Vietnam Equity Partners Fund Launches in Vietnam to Fund Listed Companies

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Nov 29, 2011, 04:42 ET

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cayman Islands based Equity Partners Fund SPC has established a new segregated portfolio which will conduct business under the name Vietnam Equity Partners Fund to make investments into Vietnam. Through this strategic relationship with An Binh Commercial Joint Stock Bank, the investment model used by Equity Partners Fund SPC will be implemented to provide funding to qualifying listed companies.

FVG Capital Ltd. has been engaged to conduct due diligence and refer potential companies to Vietnam Equity Partners Fund for possible funding. Vietnam Equity Partners Fund generally looks to invest amounts from $25 million up to $500 million in Vietnam companies listed on various exchanges with consistent trading volumes. Companies often need additional capital for a variety of activities including working capital, acquisitions and other growth opportunities.

Fund spokesperson Kent Ferguson says the fund focuses on equity investments in public companies as well as private companies that will be listed on a securities exchange within six months of a funding commitment.

"Unlike hedge funds which have significant regulatory burdens exposing their investors to higher risks, Vietnam Equity Partners Fund is able to act quickly, is more flexible when it comes to structuring an investment and has less regulatory burdens," Kent Ferguson says.

"The fund has no outside investors and is considered a private fund run by its principals, similar to a merchant bank that invests its own capital and as such it is seeking capital appreciation through the identification and funding of liquid growth companies."

"The fund will approach various companies such as energy, manufacturing, construction, mining/resources, professional services, healthcare and finance who are all looking for growth or acquisition funding which is difficult to find given current global economic conditions."

The fund's investment guidelines, apart from a company's size and liquidity, require them to have exceptional management and long-term sustainable growth opportunities with the potential to achieve significant milestones over a developmental period.

"While interested companies should meet basic due diligence requirements, our funding arrangements are much simpler than many other avenues such as rights issues and other underwritten issues," Kent Ferguson says.

"Ultimately once a company satisfies our requirements we send proposed investment terms and explain the steps required for the company to ultimately obtain the requested funding.

"In volatile and uncertain equity markets this pre-qualification and pre-agreed funding arrangement is superior in most circumstances."

To enquire about Vietnam Equity Partners Fund go to http://www.equitypartnersfund.com and http://www.VietnamEquityPartners.com