Daiwa Corporate Investment (DCI), CCI CrossBorder (CCIX) and SSI Asset Management Company Limited (SSIAM), a subsidiary of Vietnam-based securities firm SSI, have signed an agreement to expand co-investment opportunities and facilitate capital connections between Japanese financial institutions and Vietnamese enterprises.
The three firms will jointly identify, structure, and execute medium- to long-term investment and financing opportunities in Vietnam by leveraging their combined expertise, networks, and financial resources.
The collaboration will also broaden the scope of capital solutions available to Vietnamese companies beyond private equity, including credit and mezzanine financing provided through CCIX.
The new framework builds on the longstanding relationship between SSIAM and Daiwa Corporate Investment, which have co-managed the Daiwa–SSIAM Vietnam Growth Fund series since 2009. The two are currently managing the fourth fund in the series.
“We are honoured to be here today to mark a new milestone in financial cooperation with our Japanese partners,” Nguyen Ngoc Anh, CEO of SSIAM, said in a statement.
“Daiwa Corporate Investment has been a longstanding partner of SSI, and across multiple market cycles, we have successfully collaborated on numerous transactions while also contributing to the sustainable development of Vietnamese enterprises through the Daiwa–SSIAM private equity fund series, which has now reached its fourth fund,” she added.
Nguyen said CCI Group, the parent company of CCIX, would play a strategic role in the partnership beyond being a financial investor.
Kazuteru Nakamura, representative director of CCIX, said Vietnam remains one of the group’s priority markets as the Japanese financial institution seeks to expand its cross-border investment activities.
“As a Japanese financial institution focused on cross-border investments, we believe this collaboration will create meaningful value for Vietnamese enterprises,” Nakamura said. “For CCI and CCIX, we are confident that our core values and financial capabilities will help strengthen the foundation of Vietnam’s market,” he added.
A representative from Daiwa Corporate Investment said the partnership reflects a shared commitment to supporting Vietnam’s economic growth. “This partnership is important to us because we share the same goal of supporting the growth of Vietnam’s emerging economy,” the representative said.
The cooperation will focus on jointly originating investment and financing opportunities in Vietnam, facilitating connections between Vietnamese enterprises and strategic stakeholders, and sharing market and regulatory insights.
The parties said the initiative also marks a broader effort by Japanese financial institutions to increase support for Vietnam’s real economy through more execution-oriented investment models.
CCIX is part of CCI Group, formerly known as Hokkoku Financial Holdings, a Japanese regional banking group with operations spanning banking, leasing, consulting, and digital services.
DCI is the investment arm of Daiwa Securities Group and focuses on private equity investments in startups and growth-stage companies.
In February, SSIAM and The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) jointly announced the establishment of the Japan Vietnam Capital Fund, an investment fund dedicated to investing in Vietnam. The new fund focuses primarily on investing in listed Vietnamese companies while selectively allocating capital to private enterprises that demonstrate high levels of transparency and sufficient scale.
