vietnam national university, HANOI school of business Do Thi Hoa A STUDY ON ISSUING CORPORATE BOND THE CASE OF BANK FOR INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF VIETNAM - BIDV master of business administration thesis Hanoi - 2007 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com vietnam national university, HANOI school of business Do Thi Hoa A STUDY ON ISSUING CORPORATE BOND THE CASE OF BANK FOR INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF VIETNAM - BIDV Major: Business Administration Code: 60 34 05 Master of business administration thesis Supervisor: DR. vu xuan quang Hanoi – 2007 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .iii TABLE OF CONTENTS.iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .vii LIST OF TABLES. ix LIST OF FIGURES. The necessary of research.
Objectives and aims. Scope of work. Data collection method. Bonds and corporate bonds.
Types of bonds. Types of issuance. Methods of Issuance. 15 iv LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.
Corporate bond issuance:. Key players in the transaction:. Model of issuing process:. Malaysia’s experience on developing bond market.
Japan’s experience on empirical pricing. DEVELOPMENT OF CORPORATE BOND MARKET. Vietnam’s corporate bond market overview. Compare to some Asian countries.
Major obstacles of the primary corporate bond market. Lack of a benchmark yield curve. Narrow Investor base. Limited supply of quality bond issues.
Inadequate bond market infrastructure. CASE STUDY: BIDV SENIOR BOND ISSUANCE. Market conditions and Demand analyse. Analyse interest rate.
Asset – liabilities structure as at 28th February 2007:. Plan on issuing. Approval from the State Bank of Vietnam. Regulation S and other jurisdiction limitations.
58 v LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Analyse case study. Successes of the transaction. Limitations of the transaction.
RECOMMENDATIONS AND SOLUTIONS. Strategy for development of bond market in Vietnam to 2010. Capital demand for investment and development. Appraise the outlook of corporate bond market.
Recommendations on bond issuance. Time of issue:. Choosing underwriter from the candidates:. Selecting appropriate market.
Preparing offering documents. Pricing and allocating bonds. Time for paying proceeds. Solutions for developing primary bond market.
Supply-Side Strategies. Demand-Side Strategies. 99 vi LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asia Development Bank AICPA American Institute of Certified Public Accountants BIDV Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam Bn billion BOD Board of Directors BOM Board of Managements Bps Basic points DB Deustche Bank E&Y Ernst and Young audit company EUR Euro (currency) GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GBP Grish Bristish Pound JSM Jonhson Stock and Master law company JPY Japan Yen HKD Hongkong Dollar ICB Industrial Commercial Bank ICMA The International Capital Market Association IFAS International IPO Initial public offering MHB Mekong Delta Housing Bank Mn million vii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com MOF Ministry of Finance MOI Ministry of Investment REG Regulation SAS Statement on Auditing Standards SBV State bank of Vietnam SEC Securities & Exchange Commission (US government) SGD Singapore Dollar QIB Qualified Institutional Buyer US United States USD United States Dollar VAS Vietnam on Auditing Standards VCB Vietnam Commercial Bank WTO World Trade Organisation 144A Rule 144A (as defined in Chapter 1) viii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Differences between Bond and Loan.
Sample due diligence question topics. Quantitative selection criteria. Qualitative selection criteria. The different issuance formats.
List of BIDV outstanding bonds. Government and Corporate local bonds. Capital demand of economy. 83 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.
Structure of bond market at the end of the third quarter 2006. Outstanding amount of bond from 2001-2006. Outstanding Volume of Local currency bonds. Ratio of Government bonds and Corporate bonds.
Corporate bond market Development. BIDV Financial results in period of 2001-2006. Onshore – offshore investors structure. By Business Types .75 ix LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.
The necessary of research For some recent years, the bond market has been developing very actively. As so far, the market value of bonds in Vietnam makes up about 8-9 percent of GDP1. The parties engage in the market not only Government, local Government but also Corporations. The number of parties is increasing gradually and there are more and more financial institutions pay attention to bonds.
At that time, the Vietnam bond market is required to become the really effective capital-leading channel in the economy. Corporations and projects has one new more funds mobilization channel, it is issuing bonds, besides the traditional channels, for example, loans from banks. In the fact that the bank-centre financial system approach has successfully contributed to the high-economic growth outcomes achieved in Vietnam (since banks more effectively monitor financial environments characterised by asymmetric information in underdeveloped financial markets) it has also resulted in the industrial sector‟s overreliance on short-term bank intermediated borrowings. This kind of industrial financing behavior has caused two critical financial mismatches: a maturity mismatch and a currency mismatch.
First, the maturity mismatch was the consequence of unhealthy financing practices, which were characterized by large long-term investments under the financing of short-term bank borrowings. Second, the practice involved a serious currency mismatch without a proper currency hedging arrangement. In fact, the currency mismatch was implicitly protected by overvalued exchange rates, which were the result of foreign exchange misalignments in the country. By contrast, effective capital markets may play several positive roles: first, there will be greater diversification of financing, an easier process of risk transformation and a smaller concentration of financial risks; second, the capital markets may check and screen 1 Source: Report of MOF, 2006 1 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com financial risks more efficiently and quickly than bank credit departments, based on swifter flows of various information, thereby providing more expedient and appropriate financing decisions; and third, more effective capital markets deepens the financial base which has far-reaching positive implications for development resource mobilization in developing countries.
Year of 2006 is opening and dynamic year in the primary bond market because a series of big corporations such as BIDV, Vinashin, ACB, EVN, … issued a huge amount of bonds. However, the demand for capital in the economy still so big, therefore, issuing bonds will be a potential channel and the bond market will play an important role in the economy. Many Vietnam businesses consider issuing bonds is one of effective fund mobilization channels in order to get short-term and long-term financial objectives. Vietnam officially enters World Trade Organization (WTO) in November 2006.
This is the opportunity to internationalize the bond market. Vietnam corporations could issue its bonds in offshore markets; conversely, foreign investors could enter the Vietnam bond market, both issuing bonds and trading bonds as well. From the reasons, the final thesis titled “A STUDY ON ISSUING CORPORATE BOND - THE CASE OF BANK FOR INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF VIET NAM”. The study provided a real case and updated international issuing model, hence, it will bring some lessons for corporations also other beneficiaries in issuing bonds and a picture overview of bond market.
BIDV is one of the biggest banks in Vietnam and BIDV bonds would be the landmark in the primary bond market, which presented new method of issuance, it is underwriting with best effort and bookbuilding. BIDV‟s strategy is to become the leading commercial bank in Vietnam with a diverse ownership, a diverse business platform, a well-regarded and a strong financial position similar to that of other banks in the South East Asia region. As part of its restructuring process, the Issuer formulated a business model which involves developing from a bank specializing in 2 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com development investment into a diversified and comprehensive commercial bank providing a range of products and services. Accordingly, BIDV has increased the proportion of valuable papers in total mobilization fund and issuing bond is BIDV long-term strategy in which BIDV hope to structure and improve its financial situation.
From the requirement of equitisation process scheduled at the end of 2007, BIDV has awaked that it is high time to balance short and long-term debts by increasing long-term liabilities. From 2006, BIDV chose issuing bonds as key solution for this problem. BIDV bonds became a benchmark case in the bond market in Vietnam. Objectives and aims This study focus mainly on the objectives as followings: Firstly, give out a systematical approach of bond, corporate bond and bond issuance; also introduce a popular method of issuing corporate bond, it is underwrite with best effort and bookbuilding which has applied all over the world; Secondly, overview Vietnam bond market; raise some highlights and obstacles now.
Thirdly, apply theory into case of BIDV bond issuance to show the successes, limitation, advantages and disadvantages of the transaction, from that help BIDV get inside overview of its transaction; Finally, give out some appropriate recommendations on the bond issuance and solutions to develop the primary bond market as well. The final thesis aim to: Introduce the international standard and normal practice in issuing corporate bond through underwriting with best effort and bookbuilding and apply into a case of BIDV bonds. From that - Help BIDV review its bond transactions and from that standardise its bond issuing process; 3 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com - Bring some lessons for corporations also other beneficiaries in issuing bonds; help them have a guide on how to issue bonds effectively. - Give out some solutions to improve primary corporate bond market effectively in the future.
Scope of work The study is conducted in BIDV senior bond issuance in 2007 as a sample of Vietnam. BIDV bond is a bond issued by BIDV, a bank, a little bit different from bond issued by general corporations. There are more levels of control for bank bond other than general corporate bond, however, in basic points, there are no differences in issuing process between them. That is the reason the study choose BIDV bond issuance to analysis as the sample for general corporate bonds.
There are many types of bonds such as senior or subordinated bond or secure and unsecured bonds, convertible or callable bond. But the study only focus on senior and unsecured bond which is the most popular in the market. Also the study focuses on local bond or bond issued in VND denomination, and issued to onshore and offshore investor under Regulation S and Prive placement via underwriting with best effort and bookbuilding. Methodology Methodology is used in this study is applying theory in analysing a case study which will be described in the chapter three of the thesis.
Data collection method There are some data sources from which information can be garnered for a case study. It includes interview, documentary sources, archival records, participant, observation, physical artifacts and direct observation. Of those resources, extensive use is made of interview; documentary sources such as information obtained from organization, direct observation and occasional references to archival materials for the present today. Each of these data sources has strengths and weaknesses.
Since 4 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com no single source of data has a complete advantage over all the others and given that the data sources are highly complementary and the recommendation by researchers that a good case study may want to use as many sources as possible. In this study, data was collected from various sources: documentary sources, archival records and direct observation. Data analysis The study focuses reviewing all of necessary documentations, archival records relating to the bonds transactions and observing directly all of issuing process. These multiple source of evidence is what made the study more valid.
Significance This study contributes some certain meanings to the economy in generally and the firms in particularly.