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[Summary] => Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Francis Lim, who was appointed on June 3, 2025, has been hard at work in the 13 months that he has been in office, effecting several welcome changes and shaking up the status quo that has ruffled the feathers of some corporate personalities.
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[Title] => SEC overhauling rules on credit rating agencies
[Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to overhaul rules governing credit rating agencies (CRAs) to ensure a more comprehensive accreditation and supervisory regime as part of a broader capital market development agenda.
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[Title] => Moratorium on new online lending firms lifted by August
[Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission is lifting the moratorium on the registration of online lending platforms starting next month, following the issuance of new guidelines prescribing prudential, disclosure and market conduct requirements for financing and lending companies.
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[Title] => SEC to agree on Mica Tan, settlement if...
[Summary] => Securities and Exchange Commission chair Francis Lim has laid out certain conditions for Maria Francesca Tan and the MFT Group of Companies if they want to patch things up with the commission.
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[Title] => SEC extends discounted fees for MSMEs
[Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission has extended the discounted fees for the registration of securities for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) until the end of the year to encourage them to raise funds through the capital market.
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[Title] => SEC eases process for firms seeking to tap capital markets
[Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission is making the process for public offerings more efficient by moving the submission of applications fully online and further reducing the processing period to 40 days.
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[Title] => SEC forms committee for Lopez Group case
[Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission has started its investigation on the complaints and concerns surrounding the ongoing Lopez family feud as well as the corporations embroiled in the controversies.
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[Title] => Top Line floats P1.5 billion preferred shares for Visayas fuel infra push
[Summary] => Cebu-based fuel distributor Top Line Business Development Corp. is offering investors dividend yields of as much as 9.6% in a preferred share sale that could raise up to P1.5 billion, as the company accelerates investments in fuel importation and storage infrastructure across the Visayas.
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[Title] => SEC issues rules on lifting ban on new lending apps
[Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission SEChas revised its planned circular to lift the moratorium on online lending platforms (OLP) and raise the capital requirements for financing and lending companies, in a bid to improve regulatory oversight of the sector and strengthen consumer protection policies.
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[Title] => SEC streamlines securities borrowing, lending framework
[Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission is reinforcing efforts to build a more efficient and integrated short selling market in the country as it streamlines the securities borrowing and lending framework by centralizing administrative functions with the Philippine Stock Exchange.
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[Summary] => Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Francis Lim, who was appointed on June 3, 2025, has been hard at work in the 13 months that he has been in office, effecting several welcome changes and shaking up the status quo that has ruffled the feathers of some corporate personalities.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-17 00:00:00
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[Title] => SEC overhauling rules on credit rating agencies
[Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to overhaul rules governing credit rating agencies (CRAs) to ensure a more comprehensive accreditation and supervisory regime as part of a broader capital market development agenda.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-14 00:00:00
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[Title] => Moratorium on new online lending firms lifted by August
[Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission is lifting the moratorium on the registration of online lending platforms starting next month, following the issuance of new guidelines prescribing prudential, disclosure and market conduct requirements for financing and lending companies.
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[Title] => SEC to agree on Mica Tan, settlement if...
[Summary] => Securities and Exchange Commission chair Francis Lim has laid out certain conditions for Maria Francesca Tan and the MFT Group of Companies if they want to patch things up with the commission.
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[AuthorName] => Richmond Mercurio
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[Title] => SEC extends discounted fees for MSMEs
[Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission has extended the discounted fees for the registration of securities for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) until the end of the year to encourage them to raise funds through the capital market.
[DatePublished] => 2026-06-19 00:00:00
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[Title] => SEC eases process for firms seeking to tap capital markets
[Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission is making the process for public offerings more efficient by moving the submission of applications fully online and further reducing the processing period to 40 days.
[DatePublished] => 2026-06-16 00:00:00
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[Title] => SEC forms committee for Lopez Group case
[Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission has started its investigation on the complaints and concerns surrounding the ongoing Lopez family feud as well as the corporations embroiled in the controversies.
[DatePublished] => 2026-06-16 00:00:00
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[Title] => Top Line floats P1.5 billion preferred shares for Visayas fuel infra push
[Summary] => Cebu-based fuel distributor Top Line Business Development Corp. is offering investors dividend yields of as much as 9.6% in a preferred share sale that could raise up to P1.5 billion, as the company accelerates investments in fuel importation and storage infrastructure across the Visayas.
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[Title] => SEC issues rules on lifting ban on new lending apps
[Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission SEChas revised its planned circular to lift the moratorium on online lending platforms (OLP) and raise the capital requirements for financing and lending companies, in a bid to improve regulatory oversight of the sector and strengthen consumer protection policies.
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[Title] => SEC streamlines securities borrowing, lending framework
[Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission is reinforcing efforts to build a more efficient and integrated short selling market in the country as it streamlines the securities borrowing and lending framework by centralizing administrative functions with the Philippine Stock Exchange.
[DatePublished] => 2026-06-10 00:00:00
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