Top influencers of investor sentiment this week will be the possible rate cut by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, overseas Filipino remittances, US-China trade talks, and the increasing tension in the Middle East. “The local market managed to extend its climb last week, backed by optimism on...
Currently savoring the positive impact of its recently acquired Compose Coffee in South Korea, Asian food and beverage giant Jollibee Foods Corporation is reportedly acquiring Korean fried chicken chain owner Norang Food for $95 million in August this year. According to The Korea Times,...
Property giant Megaworld Corp. has embarked on the almost total renovation of its pioneering township Eastwood City, which will include a facelift of the mall and other commercial areas, hotel, and office buildings. The ₱2.5-billion redevelopment of the 28-year-old Eastwood City, the company’s...
Bloomberry Resorts Corp., billionaire Enrique K. Razon Jr.’s leisure and gaming business, has soft-launched its new online gaming platform MegaFUNalo, featuring free Viva movies as an added bonus to players. The firm took out full-page ads in major newspapers to announce the soft launch and its...
The advertising industry will be the clear winner when more casino operators try to jump on the online gaming bandwagon since these new players will have to spend billions of pesos monthly just to get a foot into the market and take some market share away from the first movers. Unicapital...
Stock investors are expected to take cues from the release of a slew of data this week, which includes the Philippines’ budget and trade balance numbers as well as US gross domestic product and jobless claims. Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation Chief Economist Michael L. Ricafort said upcoming...
Two Oriental Mindoro congressmen have pushed measures to stop the entry of companies that may be contracted to conduct large-scale mining in Mindoro. Rep. Arnan C. Panaligan of the first district said he will refile House Bill 3891 that he introduced in 2022 declaring the entire Mindoro Island as...
Tycoon Andrew Tan’s township developer Megaworld Corporation reported a 16 percent growth in net income to ₱5.83 billion in the first quarter of the year as its growing focus on the provinces helped the performance of all of its core businesses. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange,...
MREIT, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Arnie Batac, Megaworld Corporation President Lourdes Gutierrez-Alfonso, JLL Managing Director for Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines Michael Glancy, and JLL Country Head of the Philippines Joey Radovan were in attendance at the signing ceremony,...
Century Pacific Foods Inc. (CNPF), one of the leading food companies in the Philippines, reported growth for all its product lines, except for tuna exports, as easing inflation boosts consumer confidence. According to Unicapital Securities Research Analyst Jeri R. Alfonso, the company shared a...
Leading the partnership signing are (from left) Arnie Batac, chief operating officer, MREIT Inc.; Lourdes Gutierrez-Alfonso, president, Megaworld Corp.; Joey Radovan, country head, JLL Philippines; and Michael Glancy, JLL managing director for Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the...
Andrew Tan-led township developer Megaworld Corp. is investing ₱30 billion over the next five years to further ramp up its office portfolio by building new office buildings. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said part of the five-year budget will also be used to...
