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                    [Title] => PDEx OKs listing of P3-B SMB bonds
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San Miguel Brewery Inc. obtained the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corp.’s approval to list P3-billion fixed-rate Series D bonds on Oct. 3.
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                    [Title] => Firms not complying with minimum float rule down to 27
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The number of listed corporations that fall below the required minimum public float of 10 percent has been trimmed to 27 as of end-June 2012 from 42 last year, based on the list submitted by the Philippine Stock Exchange to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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                    [Title] => Phl eyes record P180 B from RTB sale
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The Philippines will close its retail Treasury bonds (RTB) issue ahead of schedule and expects to raise a record P150 billion to P180 billion ($3.5 billion) as small investors become more confident with longer-term placements, Deputy Treasurer Eduardo Mendiola said yesterday.
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                    [Title] => First Metro Investment posts 60% income hike to P888.7 million
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First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC), the investment banking arm of the Metrobank Group, reported a net income of P888.7 million in the first six months this year, 60 percent higher than the P556.8- million earnings in the same period a year ago, on the back of the strong performance of its business units.
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                    [Title] => Smart issues P5-B fixed rate notes for capex
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Smart Communications executed yesterday a facility agreement for P5 billion worth of five-year fixed rate notes, proceeds of which will be used to finance the company’s capital expenditure and other requirements.
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                    [Title] => iRemit IPO 5x oversubscribed
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                    [Title] => First Metro Investment resources up 70%
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Revenues in the same year doubled to P2.77 billion, from P1.79 billion in 2004. 


However, net income dropped 39 percent from a little over P1 billion to an audited or an IAS-adjusted (international accounting standards) net income after tax of P718.3 million in 2005. 


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                    [Title] => PSBank to raise P750M through rights offering
                    [Summary] => Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) plans to undertake a rights offer within the first semester of the year as a capital-raising initiative to raise roughly P750 million.


First Metro Investment has been tapped as issue manager for the rights offer.


PSBank is the thrift bank unit of the Metrobank group and is considered the second biggest in the industry.


"We want to be in a position to grow and take advantage of other opportunities," Pascual M. Garcia, PSBank president, said in a briefing yesterday.


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                    [Title] => Changing attires from parochial to regional
                    [Summary] => The rural banking system will continue its long and twisted road to consolidation and expansion this year, as the ground work for its strengthening and modernization, intensifies.


In the past two to three years, rural banks have slowly shed its parochial character, thinking more regional, more national. They already took the cudgels in developing and financing the microfinance sector, after clear successes with the small and medium enterprises (SMEs).


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Revenues in the same year doubled to P2.77 billion, from P1.79 billion in 2004. 


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First Metro Investment has been tapped as issue manager for the rights offer.


PSBank is the thrift bank unit of the Metrobank group and is considered the second biggest in the industry.


"We want to be in a position to grow and take advantage of other opportunities," Pascual M. Garcia, PSBank president, said in a briefing yesterday.


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In the past two to three years, rural banks have slowly shed its parochial character, thinking more regional, more national. They already took the cudgels in developing and financing the microfinance sector, after clear successes with the small and medium enterprises (SMEs).


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