1. Conditions that customer is a professional securities investor

Type

Professional securities investors types

Documents to be provided

Institutional

Commercial bank, foreign bank branch,

financial company, insurance business institutional, securities company, securities investment fund management company, securities investment company, securities investment fund, international financial institution, non-budget state financial fund, state financial institutions are allowed to buy securities in accordance with relevant laws

- Business registration certificate or establishment and operation license or other equivalent documents. (notarized/certified copy)

Listed organization/Trading registration organization

- Decision on approval of listing, registration of trading for listed organizations, organizations registered for trading (notarized/certified copy)

Companies with contributed charter capital > 100 billion dong

- Business registration certificate or other equivalent documents; audited annual financial statements or reviewed semiannual financial statements (notarized/certified copy)

Individual

Having a securities practicing certificate

- Identity card or citizen identification or passport with validity period (to verify customers)

- Valid securities practice certificate (notarized/certified copy)

- Certificate of working at a securities company, a securities investment fund management company, a branch of a foreign securities company in Vietnam and a branch of a foreign fund management company in Vietnam, the company securities investment (notarized/certified copy)

Having taxable income in the latest year ≥ 1 billion dong

- Identity card or citizen identification or passport with validity period (to verify customers)

- Tax declaration documents submitted to tax authorities or deduction tax documents of organizations and individuals pay in the latest year before the time of being identified as professional securities investors (original/ notarized/certified copy)

- PHS only confirms taxable income for customers when it arises at PHS

- PHS does not confirm income arising from real estate and other income other than those incurred by PHS.

Holding portfolio of listed securities, registered for trading ≥ 2 billion VND

- Identity card or citizen identification or valid passport (to verify customers)

- Regulating the value of listed and registered securities portfolios for trading:  with a minimum value of 2 billion VND determined by the market value at the date of determination of professional securities investor status applicable until 31/12/2023. The determination of a professional securities investor at this point is valid for 1 year from the date of confirmation. From 01/01/2024 the minimum value of 2 billion VND is determined by the average daily market value of the securities portfolio for a minimum period of 180 days immediately preceding the date of determination of professional securities investor status, excluding the value of loans for margin transactions and the value of securities for resale transactions. The determination of a professional securities investor at this point is valid within 03 months from the date of confirmation

- PHS does not confirm the list of securities listed or registered for trading from other companies

  1. Steps for customers to complete confirmation of professional securities investor

Step 1: Customers fill in information and sign a request to identify a professional securities investor and provide all necessary documents to PHS according to section 1.

Step 2: PHS checks the validity of documents provided by customers.

Step 3: PHS conducts confirmation professional securities investor and provides written confirmation when the information and documents provided are validated and meet the requirements.