The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide technical advisory services for the P8.5 billion premium wholesale market to be built in the Clark civil aviation complex. This comes after the ADB and the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center signed an agreement with Clark International Airport...
The total assets of the domestic banking system went up by 12.43 percent to P25.622 trillion as of end-May from P22.788 trillion same period in 2023, based on Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' (BSP) latest data. Banking assets are boosted by deposits, loans and investments. Total assets refer to...
By Myrna M. Velasco Investors on pipelined offshore wind developments in the country are amenable to a P10 to P16 per kilowatt hour (kWh) prospective reserve price for contracted capacity on their projects once the green energy auction (GEA) for the technology will be carried out by the Department...
Security Bank Corporation plans to raise at least P5 billion from a fixed-rate peso bond offering with an oversubscription option to be issued from its P200 billion peso bond and commercial papers program. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the bank said the bonds will have a...
The country’s inflation rate may have peaked this year after the rice tariff cut was implemented, analysts have suggested. In its June inflation report, the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) stated that the July inflation data will likely remain near the upper limit of the Bangko Sentral ng...
Zobel-led Bank of the Philippine Islands is planning to raise at least P5 billion from an offering and issuance of Peso-denominated fixed-rate ASEAN Sustainable Bonds due 2026, with an option to upsize. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said the planned issuance will be the...
The hurdle to climb to upper-middle income status under the World Bank's classification became even harder, such that the Philippines remained the only Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) founding member languishing as lower-middle income. The latest data released by the Washington-based...
The World Bank has appointed a new country director for the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei Darussalam, effective July 1. Zafer Mustafaoglu, a Turkish national, will oversee the World Bank's program in these countries to advance its policy dialogues with government officials, civil society,...
As the Philippines enjoys among the lowest remittance fees, this year's growth of money sent back home by Filipinos working and living overseas will rebound to outpace last year's slowdown, according to the World Bank. In its Migration and Development Brief 40 titled "Remittances Slowed in 2023,...
ACEN Corporation of the Ayala group and multilateral lending firm Asian Development Bank (ADB) have solidified their partnership in the “green power revolution” sphere, as the latter has switched on its renewable energy (RE) supply sourcing to the Ayala firm. The bank will procure 100 percent...
Companies, particularly banks, are urged to tap the capital market by issuing bonds as these are a stable source of funds that can be issued quickly to a large investor base and at a lower cost. The advantages of issuing bonds to raise fresh funds was raised during the seminar entitled...
From left to right: AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr.; PVB Chairman Roberto De Ocampo, OBE; House Speaker Martin Romualdez; PVB President & CEO Renato Claravall; and Deputy Treasurer Eduardo Anthony Mariño III (PVB Facebook) House...
