AREIT Inc., pioneering real estate investment trust sponsored by Ayala Land Inc., is planning to raise P3 billion from the issuance of fixed-rate bonds as the initial tranche of its proposed Debt Securities Program of up to P15.0 billion. The firm intends to use the net proceeds from the bond...
SL Agritech Corporation (SLAC), a leading producer of hybrid rice seeds and premium rice in the Philippines, is planning to raise P4 billion through the issuance of commercial papers. The firm was assigned an issuer credit rating of PRS Aa (corp.), with a Stable Outlook, by Philippine Rating...
Aboitiz Power Corporation’s proposed P12-billion bond issuance has been assigned the highest Issue Credit Rating of PRS Aaa, with a Stable Outlook by Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings). The AboitizPower bonds have a base issue size of up to P6.0 billion, with an oversubscription...
President Rodrigo Duterte updates the nation on the government’s efforts in addressing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Matina Enclaves in Davao City on June 4, 2020. (JOEY DALUMPINES/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO) President Duterte’s net satisfaction rating decreased after scoring his highest...
RCR gets Triple-A, investment-grade rating RL Commercial REIT, Inc. (RCR), the Philippines’ largest Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) to date, has receiived the highest Issuer Credit Rating of PRS Aaa (corp.), with a Stable Outlook from Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings). An...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, September 7, trumpeted the country’s “A-“ rating from the Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCRA) and the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.9 percent. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) During a virtual press...
The Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd. (JCR) affirmed the Philippines’ credit rating, but it expects a slow pace economic recovery this year due to the rapidly spreading Delta variant. Japan Credit Rating In a statement, JCR said Monday, Sept. 6, that it maintained the credit rating for the...
SM Prime Holdings, Inc. is planning to raise up to P10 billion from the third tranche of its P100 billion fixed-rate bonds with the Securities and Exchange Commission in February last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said it has filed with the SEC an application for...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has attained its highest user-generated rating under the current Duterte administration at 85.96 percent. PPA General Manager Jay Santiago (File photo/ Screengrab from Zoom meeting) "This is the cherry on top. The way we perform and deliver our commitments will...
The National Reinsurance Corporation of the Philippines (Nat Re), the Philippines’ sole professional reinsurer, was assigned a financial strength rating of PRS A, with a Stable Outlook, by the Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings). A PRS A rating means that an insurer has strong...
Real estate giant Ayala Land Inc. is raising up to P5.5 billion from a planned offering of fixed-rate retail bonds with a 10-year tenor. The issuance consists of the base issue of P2.75 billion in relation to the first tranche of ALI’s new 3-year Securities Program (2021 SP) of up to P50 billion,...
For the second straight year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) has received the highest audit rating possible from the Commission on Audit (COA), Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat announced. DOT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (Photo from DOT Facebook page) In a statement on Monday, August...
