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VPBank Securities files for Vietnam IPO, valued at $2.4b
VPBank Securities has filed to list nearly 1.9 billion shares on the Hochiminh Stock Exchange under the ticker VPX after completing an IPO that valued the company at about US$2.4 billion.
VPBank Securities is a brokerage firm based in Vietnam.
The company raised over 12.7 trillion dong (US$489 million) in November by selling more than 375 million shares, increasing its charter capital to almost 18.8 trillion dong (US$723.5 million).
After the IPO, VPBank Securities became the second-largest securities company in Vietnam by equity.
Of the IPO proceeds, about 68% will go to expanding margin lending, 30% to proprietary trading and investments, and 2% to advance payments for securities settlement.
Disbursement is scheduled from Q4 2025 through 2026.
VPBank Securities reported operating revenue of 5.5 trillion dong (US$723.5 million), pre-tax profit of 3.3 trillion dong (US$211.7 million), and post-tax profit of 2.6 trillion dong (US$127.0 million) for the first nine months of 2025; revenue tripled, while post-tax profit was nearly four times higher year-on-year.
🔗 Source: Vietnam News
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VPBank Securities’ 68% margin lending push rides a brokerage boom as margin debt hits US$14 billion in Q3 2025
- Vietnam’s margin loans to stock investors reached VND 370 trillion (US$14 billion) in Q3 2025, up VND 78 trillion from Q2, with 13 brokers above VND 10 trillion and VPBank Securities growing fast 1.
- The market margin-to-equity ratio rose to about 120% by Q3-end 2025 from just over 100% at Q2-end, below the 200% cap, while VPBank Securities stands at 132% 1.
- VPS lifted charter capital to VND 12.8 trillion and is targeting VND 16.44 trillion 1. TCBS plans nearly VND 10.82 trillion with 70% for proprietary trading and 30% for margin 1. SSI aims for VND 25 trillion 1.
- Firms are preparing for FTSE Russell’s October 2025 upgrade of Vietnam to secondary emerging market status, which could bring US$5 to 10 billion of foreign inflows in year one 2.
Tech providers target a US$47 billion IPO wave in Vietnam
- Dragon Capital forecasts US$47 billion in IPO proceeds over three years after the upgrade 2. TCBS could be valued at over US$4 billion, alongside VPBank Securities, which will drive demand for trading infrastructure, risk analytics and surveillance tools 2.
- Only 30% of Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) companies provide full English financial disclosures, opening space for electronic Know Your Customer (eKYC), multilingual reporting platforms and investor relations technology as firms seek foreign capital 2.
- Decree 245 in September 2025 shortened IPO timelines and strengthened investor protections, which accelerates supply into 2026 for brokers adopting cloud trading infrastructure, liquidity solutions and proprietary trading algorithms 2.
- Margin lending aided a 21% Q3 2025 VN-Index rally while daily trading often topped US$1 billion, so real-time risk controls and margin surveillance help brokers keep ratios within rules 1.
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