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While the Philippine banking sector has been fast liberalising, its openness to foreign investment has been inconsistent. Brief periods of reform have been followed by stretches of policy stagnation in terms of market access for global institutions. Though there is no overarching strategy in this regard, a number of laws and regulations have worked...

THE COMPANY: DMCI Holdings (DMC) was incorporated in 1995 as a holding company to consolidate the businesses of the Consunji family.

While the insurance industry in the Philippines is competitive, it is only serving a small portion of the country. Total premiums are estimated to be 1.2% of GDP, the lowest among the ASEAN 5. Insurance remains primarily a luxury for the rich and the urban. This is set to change. The government has been promoting the delivery of insurance to the...

The emergence of new hydrocarbons fields has helped the Philippine energy sector make up for declining output starting in the mid-1990s. While primary energy demand continues to outstrip diminishing domestic production, output from relatively recently exploited reserves such as the Galoc oil field and the Malampaya natural gas field are offsetting...

A diverse country with an intriguing history, the Philippines today is a multi-party, democratic republic, open to foreign investment, and integrated within the regional and international political and economic community. The presidency of Benigno S Aquino III, begun in 2010, has seen continued economic growth and some important breakthroughs in...

In the third quarter of 2013, the Philippines was one of the best-performing economies in the region, second to China (7.8%) and outpacing Indonesia (5.6%), Vietnam (5.1%), Malaysia (5.0%) and Thailand (2.5%). Its GDP was up 7% year-on-year, the fifth consecutive quarter that growth was at least 7%. The Philippines has been laying the groundwork for...