Corporate
PSE updates index inclusion rules to match global norms
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) has announced major updates to its criteria for companies joining the 30-member benchmark index, introducing a new market capitalization threshold and revised liquidity rules ahead of the February 2027 rebalancing period.
JCB marks 30 years in Philippines, joins 70th PH-Japan friendship commemoration
The Philippines and Japan established formal diplomatic ties in 1956, building a longstanding partnership centered on friendship, economic cooperation, and cultural exchange.
McDonald’s PH partners with COREnergy to power 36 Visayas stores, cut costs and boost renewable use
McDonald’s Philippines has selected COREnergy, the retail electricity supply unit of Vivant Energy, to help its Visayas locations join the country’s Retail Aggregation Program and Retail Competition and Open Access scheme.
PSE raises minimum capital for stockbrokers in phased rollout
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) is set to increase the minimum unimpaired paid-up capital required for its trading participants, or stockbrokers, to strengthen financial stability and keep pace with market changes and inflation.
BIR clears confusion over revised withholding tax rules
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has issued fresh guidance to help businesses correctly apply revised creditable withholding tax (CWT) rules, ending months of uncertainty for thousands of large companies covered by the new regulations.
