Quick takes from around the market

Bank of Commerce [BANK 12.50 pre-PSE] [link] IPO approved by SEC. Can BANK, a bank, bank on conducting its IPO on March 23, as scheduled? Hard to say, given the PSE’s recent interest in delaying IPOs to avoid “saturation”.

Filinvest REIT [FILRT 7.43] [link] declares P0.112/share cash dividend out of Q4/21 earnings. This is the same dividend that FILRT declared in Q2/21 and Q3/21. We don’t have FILRT’s Q4/21 quarterly report yet, so we will still need to wait to see if it was able to grow net income for a third straight quarter.

Metro Pacific Investments [MPI 3.69 ?2.50%] [link] board approves P5 billion share buy-back program, with the stated goal of increasing shareholder value and confidence. 

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