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[Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission is pushing through with its controversial move to impose a term limit on broker-directors of an exchange, but will give incumbent broker-directors a two-year transition period, allowing them to complete their current term and remain eligible for election in the next two annual elections.
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[Title] => SEC clears Top Line’s P1.5 billion preferred share offer
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[Title] => SEC likely to keep P1 million minimum capital for lending
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[Title] => Lopezes seek SEC, PSE probe on First Gen’s ‘poison pill’ disclosures
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[Title] => SEC extends deadline for AFS submission
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[Title] => Only nine years, max, for independent directors
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[Title] => SEC tightens audit rules to protect investors, curb corruption
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[Title] => ‘Fearless’ Francis ready to battle friends as SEC rolls out reforms
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[Title] => SEC clears Top Line’s P1.5 billion preferred share offer
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[Title] => Lopezes seek SEC, PSE probe on First Gen’s ‘poison pill’ disclosures
[Summary] => The Lopez family majority has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) to investigate First Gen Corp.’s delayed disclosure of “poison pills” or change of management control provisions in the company’s business deals with Prime Infrastructure.
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