The Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted Abra Mining & Industrial Corp. (AR), its directors, officers, transfer agent, and certain stockholders for the unauthorized and fraudulent trading of shares from 2015 to 2019. Acting upon the complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission...
As part of its efforts to develop the local capital market, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has outlined policy reforms which includes improving regulatory framework that will make Philippine listed companies to be included in global market indices. “A robust market must reflect the...
The Securities and Exchange Commission has called on leaders and innovators in the financial technology sector to help develop a globally competitive capital market. “If we work together—government, industry, and innovators—we can make the Philippines not just a participant, but a leader in...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has expanded its list of industries that can avail of its one-day registration process as part of the Commission’s drive to make company registration faster and easier. The SEC said registrations have surged with the expansion of the list of industries...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is “closely monitoring” the arrest of Global Ferronickel Holdings Inc. (FNI) Chairman Joseph C. Sy over allegations of misrepresentation of his citizenship. “Given Mr. Sy’s role as chairman of a publicly listed company, the SEC is closely...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered seven online platforms to stop lending-related operations since they are not registered with the Commission. In separate cease and desist orders (CDOs) dated Aug. 15, the SEC Financing and Lending Companies Department (FinLend) directed Cash...
Villar Land Holdings Corp. maintained that its delay in submitting financial reports was caused by its external auditor’s varying requests for additional audit procedures regarding the valuation of properties acquired for Villar City. The firm confirmed in a statement on Thursday, Aug. 21, that...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined Villar Land Holding Corp. and its officers a total of ₱12 million after denying the company’s request for an extension to file required financial reports, citing repeated failure to meet deadlines. The SEC’s investigation was prompted by...
The Philippine Stock Exchange has implemented new rules which give it the discretion to cancel trading in the event of natural disasters or terrorist attacks as well as during glitches in the bourse’s trading system. In a memorandum, PSE President and CEO Ramon S. Monzon said these rules have...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning to issue new rules that will no longer allow the extension of terms of independent directors of publicly listed companies beyond the nine-year limit but will also give them security of tenure during those nine years so they can speak freely...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has drafted guidelines intended to clarify confusing rules on how companies can be exempted from having to register shares prior to their issuance. In a statement, the SEC said the draft rules seek to clarify exempt transactions under the Securities...
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Francis Ed. Lim urged the country’s leading financial executives to demonstrate ethical leadership, as the Philippine capital market has lagged behind its regional counterparts due to a lack of integrity. “Integrity is the invisible currency of our...
