SEC relaxes rules on small investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is making it easier for small investors to open accounts to boost participation in the capital markets. The SEC has issued new rules for…
SEC blacklists auditor of scammed brokerage
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) logo The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has blacklisted and fined R&L Investments’ external auditor, under whose watch a rouge settlement clerk pulled off a…
SEC approves first ever listing of a REIT company
Property giant Ayala Land Inc. has obtained approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to bring to public hands the country’s very first real estate investment trust (REIT) that…
SEC oks first REIT listing
ALI top brassL-R top to bottom: ALI vice-chair Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, chair Fernando Zobel de Ayala, president Bernard Vincent Dy, chief financial officer Augusto Bengzon at the ALI…
SEC plans to ease low-risk investor rules
Citing the need to democratize investing and achieve financial inclusion in the Philippines, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to simplify the onboarding of Filipino investors classified as “low-risk”…
SEC warns against more investment scams
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) logo The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned the public against a new set of entities that are illegally soliciting investments, including those hawking…
SEC shuts down head office for COVID19 disinfection
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) logo The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suspending head office operations at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City from June 26 to…
SEC wants independent directors to control exchanges’ board majority
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) logo The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to require local exchanges and other organized markets to reserve at least a majority of the corporate…
SEC upholds right to inspect corporate records
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) logo The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is finalizing new guidelines to uphold the right of stakeholders to inspect corporate records in line with efforts…
SEC asks corporations to boost cybersecurity
SEC chair Emilio Aquino The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) urged corporate Philippines to strengthen cybersecurity especially now that coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown protocols have prompted more and more people to…