Research and News

FiinGroup receives Technical Assistance from S&P Global Ratings and Asian Development Bank (ADB)

23/05/2021

[Hanoi, 24 May 2021] FiinGroup has announced it has entered into an agreement (“Agreement”) with S&P Global Ratings to receive technical training for its credit rating business, fb88, for a fixed period during 2021.


fb88: Credit Rating Announcement on VietCredit (BBB- | Outlook: Stable)

19/05/2021

fb88 would like to announce the first credit rating result of VietCredit Finance Joint Stock Company (“VietCredit”) issued on May 19th, 2021. This rating is the first Issuer Credit Rating (ICR) for VietCredit. An ICR reflects our view of the senior unsecured credit rating of an issuer and is not specific to a debt instrument such as bond or certificate of deposit (CD) that it may issue.


Lessons Learnt from our First Rating Assignments

19/04/2021

Vietnam Corporate Bond Market remains as one of the most interesting investment channels during 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. Despite the slowdown in the fourth quarter of 2020 after the effective date of Decree 81/2020/ND-CP, Corporate Bond issuance has been still active in general with a new issuance value of VND429.5 trillion in 2020, increased by 28.3% compared to 2019.


Green, Social and Sustainability Bonds - Effective tool for Vietnam to achieve sustainable development goals

16/04/2021

On April 12 & 13, fb88 was honored to participate in the launching ceremony of the Handbook 'How-to Issue Guide for Green Bonds, Social Bonds and Sustainability Bonds' in Hanoi.


Moody's affirms Vietnam's Ba3 rating, changes outlook to positive

18/03/2021

Singapore, March 18, 2021 -- Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has today affirmed the Government of Vietnam's long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings at Ba3 and changed the outlook to positive from negative.