“It really does all boil down to this, doesn't it? If you live your life with integrity and in accordance with your most closely held values, you are far more likely to be happy than not” ... Warren Buffett Ten years ago, people would have said they were not familiar with ethical issues in...
2021 ING-FINEX CFO of the Year, Ms. Anabelle Lim Chua, SVP, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Risk Management Officer, PLDT. For the second straight year honoring “game-changing” CFOs, the country’s most outstanding finance steward is a woman. PLDT’s Anabelle Lim Chua was awarded the 2021...
The Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) has lauded the government’s decision that lowered Metro Manila’s quarantine status to a more relaxed alert level. In a statement, Francisco Ed Lim, FINEX president said the National Capital Region’s (NCR) shift to Alert Level 2...
Major business groups in the country believe there is a need to restrict the activities of unvaccinated persons for the common good. “We do believe that the state and the private sector should be able to restrict the activities of unvaccinated persons for the common good,” said the 12 big...
Some 28 business and professional organizations in the country have expressed strong support as they called to uphold the independence of the Commission on Audit, which has uncovered “deficiencies” in its audit on the way government funds were being appropriated by government agencies. “We,...
Some 16 local and foreign business groups have strongly urged for the immediate enactment of the proposed Financial Consumer Protection (FCP) Act, which seeks to protect consumers amidst the growing complexity in financial services, especially digital services. In a statement the business group...
Businessmen in the country mourn the passing of former President Benigno S. Aquino III, whose administration they described as a reign of fiscal stability and good governance. The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the country’s largest business organization in the country,...
Employers have expressed relief following the decision of the government to relax a bit the 2-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and neighboring provinces even as they urged the government never to implement the ECQ again unless it is the last resort....
Some of the biggest business organizations in the country on Monday called for urgent and comprehensive reforms in the Philippine education sector, warning that the current learning loss threatens the country’s economic growth for years to come. At the joint membership meeting on the Philippine...
Duterte clips FIRB powers, oil refinery gets perks By Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat and Chino S. Leyco Despite misgivings, the business sector lauded President Duterte for signing the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act (CREATE), a game-changer law that is expected to support the...
As the country enters a new year and there are positive developments on the discovery and roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines, the country’s ten major business groups strongly urged the Duterte government to maintain its focus on safe economic recovery. “We support initiatives to liberalize the...
The Financial Executives of the Philippines Institute (FINEX) has joined a bandwagon of business groups opposing a proposal by the Lower House proposal to amend the economic provisions of the Constitution at this time. In a statement, FINEX said they agree that the economic provisions of the...
