The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) is pushing back against the securities regulator’s decision to open the door to cryptocurrency trading, warning that the move risks siphoning individual investors away from traditional equities and undermining capital market development. The critique follows...
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) expects total capital raised on the bourse to surpass ₱200 billion this year, driven by the wave of large-scale corporate offerings led by fintech giant Mynt, the parent company of mobile wallet GCash. Ramon S. Monzon, PSE president and chief executive officer,...
Underwriters managing the planned ₱92.3 billion initial public offering (IPO) of Mynt Inc., the operator of the mobile wallet GCash, are in discussions with regulators to reduce or eliminate a mandatory 20 percent share allocation for local trading participants. The push to modify the rule comes...
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) has elected three new directors, including Dutch information technology expert Niek Johan van Veen, whom the bourse sought out to guide its transition to artificial intelligence (AI). In a briefing after the PSE’s annual stockholders’ meeting, newly reelected...
Razon-led International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) is on track to become the first ₱2 trillion company listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), rendering any speculative move to delist and seek an overseas debut unnecessary, according to the bourse’s top official. PSE...
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) is planning a drastic reduction in capitalization requirements for exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuers, cutting the threshold to as low as ₱1 million from ₱250 million, in a regulatory overhaul aimed at reviving the dormant asset class. The local bourse is...
The Philippine Stock Exchange Inc. (PSE) has become the first stock exchange to join the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) as a capital markets signatory, in a move aimed at strengthening its commitment to advancing sustainable finance and corporate transparency. CDP is a global nonprofit...
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Inc. proposed a uniform framework for all market-making operations, moving to revive thin trading volumes and expand liquidity tools beyond exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The draft rules seek to institutionalize a standardized system for brokers to continuously...
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) intends to keep Chairman Jose T. Pardo on its board of directors, no longer as an independent director but as a non-broker director representing other market participants, when it holds its board elections during its annual stockholders’ meeting (ASM) on July...
The Philippine Stock Exchange Inc. (PSE) reported a 49.9 percent surge in first-quarter net income, driven by the burst of trading activity at the start of the year and disciplined cost management. The local bourse said net income rose to ₱381.71 million in January to March 2026 from ₱254.67...
Maya Innovations Holdings Pte. Ltd., the fintech arm of telecommunications giant PLDT Inc., is maintaining its ambition to pursue a $1 billion initial public offering as early as this year, even as escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East threaten to disrupt global capital markets....
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) is standing by its ₱170 billion capital-raising target for the year, betting that a de-escalation of Middle East hostilities will allow the recovery in investor sentiment after a volatile start to the year. The local bourse entered the year on a strong...
