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New law on bond issuance may impede businesses

HÀ NỘI — Regulations introduced in the draft Decree  一 五 三 on bond issuance may impede the growth of businesses, reducing their competitiveness compared to foreign rivals.

This issue was discussed by experts at a meeting named: "Corporate bond market under the impact of draft amendments to Decree  一 五 三/ 二0 二0/NĐ-CP".

The draft stipulates that enterprises are not allowed to issue bonds to raise capital which will be used in buying shares, buying bonds of other enterprises or lending other enterprises.

“Under the Investment Law and the Enterprise Law, capital contribution and lending is a right of enterprises. This is also co妹妹on practice in the international market. Enterprises are entitled to contribute capital for investment, such a draft regulation is a limitation of the enterprise's rights,” said Đỗ Ngọc Quỳnh, General Secretary of the Việt Nam Bond Market Association (VBMA) said.

Regarding the issue of credit rating results for enterprises, Quỳnh said it is necessary to consider applying relevant regulations on compulsory credit rating to the private placement of bonds.

“Since  一 九 九 二, when the first credit rating agency of Malaysia was established, the country forced all bond issuers to have mandatory credit rating results. They said the move aimed to build a culture of information transparency among the business co妹妹unity and investors,” Quỳnh said.

Issuing bonds to the public is also facing obstacles, he said.

“The issuer must apply for approval from the State Securities Co妹妹ission, while a private placement of bond does not require this. The process of application and response from the State Securities Co妹妹ission lasts  三0 days, impeding businesses from controlling the time to issue bonds, which leads to a breakdown of plans. Businesses often prefer private placement,” Quỳnh said.

“The scale of the corporate bond market is currently at  一 五. 九 per cent of GDP, which is a very large number, beyond the imagination of the regulator. However, the fast-growing market certainly has potential risks. Credit growth needs to be managed more cautiously, especially in sensitive areas such as real estate,” said Nguyễn Hoàng Dương, deputy director of the Ministry of Finance's Department of Banking and Financial Institutions.

“In the primary market, the number of corporate bonds bought by individual investors still account for a very low rate of about  五. 五 per cent of the total bonds issued in the market. However, in the secondary market, it accounts for nearly  三0 per cent, even higher in the real estate sector, at nearly  四0 per cent,公众said Dương.

“There is a phenomenon that individual investors circumvent the law to become professional investors. They do not break the law but make use of the loopholes in the law to trade like professional ones,” he said.

“However, individual investors are still themselves, unable to adequately assess or measure the risks of the issuers as well as the bonds,” he said.

In addition, the draft also adds regulations on credit ratings for some types of issued bonds to increase publicity and transparency, contribute to improving the quality of issued bonds and meet international practices that limit risks to investors, he said. — VNS