPP Raises Long-Run Expectations
Monthly Data Sep Oct CPI (% YoY) 0.00 0.00 Real retail sales (% YoY) 9.1 8.6 IIP (% YoY) 10.1 8.8 Export val (USD b) 13.8 14.4 Import val (USD b) 14.0 14.5 Disbursed FDI (USD b) 1.2 2.2 Yearly Forecasts 2014A 2015F Nominal GDP USD b 185.7 200.0 Real GDP (% YoY) 6.0
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