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Retail Asia20/02/2020

IT recruitment firm TopDev has secured a million-dollar investment from South Korea’s leading recruitment company Saramin HR. The Ho Chi Minh City-based company said in a statement Monday that the deal, whose exact value it did not reveal, would be used to increase the supply of developers through training programs for graduates. Saramin HR, which […]

Retail Asia25/06/2019

Korean grocery delivery service Kurly has closed an upsized Series D round that hit US$113 million. The round was announced last April at $88 million, but has since attracted an additional $25 million funding from China’s Hillhouse Capital. Kurly delivers all orders placed by 11 pm before 7 am the following morning, prioritising convenience over […]

Retail Asia27/02/2019

At over VND3 trillion ($129.21 million), foreign buying in the local bourses from February 1-25 is three times the January figure. Foreign investment since the beginning of the year has been worth over VND4.3 trillion ($185.16 million). They have been focusing on blue chips like Hoa Phat (HPG), one of Vietnam’s leading steel producers. The […]

Retail Asia08/01/2019

Vietcombank, Vietnam’s largest bank by market cap, has received permission from the securities watchdog to sell a 3 percent stake to foreign investors. The green light from the State Securities Commission (SSC) will allow the lender to make a private placement of 3 percent as part of its plan to ultimately sell 10 percent. The […]

Retail Asia17/12/2018

Attractive prices and returns have seen the number of Chinese customers buying high-end apartments in HCMC soar this year. Duong Thuy Dung, senior director of real estate market research firm CBRE Vietnam, said at a recent forum that 31 percent of high-end apartment buyers in HCMC in the first nine months were Chinese. This figure […]

Retail Asia05/12/2018

Investors buy a high percentage of high-end residence purchases in Vietnam, while occupiers take most of the low-end ones. A recent report by real estate market research firm Savills Vietnam, Vietnam Residential Spotlight, says over 70 percent of grade A (high-end) residence buyers in Hanoi are investors. The ratio in Ho Chi Minh City is […]

Retail Asia08/11/2018

Clean cosmetics brand Kosas has in the space of a year grown from the best-kept secret of beauty industry insiders to a buzzy makeup line with rapidly growing sales. Founder Sheena Yaitanes says two recent investors deserve much of the credit: Man Repeller founder Leandra Medine and lifestyle blogger Arielle Charnas. The indie makeup range she started three years […]

Retail Asia17/10/2018

Japan’s Softbank has reportedly selected the banks that will serve as lead underwriters for the IPO of its domestic mobile business. The operator has picked banks including Nomura Holdings, Mizuho Financial, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank to underwite the offer for around 3 trillion yen ($26.82 billion) worth of shares, citing unnamed sources. This would […]

Retail Asia27/03/2017

South Korea has taken over Singapore to become Vietnam’s biggest foreign investor in the first quarter, with investment totaling $3.74 billion, or 48.6 percent of the total foreign direct investment (FDI) pledged for the period, the Vietnamese government said Friday. Singapore, which held the top position in January and February, came second with $911 million, followed […]

Retail Asia07/06/2016

Over the past few years South Korea has invested billions of dollars in the real estate market in the United States. The country has always been a major investor but just recently the diversity and stability of the US market has made it increasingly attractive. Last year South Korea became the fourth largest foreign investor […]

Retail Asia31/05/2016

Hong Kong based on-demand delivery app Lalamove has successfully secured USD 10 million with the help of a new Thai investor, along with the company’s existing investors. Thai financial and investment services company, Asia Plus Group Holdings has invested in Lalamove to drive the app delivery company to profitability and to complete Lalamove’s third-round funding […]

Retail Asia19/05/2016

News of Mercedes-Benz Retail selling its Manchester and Birmingham businesses to Hong-Kong auto retailer Lei Shing Hong could be seen as proof that the UK auto retail sector is worth investing in. This comes despite the underperforming share prices of some PLCs in the market, financial jitters surrounding the forthcoming EU vote and the general […]

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Vietnam IT recruiting firm raises million dollars from South Korean investor

Grocery e-commerce startup Kurly raises Millions

Foreign investors return to surging Vietnamese stock markets

Vietcombank to sell 3 percent stake to foreign investors

Number of Chinese buying high-end Saigon apartments skyrockets

Investors dominate sales of Vietnam’s high-end homes

From influencers to investors

Softbank said to pick banks to lead $27b mobile IPO

South Korea becomes Vietnam’s biggest foreign investor in Q1

South Korea Now Fourth Biggest Foreign Investor in US Real Estate

Lalamove Attracts Thai Investor Confidence

Do recent acquisitions signal investor confidence?