Investment Securities Company to expand to Japan via merger

After the merger, the capital of IVS will increase to VND372 billion (US$16.53 million), IVS said in its statement at the annual shareholder meeting held on March 25.

The merger will make JSI a department at IVS, and it will focus on the Japanese market only. 

Current shareholders of JSI will commit not to withdraw from it in the next three years after the merger is approved by the State Securities Commission.

However, the company did not clarify in its statement when the merger would take place.

The merger was also approved by the shareholders of JSI at the firm’s annual shareholder meeting held on March 14.

Vietnamese shareholders hold 48.87% of JSI’s capital now, including Viglacera Investment and Import-Export JSC (10%).

Japanese shareholders hold the rest of the company’s capital, including the Hong Kong-based Tanamark Investment Ltd (20%), Aizawa Securities Co Ltd (14.5%) and Japan Asia Securities Co Ltd (14.5%).

In 2016, IVS earned total revenue of VND26 billion and a post-tax profit of VND97.4 million. The figures were 95% and only 5% of last year’s targeted earnings. IVS will not pay dividend for last year’s performance.

In the third quarter of 2016, IVS issued 17.9 million shares to increase its chartered capital from VND161 billion to VND340 billion.

For 2017, IVS has forecast Vietnam’s economic growth at 6.5% to 6.7% and inflation rate at 4% to 5%, allowing the Government to keep the lending rates low and support the growth of the securities market.

According to the company, the Vietnamese economy will reach its short-term peak in three years.