VinaCapital

The Ho Chi Minh City-headquartered asset management firm is looking at $200 million worth of deals in the region in the next six months, says chief investment officer Andy Ho.

A strong exit environment coupled with a growing number of mid-market Vietnamese firms will provide more opportunities for private equity, says Andy Ho, chief investment officer at VinaCapital.

The Vietnamese private equity firm was advised by offshore law firm Carey Olsen on moving its fund from the Cayman Islands to Guernsey.

The Vietnam-focused firm has secured an anchor investor for a $300 million ASEAN fund being raised together with private equity shops in Thailand and Indonesia.

PERE met with VinaCapital boss Don Lam for breakfast at a London hotel recently to hear his take on what Vietnam’s government stimulus has done to the country’s real estate market.

The Ho Chi Minh City-based firm has entered the exit stage for its AiM-listed real estate fund, VinaCapital. Including the Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel sale, the fund has exited 12 investments so far.

VinaCapital, the Vietnamese asset management, banking and real estate consultancy, is putting the finishing touches on its second dedicated property fund. The fund will be fully privately funded, unlike the firm's first opportunity fund.

The Vietnam-based firm has taken a 25 percent stake in the Thuan Binh Wind Farm Company, which is backed by the Vietnamese government.

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The firm’s over $370m investment in Techcombank came from two of its global funds, the Warburg Pincus Private Equity XII and the Financial Sector Fund.

The US firm’s domestic listing of mall operator Vincom is expected to raise more than $600m.

The firm will invest capital from the fund alongside its latest global buyout fund – Warburg Pincus Private Equity XII.

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The social impact fund managed by the Vietnam-based private equity firm has begun its first seed investment aimed at training for disadvantaged youth in Saigon.

Vietnam has attractive opportunities to take a company private, but regulatory and operational hurdles tend to get in the way.

Changing dynamics in Asia are boosting private equity investment in Vietnam – perhaps more gradually this time around.