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Philippines raises 1.2 billion euros from bond sale

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 22 11:10 AM

Manila issued 9-year bonds at the lowest-ever coupon or interest and 3-year euro bonds at an unprecedented zero coupon, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said in a statement. Read more »

BDO to issue P5 billion in fixed bonds

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 20 01:15 PM

The minimum investment is set at P100,000 with increments of P50,000 and will have a tenor of 2.5 years, the country’s biggest bank in terms of assets said in a disclosure to the stock exchange. Read more »

Jollibee raises $600 million from first ever bond sale

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 10:32 AM

Proceeds from the sale will be used primarily to finance short-term debt from its acquisition of The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, the Philippines' largest fastfood operator told the stock exchange. Read more »

'Premyo Bonds' prize pool increased after nearly P5 billion raised

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 06 09:34 AM

A total of P4.5 million will be raffled off every quarter from the initial P3 million. There will be 1 winner of P1 million per raffle. The Treasury sold nearly P5 billion in "Premyo Bonds" compared to the initial issue size of P3 billion. Read more »

Treasury eyes another 'Premyo Bonds' sale in 2020

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 18 03:53 PM

National Treasurer Rosalia De Leon said she would recommend to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez a "repeat issue" of the Premyo Bonds after the maturity of the recently concluded offer that raised P4.961 billion. Read more »

More than half of P3-B price bond offer already purchased, treasury bureau says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 02 11:14 PM

Just a week into the government's offer period for its multi-billion- peso prize bond sale, the offer is already more than halfway gone. The bonds were snapped up by mostly individual investors.  Read more »

Paano maging investor, manalo ng mala-lotto na premyo sa halagang P500?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 08:18 PM

May bagong pakulo ang Bureau of Treasury: Makakapag-invest ka na, maaari ka pang manalo ng hanggang P1 milyon.  Read more »

'Catastrophe bonds' provide $225-M cover for Philippines: World Bank

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 10:54 AM

The bonds, issued by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, will cover up to $75 million in losses from earthquakes and up to $150 million from tropical cyclones, the Washington-based lender said in a statement. Read more »

'Premyo Bonds' offer budget investing, crack at P1 million, hotel unit

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 10:46 AM

The P3 billion "Premyo Bonds" (Prize Bonds) offer shrinks the size of the typical debt paper 10 times to P500 from P5,000. At 3 percent interest, a P10,000 investment will earn P240 based on a sample computation, compared to P90 on a time deposit. It will also give the investor 20 entries to the raffle, drawn quarterly. Read more »

BPI thrift unit prices first trance of bond offer at P2 billion

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 25 10:44 AM

The bonds will have a tenor of 2 and a half years and at 4.3 percent annual interest paid quarterly. The offer period will run from Monday until Dec. 6, BPI said.   Read more »

BSP set to release rules on sustainability financing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 03:12 PM

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is set to issue rules on sustainability financing soon as it seeks to spur investments and funding for green initiatives. Major banking players in and out of Manila have already started to push for responsible financing. Bruce Rodriguez reports.   Read more »

Bangko Sentral cuts reserve requirement for bonds

Reuters
Posted at Oct 15 11:12 AM

The new rate is lower than the RRR on other debt instruments issued by banks such as long-term negotiable certificates of time deposits, which is currently at 4 percent, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said in a statement. Read more »

Trump tweets increasingly moving markets: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 10 07:40 AM

Donald Trump has been tweeting more than ever in recent months and is also moving financial markets more, according to a new report by JPMorgan Chase that analyzed the US president's Twitter habit.  Read more »

San Miguel to sell P10 billion in bonds to cover debt

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 09:51 AM

The bonds are part of a P60-billion plan that was approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission, San Miguel told the stock exchange, confirming a Philippine Daily Inquirer report. Read more »

Inverted what? Searches for obscure financial term spike on Google

Noel Randewich, Reuters
Posted at Aug 20 07:36 PM

Searches on Google for "inverted yield curve" have spiked after the unusual bond market phenomenon presented itself last week for the first time in over 12 years. Read more »

Japan overtakes China as largest foreign holder of US treasuries: data

Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss, Reuters
Posted at Aug 16 08:43 AM

Japan's holdings of US Treasuries rose to $1.122 trillion in June, from $1.101 trillion in May, and were its largest since October 2016. Read more »

Asia stocks paralyzed, bonds electrified by recession risk

Wayne Cole, Reuters
Posted at Aug 08 09:25 AM

Asian shares braced for more volatility on Thursday as eye-catching easings by central banks stoked fears of global recession, driving US yields to near-record lows and lifting gold past $1,500 for the first time since 2013. Read more »

Asia stocks hit 6-month lows, bonds boom in market shakeout

Swati Pandey and Wayne Cole, Reuters
Posted at Aug 05 11:45 AM

Markets have been badly spooked since US President Donald Trump abruptly declared he would slap 10 percent tariffs on $300 billion in Chinese imports, ending a month-long trade truce. China vowed on Friday to fight back. Read more »

Philippines raises 92-billion yen from Samurai bonds

Reuters
Posted at Aug 02 03:37 PM

The deal size was smaller than the 154.2 billion yen that Manila issued a year ago, but the coupons were lower and the spreads were tighter. Read more »