KIM Growth VN30 ETF Depositary Receipts, trading under ticker V3011 on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, is a cross-border equity-linked financial instrument issued by Kasikorn Securities Public Company Limited that provides investors with direct investment exposure to the Vietnamese equity market. The depositary receipts represent beneficial ownership in the underlying KIM Growth VN30 ETF (FUEKIV30), an open-ended exchange-traded fund managed by KIM Vietnam Fund Management Company Limited, a subsidiary of South Korea-based Korea Investment Holdings Company Limited. Listed on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange and launched in 2022, the underlying ETF replicates the performance of the VN30 Index, a benchmark comprising the 30 largest, most liquid blue-chip equities listed in Vietnam. The depositary receipt structure operates under the depository administration and market-making framework of Kasikorn Securities, established in 1974 and headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, within the financial services sector of the Kasikornbank Group.
The instrument operates within the asset management and international securities brokerage segments, offering local and institutional investors seamless access to foreign capital markets settled in Thai Baht without the requirement of opening offshore brokerage accounts. Its core product and service offerings comprise foreign exchange-traded depositary receipt issuance and custody; physical replication of Vietnam top-tier capitalization benchmarks; cross-border equity participation across high-growth domestic sectors, including financial services and commercial banking, residential and commercial real estate development, consumer staples, industrial materials, and information technology; foreign dividend conversion and corporate action pass-through administration; continuous liquidity provision and intraday market-making on the Stock Exchange of Thailand; and secondary market fractional trading capabilities.
In recent developments, Kasikorn Securities expanded its international depository receipt program with the formal introduction and public listing of V3011 on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, strengthening cross-border investment infrastructure between Thailand and Vietnam. The issuer and underlying fund manager have implemented enhanced algorithmic market-making mechanisms and tightened tracking error protocols to accommodate increasing trading volumes from Southeast Asian retail and institutional market participants. Furthermore, the underlying ETF operations have adapted to major capital market reforms in Vietnam, including the modernization of securities settlement processes, elimination of foreign investor pre-funding requirements, and index constituent rebalancing to align with international emerging market upgrade standards.