MANILA: The Philippines is looking to issue sovereign bonds in the first quarter of the year to help finance this year’s budget, its finance minister said, signalling the government is stepping up efforts to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez told a news conference the bond offering could happen between January and February, […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Resale prices of condominiums and private apartments continued to appreciate month-on-month, according to the latest flash estimates from real estate portal SRX Property on Tuesday. The values of non-landed private homes last month rose 0.4 per cent from the previous month, at the same pace as November’s revised rate, said SRX. It had […]
Read MoreFollowing a pledge made last week by Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia to withhold exports of 350,000 tonnes of natural rubber until March, experts say the price of the rubber produced in the kingdom will increase. According to a public announcement issued on January 4, the pledge by the triumvirate of Asean nations was made during […]
Read MoreWhen lead characters in a Chinese kung fu movie drink wine from the same cup, they are considered sworn brothers. They will fight and die together. Will all six riparian countries of the Lancang, or Mekong (Lan-Mei), share the same spirit of camaraderie as they all live on this magnificent river? There may be ominous […]
Read MoreAs we enter the second week of January, we are slowly beginning to see the changes in Philippine taxation due to the Tax Reform for Inclusion and Acceleration (TRAIN) Law. Two of the amendments to the Tax Code that are tax compliance-related are the changes in the top rate for expanded withholding tax (EWT) and […]
Read MoreThe Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) plans to set up a new equity market to trade stocks from neighbouring countries as these stocks have good growth potential based on buoyant economic growth in Southeast Asia. These neighbouring countries are Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV). The first three countries have many large caps and interesting […]
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