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Banks air concern over a watered-down SPAV Law

By Des Ferriols | September 16, 2002 - 12:00am

Watering down the Special Purpose Asset Vehicle (SPAV) Law to cover only foreclosed assets would do more harm than good to the banking sector and possibly trigger the foreclosure of non-performing loans (NPLs). Officials...

Business

Cerberus bypasses RP, invests $500-M in Thailand

August 26, 2002 - 12:00am

Dismayed by the delay in the passage of the SPAV law, the US-based Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. has bypassed the Philippine banking industry and instead invested $500 million buying bad loans in Thailand where...

Business