The first award, “Most Customer-Centric Securities Company – Vietnam 2025,” was given to ACB Securities for the company’s continued priority to improve its customer experience. The second one, “Most Innovative New Online Trading Platform – Vietnam 2025,” validated the success of the company’s most innovative trading platform called “SMARTY.”

ACBS’ Journey Of Growth And Impact

ACB Securities’ GenAI assistant “SMARTY” helped it win the honour of “Most Innovative New Online Trading Platform – Vietnam 2025.” In 2025, ACBS pioneered the integration of generative AI as a proactive investment assistant. The technological achievement was made possible due to the collaboration with Renova Cloud. Through this arrangement, ACBS got to use LLM Claude from AWS (Amazon Web Services). By retrieving and analysing large volumes of financial data, SMARTY supports and advises investors, enabling them to make more effective investment and trading decisions.

The customer-centric award, on the other hand, reflects ACB Securities’ ongoing efforts to enhance service quality for its clients. In 2025, the company expanded its services for foreign investors by pioneering non-prefunding, following a government requirement for securities firms to adopt this mechanism for foreign investors. The company is now among five securities firms offering this service.

Furthermore, by leveraging the infrastructure of the parent bank, ACBS keeps upgrading its core trading system, which is reported to be much faster and capable of handling a larger volume of intraday orders. Going forward, this platform is expected to enable the company to integrate additional investment products, such as corporate bonds and fund certificates.

According to Nguyen Duc Hoan, the company’s CEO, “Entering 2026, ACBS has clearly defined its strategic directions. We will continue to refine our AI-integrated brokerage model to enhance our customer service capabilities. At the same time, we will continue to diversify our products and services, especially in the equity capital market (ECM) and debt capital market (DCM).”

A Promising Road Ahead

In the first quarter of 2026, ACB Securities reported strong business growth. Operating revenue reached VND 1.316 trillion, up 76.3% year-on-year. Pre-tax profit rose to VND 306.3 billion, marking a 73.8% increase, indicating a clear improvement in operational efficiency.

As of March 31, 2026, ACBS’s total assets exceeded VND 40 trillion, up 4% from the beginning of the year and 31.5% compared to the same period last year, reflecting the company’s expanding scale.

The honours given by International Finance further consolidate the company’s disruptive capability when it comes to rewriting the rulebook of customer experience and online trading in Vietnam.

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Following its participation at the International Finance Magazine award ceremony in Dubai, Bupa Arabia was also inaugurated as “Top Insurance Company of the Year in the Kingdom” and “Best Investors Relations Company” in the insurance Industry. The event gathered several known executives and businessmen in the insurance and banking field.

Tal Nazer, chief executive officer at Bupa Arabia, said, “Our presence represents a major achievement in recognition of our leading role in the health insurance sector and our efforts to cater to the demands of our customers in the Kingdom through the past 20 years. Winning these awards is a strong incentive for us to give more to our members and investors. We give special attention to our investors inside and outside the Kingdom which helped increase our portfolio of stakeholders.”

Starting in 1997, Nazer Group and global insurance leader Bupa Global put their hands together to start Bupa Arabia. Through this strategic partnership, a successful healthcare journey took place serving members from diverse fields & sectors. As part of its efforts to be closer to its members, Bupa Arabia has developed many services & solutions to ensure the best health care services are presented.

In addition to health benefits of medical coverage, Bupa Arabia ensures that its members receive the best levels of healthcare through its innovative services & timeless medical approvals.

Bupa Arabia also leads with its premier Tebtom service that has several facilities including home-vaccinations & medical tests. It also includes Telemedicine, a program that capitalizes on global expertise and several programs that ensure the comfort of its member’s in hospitals such as Rahatkom.

In 2008, 40% of the company shares were offered to the Saudi public in the most successful IPO ever to take place for a health insurance company in the Kingdom. The initial offering was covered by more than 900%.

After the successful offering, Bupa Arabia continues working on steady steps with a clear vision to become one of the most successful health insurance companies in the Kingdom. Bupa Arabia also builds on the initial expertise of Bupa Global that has over 1.2 million healthcare centers in 190 countries and has an experience that extends for over 70 years.

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