Ho Chi Minh Development JSC (HD Bank) is planning to list its share on Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange in 2018, after deciding to sell 20% of its shares to foreign investors.
Vietnam's commercial banks are seeing slow progress in floating their shares on the stock market, despite a government target to list 10 banks between 2013 and 2016. HD Bank has reported profit before tax of more than 1.9 trillion VND in the first 9 months, and more than 3.5 times compared to the same period of 2016.
The Bank is expected to have profit before tax in 2017 at 2.4 trillion VND, as well as profit before tax in 2018 to be increased to 3.9 trillion VND. Therefore, the revenue will increase 27% and total assets of 25%. HD Bank, one of the leading commercial banks in the country, will list its shares on Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE) in January. So far, only four lenders have gone public in the three-year period.
In total, 13 of 35 Vietnamese commercial banks have listed shares on the stock market. If successful, HD Bank will be the first among eight Vietnamese commercial banks hoping to list in 2018. The others are Orient Commercial Bank, Techcombank, Nam A Bank, VietABank, TPBank, Maritime Bank and SeABank.
HD Bank serves individuals and small- and medium-sized enterprises. It has grown its annual profit by an average of 35% over the past five years. It aims to be a leading retail digital bank in the next five years.
The bank is believed to be in talks with foreign investors, aiming to raise $300 million for a 20% stake before its official listing. This is expected to help strengthen its capital base and increase loss-absorbing buffers amid rapid credit growth and prompt more banks to follow, said Moody's Investors Service.
In 2017, only four banks listed their shares on the stock market. VPBank made its debut on the main bourse while Vietnam International Bank, Kienlongbank and LienVietPostBank listed on the secondary market. The whole industry has already missed its target to list 10 commercial banks by the end of 2016.
The Vietnamese government has been forcing commercial banks to list their shares since 2013 in a bid to clean up the weak institutions, encourage transparency in the sector and build a local banking industry that meets international standards. The government is now expected to extend the deadline to 2020.Listing has been part of the measures taken by the government to restructure the banking sector as the industry had suffered from mounting non-performing loans (NPL), largely the legacy of inefficient state-owned banks.
At the end of 2016, the nonperforming loan ratio at commercial banks had drop to below 3% from around 20% in 2012 and 2013. This was despite the NPL ratio of the whole banking sector drifting at around 10%. Vietnam caps foreign ownership in a domestic bank at 30%. A foreign strategic investor is now allowed to own 20% while a foreign bank can own up to 10% and a nonbank investor can only hold 5% of a local bank.
HD Bank, one of the leading commercial banks in Vietnam, will list its shares on Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE) in January.
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In total, 13 of 35 Vietnamese commercial banks have listed shares on the stock market. If successful, HD Bank will be the first among eight Vietnamese commercial banks hoping to list in 2018. The others are Orient Commercial Bank, Techcombank, Nam A Bank, VietABank, TPBank, Maritime Bank and SeABank.
HD Bank serves individuals and small- and medium-sized enterprises. It has grown its annual profit by an average of 35% over the past five years. It aims to be a leading retail digital bank in the next five years.
The bank is believed to be in talks with foreign investors, aiming to raise $300 million for a 20% stake before its official listing. This is expected to help strengthen its capital base and increase loss-absorbing buffers amid rapid credit growth and prompt more banks to follow, said Moody's Investors Service.
In 2017, only four banks listed their shares on the stock market. VPBank made its debut on the main bourse while Vietnam International Bank, Kienlongbank and LienVietPostBank listed on the secondary market. The whole industry has already missed its target to list 10 commercial banks by the end of 2016.
The Vietnamese government has been forcing commercial banks to list their shares since 2013 in a bid to clean up the weak institutions, encourage transparency in the sector and build a local banking industry that meets international standards. The government is now expected to extend the deadline to 2020.Listing has been part of the measures taken by the government to restructure the banking sector as the industry had suffered from mounting non-performing loans (NPL), largely the legacy of inefficient state-owned banks.
At the end of 2016, the nonperforming loan ratio at commercial banks had drop to below 3% from around 20% in 2012 and 2013. This was despite the NPL ratio of the whole banking sector drifting at around 10%. Vietnam caps foreign ownership in a domestic bank at 30%. A foreign strategic investor is now allowed to own 20% while a foreign bank can own up to 10% and a nonbank investor can only hold 5% of a local bank.
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