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SM Investments Corp lists P10 billion fixed rate bonds

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 12:09 PM

SM Investments Corp said Friday it listed a P10 billion fixed rate bonds in the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corp as part of its efforts to refinance debts. Read more »

SM bonds program gets regulator approval

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 10:22 AM

The Sy-led conglomerate SM Investments Corp. (SMIC) P30 billion fixed rate bonds program has been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the corporate watchdog said on Thursday. Read more »

4 types of UITF investments you need to know

Moneymax.ph
Posted at Sep 16 03:09 PM

Since everyone’s talking about investments nowadays, it’s time we shed some light on other popular and affordable options out there—namely, Unit Investment Trust Funds or UITF.  Read more »

Bureau of Treasury raises record P516 billion in PROGRESO bonds offering

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 02:47 PM

The Department of Finance said Friday the Bureau of Treasury raised a record P516 billion from its recent PROGRESO Bonds. Read more »

BPI raises P21.5 billion from PH's first virus response bond, exceeding target

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 12:24 PM

The Bank of the Philippine Islands said Friday its maiden COVID Action response bonds raised P21.5 billion, exceeding target by over 7 times. Read more »

Invest in retail bonds to boost govt's pandemic war chest: DBP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 03:22 PM

The Development Bank of the Philippines said Wednesday the public should invest in the retail treasury bonds to help boost the government's pandemic war chest.    Read more »

Investing in retail bonds? Fintech firms tapped to reach 'farmers, sari-sari store owners'

Jessica Fenol and Michelle Ong, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 05:00 PM

The Bureau of Treasury has collaborated with financial technology players to make investing in retail treasury bonds more viable for farmer and sari-sari stores owners, its partners said Friday. Read more »

When is the best time to buy stocks?

Moneymax.ph
Posted at Jul 17 10:26 AM

Stock investments are an effective way to earn money provided you know what you’re doing. Here’s a cheat sheet on when to buy stocks. Read more »

Investing in retail treasury bonds via mobile apps, e-wallets now possible: PayMaya

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 03:24 PM

PayMaya said Wednesday Filipinos could now easily invest online after the Bureau of Treasury opened the retail treasury bonds offer for apps and mobile wallets. Read more »

BPI exceeds target, concludes offer period for PH's first COVID-19 response bonds

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 09:52 AM

The Bank of the Philippine Islands said Thursday the country's first ever CARE bonds exceeded the planned issue size of P3 billion.   Read more »

SEC backs issuance of social bonds to boost COVID-19 response, recovery

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 10:03 AM

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday it backed the issuance of social bonds to support efforts to contain COVID-19 and to manage the socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic.  Read more »

Pandemic propels old-school bond traders towards an electronic future

Dhara Ranasinghe and Saikat Chatterjee, Reuters
Posted at Jun 22 03:16 PM

The mammoth bond market has long been the old-school bastion of the financial world, but the COVID-19 pandemic has cast a light on its future - and it looks electronic. Well, mainly. Read more »

BPI hopes to raise P3 billion from bond sale for MSME financing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 11:45 AM

Bank of the Philippine Islands said Monday it hoped to raise P3 billion from the country's first COVID-19 response bonds and help fund a lending program for small businessmen. Read more »

'Diamond' Philippines defies pandemic fear with $2.35 billion bond sale

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 28 01:12 PM

The Philippines said Tuesday it raised $2.35 billion (P119 billion) in 10-year and 25-year dollar bonds, notwithstanding volatility in world markets due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

BPI upsizes bond offer to P33.9 billion, gets boost during COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 08:59 AM

Bank of the Philippine Islands said Friday it upsized its bond offer six-fold to P33.9 billion due to strong demand, notwithstanding the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Philippines COVID-19 stimulus gets boost from Bangko Sentral, Treasury

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 04:09 PM

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said it would remit in advance P20 billion to the national government while the Treasury announced a P30-billion treasury bond sale, as state agencies moved to fund a coronavirus stimulus. Read more »

BPI shortens P5 billion bond offer period due to high demand

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 09:57 AM

The bonds, priced at 4.05 percent per annum, will be offered until March 6 instead of March 17, the Ayala-led lender told the stock exchange. Read more »

EXPLAINER: US benchmark yield slides below 1 percent. What does it mean?

Karen Brettell, Reuters
Posted at Mar 04 08:22 AM

Treasury yields are falling as investors anticipate a weak global economic growth outlook, which has been worsened by the coronavirus. Lower yields also reflect benign inflation as the Federal Reserve struggles to achieve its target of 2 percent price increases. Read more »

World Bank pandemic bond under pressure as coronavirus spreads

Karin Strohecker, Reuters
Posted at Feb 20 08:43 AM

The bonds, issued by the World Bank's International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), offer investors high coupons in return for the risk of having to forgo some or all their money in the event of pandemic outbreaks of a number of infectious diseases, with the funds channeled instead to countries in need of aid. Read more »

Philippines launches 3-year retail bond offer, sets coupon at 4.375 pct

Reuters
Posted at Jan 28 08:47 PM

The Philippine government on Tuesday launched an offer to sell and exchange peso-denominated retail Treasury bonds due in 2023 for notes maturing in April this year, setting the coupon rate at 4.375 percent via an auction. Read more »