Development Finance Asia

Development Finance Asia is a specialist investment consulting platform, focused on providing innovative a full spectrum of services across the investment process and the capital structure. Built of a team of uniquely experienced investment professionals investing and providing investment services to leading asset managers in Vietnam since 2006, DFA leverages its extensive network across the region to excel in sourcing, due diligence, structuring, and management of investments. The team has a strong track record of 20% annualized returns on over 340 million USD of Asian private investments. DFA aims to use this experience to continue to outperform market returns, while generating a measurable impact. DFA places a large amount of value in interest alignment, its partnerships and the asset managers and entrepreneurs it works with, remaining active in investments. DFA has been actively investing in Vietnam since 2007. The team has led several pioneering deals, as a majority equity owner in several greenfield developments in HCMC, as a strategic investor driving a State-Owned enterprise equitization, identifying dislocations before structuring or restructuring credit facilities to number of companies and assets. 2019-2020 mandates include: Executing a debt for equity swap, including asset due diligence, business planning and monitoring restructuring on behalf of a $1.8bn asset manager. Originating, structuring, monitoring and exiting a fintech deal for a $1.3bn asset manager. Sourcing and conducting due diligence on Saigon commercial real estate transactions for a Taiwanese family office. Investment consulting (due diligence, valuation, structuring recommendations, etc.) mandates to support institutional investors unable to execute or monitor deals due to Covid-19 pandemic traveling restrictions.