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                    [Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission is challenging the new leadership of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) to win back the confidence of its broker-members and to work towards the bourse’s immediate compliance with capital market reforms needed to regain the trust of the investing public.


The PSE elected Friday a new board of directors with the group of broker Alicia Arroyo winning all seats reserved for broker-directors  in the exchange’s 15-man board.  Arroyo was appointed as the third chairwoman of the PSE.


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Jose P. Aquino, head of the SEC’s Markets Regulation Department, said: "The purpose of the reduction of the minimum capital requirement for the second board is to encourage listing on the exchange taking into account the poor economic conditions."


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                    [Title] => PSE to launch ‘hanap dividendo’
                    [Summary] => The Philippine  Stock Exchange (PSE) will launch "hanap-dividendo", a program that aims to make it easier for stockmarket investors to claim dividends issue by listed corporations.


Under the program, the PSE will put a list of all unclaimed dividends from all brokers in its website. As of November 2002, the total amount lodged in unclaimed dividends amounted to about P12.9 million.


The  Exchange has asked all brokers to submit all the names of clients with unclaimed dividends. 


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SEC chairperson Lilia R. Bautista said that out of the 200,000 corporations registered with the agency, only 237 are listed. And of the 237 listed firms, only 100 are actively traded, Bautista said.


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                    [Title] => PSE will undertake deep reforms
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                    [Title] => Is PSE basically, a bad stock market?
                    [Summary] => If you ask my friend, investment analyst and media columnist John Mangun, it definitely is. For the longest time, John had the highest hopes not just for our local stock market, but for the country as well. I used to be a little embarrassed that this American had more faith in my country than I. But now it seems, John has seen the light, or rather, the lack of it.


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                    [Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Philippine Stock Exchange will investigate stock transactions involving WG&A to determine whether irregular trading activities were committed prior to the disclosure of the proposed sale by the Chiongbian and Gothong families of their combined 61-percent stake in the listed shipping firm.


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CHAIRMAN VIVIAN YUCHENGCO

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Jose P. Aquino, head of the SEC’s Markets Regulation Department, said: "The purpose of the reduction of the minimum capital requirement for the second board is to encourage listing on the exchange taking into account the poor economic conditions."


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New PSE officers urged to win back confidence of members

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | April 14, 2003 - 12:00am

The Securities and Exchange Commission is challenging the new leadership of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) to win back the confidence of its broker-members and to work towards the bourse’s immediate compliance...

Business

SEC approves lower capital requirement for PSE listing

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | March 31, 2003 - 12:00am

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the proposal of the Philippine Stock Exchange to reduce the minimum market capitalization requirement for the second board from P250 million to P100 to encourage...

Business

PSE to launch ‘hanap dividendo’

January 29, 2003 - 12:00am

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) will launch "hanap-dividendo", a program that aims to make it easier for stockmarket investors to claim dividends issue by listed corporations. Under the program, the...

Business

SEC urges firms with P50-M in assets to go public

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | January 13, 2003 - 12:00am

The Securities and Exchange Commission is urging SEC-registered corporations with P50 million in assets and at least 100 stockholders to go public in line with the regulator’s efforts to promote more initial...

Business

PSE will undertake deep reforms

By Boo Chanco | September 16, 2002 - 12:00am

I just had a most informative phone call from PSE Chairman Vivian Yuchengco, who just returned from what she described as an encouraging road show in Singapore and Hong Kong. After expressing disappointment with...

Business

Is PSE basically, a bad stock market?

By Boo Chanco | September 9, 2002 - 12:00am

If you ask my friend, investment analyst and media columnist John Mangun, it definitely is. For the longest time, John had the highest hopes not just for our local stock market, but for the country as well. I used...

Business

SEC, PSE to probe WG&A stock deals

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | August 6, 2002 - 12:00am

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Philippine Stock Exchange will investigate stock transactions involving WG&A to determine whether irregular trading activities were committed prior to the disclosure...

Business