HCMC, 22 June 2012

FIX enables international institutional investors to place orders directly to HSC. Client’s orders will be automatically ensured compliance with management rules on both HOSE and HNX in Vietnam, fairly and transparently.HSC Securities Corporation (HOSE: HCM) has officially launched its direct connection to both networks Bloomberg and Reuters by FIX (Financial Information Exchange) – standard electronic protocol for pre-trade communications and trade executions.

Since July 2012, the FIX protocol will provide HSC’s clients - institutional investors with a high degree of flexibility and efficiency in terms of order type, order status as well as trading instructions.

This is part of the ongoing effort by HSC to maintain the market leader by investing in technology that helps to increase brokerage and sales services, the efficiency and transparency of the Vietnamese securities market.

With the excellence at serving its clients, HSC is proud to be trusted and voted as The Best Brokerage House in Vietnam in 2012, by Finance Asia. Thanks to the continual support from its customers, in recent years, HSC constantly developed and ranked No.1 in the country market share with 9.85% in Q1/2012.

On 19/6/2012, the magazine Nhip Cau Dau Tu (Investment Bridge) announced 50 top-performing companies in Vietnam and HSC was the only securities firm to be honoured. The ranking was based on 4 criteria of 3-year average growth rate from 2009 to 2011: revenue 10%; profit 102%; ROE 14%; ROC 14%.

HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS

Pham Thi Phuong Lan

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

HSC Securities Corporation (HSC) is a leading professional securities brokerage and equity firm in one of the fastest growing Asian capital markets and economies, Vietnam. Its clients comprise institutional and private investors, investment funds, state-owned companies, and other entities across different sectors, market segments and locations.

Listed on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange on May 19, 2009 under the ticker HCM, HSC’s total shareholders’ equity of VND 2,029 billion (by 31/12/2011) makes it a big capitalized  institution with strong financial base and investment capacity. HSC continuously develops and improves financial services. It emphasizes on providing value-added products, growing its scope of business based on clients’ growing needs.

In 2011, HSC received further recognition in the international arena through a number of prestigious awards, voted by its customers and the industry experts for The Best Brokerage and Best Equity Firm in Vietnam, The Extel 2010 by Thomson Reuters and The 2011 All-Asia Research Team Survey by Institutional Investor; The Best Local Brokerage in Vietnam, The Best Analyst in Vietnam  and 15 other awards, The 2011 AsiaMoney Brokers Poll by AsiaMoney; The Rising Star Domestic Investment Bank in Vietnam, The 2011 Triple A Country Awards, by The Asset…

HSC’s next 5-year strategy, from 2011, is to expand its activities to overseas and connect with worldwide strategic partners specialized in Investment Banking segment.

HSC has been considered as a part of the large network of companies which have significantly contributed to the rapid growth of Vietnam economy at the present and in the future.