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                    [Summary] => Sales of pre-need companies dropped by 23.72 percent in the first eight months of the year, mirroring low investor confidence and the slowdown in the economy.


Data collated by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s non-traditional securities department showed that the value of plans sold during the period January to August this year fell to P21.09 billion from P27.65 billion.


The number of units sold likewise dropped by 19.08 percent to 348,849 from the previous year’s 431,093.


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                    [Title] => Pre-need firms buck certain provisions of proposed code
                    [Summary] => The Philippine Federation of Preneed Plan Companies (PFPPC) has objected to certain provisions of the proposed Preneed Plan Code being hatched by lawmakers for being too stiff and specific.


In a position paper submitted to the House of Representatives’ committee on securities and capital markets, Federation president Juan Miguel Vazquez said they are opposed to the preneed bill because "it is both detailed and rigid ... "As such it is dangerous in times of proactive change, for only the act of Congress can amend such, under a tedius and rigorous process."


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Data collated by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s non-traditional securities department showed that the value of plans sold during the period January to August this year fell to P21.09 billion from P27.65 billion.


The number of units sold likewise dropped by 19.08 percent to 348,849 from the previous year’s 431,093.


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                    [Summary] => The Philippine Federation of Preneed Plan Companies (PFPPC) has objected to certain provisions of the proposed Preneed Plan Code being hatched by lawmakers for being too stiff and specific.


In a position paper submitted to the House of Representatives’ committee on securities and capital markets, Federation president Juan Miguel Vazquez said they are opposed to the preneed bill because "it is both detailed and rigid ... "As such it is dangerous in times of proactive change, for only the act of Congress can amend such, under a tedius and rigorous process."


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Sales of pre-need firms down 24% in 1st 8 mos

October 6, 2003 - 12:00am

Sales of pre-need companies dropped by 23.72 percent in the first eight months of the year, mirroring low investor confidence and the slowdown in the economy. Data collated by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s...

Business

Pre-need firms buck certain provisions of proposed code

August 10, 2002 - 12:00am

The Philippine Federation of Preneed Plan Companies (PFPPC) has objected to certain provisions of the proposed Preneed Plan Code being hatched by lawmakers for being too stiff and specific. In a position paper submitted...

Business