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RCBC raises record $320 M

By Lawrence Agcaoili | October 27, 2015 - 10:00am

Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. has raised $320 million under a deal marked as the largest US dollar-denominated bond issuance...

Business

BDO takes record $500-M syndicated loan

By Lawrence Agcaoili | August 6, 2015 - 10:00am

BDO Unibank Inc. has tapped the offshore debt market for a $500- million loan – considered the largest syndicated loan transaction by a Philippine financial institution to-date.

Business

International Container Terminal Services completes $350-M tender offer

By Lawrence Agcaoili | January 23, 2015 - 12:00am

A unit of port giant International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) has completed a tender offer involving $350 million worth of outstanding debt launched last Jan. 12.

Business

News Analysis: Philippines to see sluggish growth in 2015

January 20, 2015 - 11:45pm

After three consecutive years of robust economic growth, the Philippine economy, one of the fastest growing in the region, will likely slow down in 2015.

Headlines

BPI best Phl bank in risk management

November 25, 2014 - 12:00am

Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has gained the Asia Risk Awards 2014 “House of the Year” for the Philippines, the first-ever bestowed on a Philippine bank. BPI joins an esteemed roster of global...

Banking

JG Summit eyes P30 B from bonds

By Neil Jerome C. Morales | November 29, 2013 - 12:00am

JG Summit Holdings Inc., the investment holding firm of tycoon John Gokongwei, plans to raise as much as P30 billion from the bond market.

Business

ICTSI taps HSBC, UBS for notes issues

By Lawrence Agcaoili | January 11, 2013 - 12:00am

Publicly-held port giant International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) has tapped Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC) and UBS for the first tranche of its $750-million medium term note program....

Business

PDEx OKs listing of P3-B SMB bonds

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | September 30, 2012 - 12:00am

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.

Business

HSBC sees OFW inflows growing 5.4% this year

By Lawrence Agcaoili | June 19, 2012 - 12:00am

British banking giant Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC) expects remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) growing by 5.4 percent this year.

Business

Private economists cut inflation forecast to 3.5%

By Lawrence Agcaoili | May 7, 2012 - 12:00am

A survey conducted by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed that economists of foreign and local private banks slashed anew their inflation forecast for the Philippines despite soaring oil prices and possible...

Business