Aboitiz Economic Estates (AEE) has planted its flag in central Tokyo, opening a dedicated Japan Office to tighten ties with Japanese manufacturers and smooth the path for those expanding or scaling operations in the Philippines.
For three decades, the Aboitiz Group has been quietly building a real estate portfolio that spans homes, offices, and commercial spaces. But in recent years, it has made a deliberate pivot away from crowded residential battlegrounds toward a less glamorous, far more strategic corner of the market: industrial development. The bet is simple but bold—build where factories, logistics, and infrastructure go first, and let communities grow organically around them.
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has cleared the proposed sale by the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) Corporation of the Caliraya, Botocan, and Kalayaan pumped storage power plants to Cleanergy 9 Power Inc., an Aboitiz Group unit—subject to binding safeguards to protect competition in the Luzon power market.
Union Bank of the Philippines, the country’s 9th largest lender by assets, began the public offering on Wednesday of its latest debt securities—aiming to raise at least P10 billion to support funding needs.
The various banks accelerated their lending activity in August, driven by a steady demand for credit from key business sectors. Big banks expanded their loan portfolios by 11 percent year-on-year, picking up speed from the 10.4 percent growth recorded in July.