Showing posts with label interbank. Show all posts
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Monday, December 13, 2010

Interbank Forex eyes Vietnam market

HCMC – The U.S.-based broker of off-exchange retail foreign currency, Interbank Forex, has unveiled its plans to seeks partners in Vietnam through its Private Label Forex Trading Tools and Education.

Speaking at a press conference held in HCMC on Friday, an executive of the company said that it is looking for opening a representative office as soon as possible to expand its operation in Asia, after Korea. Its aim is to examine the market and provide information to Vietnam’s leading financial and banking executives, said Abigail DeGraff, Interbank Forex’s Global Public Relations.

She said that the company is looking for some five to ten local partners from banks, investment firms, securities brokerage houses and financial institutions.

In a press release sent to the Daily earlier, Peg Reed, Interbank FX managing director of global partnerships, said: “This is our first step in partnering with Vietnamese financial institutions. Our track record demonstrates that in countries where banks readily adapt our private-label Forex products, we soon follow with investments and staffing.”

The company said that its research shows that the Vietnamese market is highly potential. An estimate from the World Bank, says the company, shows that Vietnamese people are keeping some US$9.7 billion in dollar notes at home.

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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Overnight interbank rates exceed 8%

HANOI - The overnight interbank rates have unexpectedly exceeded 8% a year over the past few days after being kept below or around 7% for several months now.

The overnight interbank rates accelerated to about 8.4% on September 8, 2010 from 7.5% on September 7.

According to the central State Bank of Vietnam, the rates were relatively stable at below 7% a year from early June till end-August, and hovered around 6.9% on August 31. However, the rates climbed to 7.15% on September 1 and stayed above 7.1% until last Monday.

Le Thanh Van, deputy manager of the investment department of Vietnam Bank for Investment and Development attributed the surge to a sudden increase in demand for short-term capital from commercial banks, especially small ones, to invest in shares and real estates, and to make loans to equity investors.

Bui Quy Thanh, head of the securities analysis department in Bao Minh Securities said, said the sudden surge of the overnight interbank rate contributed to the steep fall in the main VN-Index, which she more than 12 points, or 2.65%, to close at 450 points last Friday.

Equity investors feared the movement could indicate banks were running short of money and therefore could limit access to loans for equity investments, while the base rate could go up if the trend continued in the next sessions.

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Overnight interbank rates exceed 8%

HANOI - The overnight interbank rates have unexpectedly exceeded 8% a year over the past few days after being kept below or around 7% for several months now.

The overnight interbank rates accelerated to about 8.4% on September 8, 2010 from 7.5% on September 7.

According to the central State Bank of Vietnam, the rates were relatively stable at below 7% a year from early June till end-August, and hovered around 6.9% on August 31. However, the rates climbed to 7.15% on September 1 and stayed above 7.1% until last Monday.

Le Thanh Van, deputy manager of the investment department of Vietnam Bank for Investment and Development attributed the surge to a sudden increase in demand for short-term capital from commercial banks, especially small ones, to invest in shares and real estates, and to make loans to equity investors.

Bui Quy Thanh, head of the securities analysis department in Bao Minh Securities said, said the sudden surge of the overnight interbank rate contributed to the steep fall in the main VN-Index, which she more than 12 points, or 2.65%, to close at 450 points last Friday.

Equity investors feared the movement could indicate banks were running short of money and therefore could limit access to loans for equity investments, while the base rate could go up if the trend continued in the next sessions.

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