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PSE may ease rules to attract more SMEs

By Christina Mendez | December 26, 2002 - 12:00am

Hoping to attract more small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to offer their shares to the public, the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) plans to relax the rules involving the proportion of ownership of the majority stockholders...

Business

PSE hoping for more IPOs, listings next year

By Christina Mendez | December 20, 2002 - 12:00am

After a relatively lean year for initial public offerings (IPOs), the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) is hoping to attract more companies – from SMEs to giant multinationals – to list their shares and provide...

Business

Government plans to merge GFSME, SBGFC

By Marianne V. Go | May 8, 2001 - 12:00am

Government wants to merge two government financial institutions providing financing primarily for small and medium enterprises (SME), Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II said yesterday. Roxas said there...

Business