Buoyed by recent rapid macroeconomic growth, the Philippines’ insurance industry has seen marked improvements in assets, density and penetration, with the life segment as its main engine. Foreign participation in the sector remains strong and companies are profitable, despite high competition.
While advanced economies generate the vast majority of insurance and reinsurance business, emerging markets are posting higher rates of growth. Complementing this underlying trend is a strong and expanding interest in catastrophic risk, which by nature tends to pertain to emerging markets. This is coming alongside fast-paced, sector-...
Considered one of the oldest bourses in Asia, the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) traces its roots back to two former bourses – the Manila Stock Exchange (formed in 1927) and the Makati Stock Exchange (founded in 1963) – which were unified in 1992 to form the PSE.
Though smaller than some other capital markets in the region, the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) reached record highs in 2017 against a backdrop of robust macroeconomic expansion and the sweeping Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) programme, which should support the government’s sizeable infrastructure agenda, Build, Build,...
In an effort to deepen and diversify the local capital markets, the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and international partners such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have been active in rolling out a series of reforms to pave the way to sustainable long-term...
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