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[ArticleID] => 1519089
[Title] => ADB extends $20-M loan to EDC’s Burgos wind farm
[Summary] => The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a financing assignment agreement of up to $20 million with EDC Burgos Wind Power Corp. (EBWPC), Eksport Kredit Fonden, and a syndicate of international commercial banks to support development of the largest wind farm in the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2015-11-06 09:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 1515044
[Title] => 3 major bank types emerging amid Asean integration
[Summary] => The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ) has reported that there are three distinct types of banks operating in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).
[DatePublished] => 2015-10-27 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 1490294
[Title] => San Miguel power unit issuing $300-M bonds
[Summary] => The power unit of diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is raising $300 million worth of offshore bonds to bankroll new power projects and other funding needs.
[DatePublished] => 2015-08-20 10:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 1488107
[Title] => San Miguel power unit taps foreign banks for bond float
[Summary] => SMC Global Power Holdings Corp., the energy unit of diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corp., has tapped foreign banks for a planned offshore bond float intended to raise capital to beef up its power portfolio.
[DatePublished] => 2015-08-14 10:00:00
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[Title] => Foreign banks see further rate hikes
[Summary] => Extreme inflationary pressure from food prices and utilities, bottlenecks in supply, and an impending rate hike in the US will force the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to implement another round of rate increases in the next two quarters.
[DatePublished] => 2014-09-13 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1097672
[AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres
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[Title] => Asians to rule global consumer mart by 2020
[Summary] => The Asian consumer class is estimated to hit a whopping 1.2 billion by 2020, and it is perceived to be “the great seismic economic shifts of all time.”
[DatePublished] => 2014-09-09 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1097672
[AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres
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[Title] => Foreign banks expect BSP to hike lending rates
[Summary] => Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ Bank) and ING Bank said they expect the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to increase lending rates by another 25 basis points (bps) this month.
[DatePublished] => 2014-09-07 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres
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[Title] => BSP expected to hike rates
[Summary] => Foreign financial institutions expect the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to hike interest rates in its next policy meeting to keep a lid on inflation.
[DatePublished] => 2014-08-30 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres
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[Title] => EDC inks $90-M bridge financing for wind power proj
[Summary] => Lopez-owned geothermal firm Energy Development Corp. (EDC) has signed a $90-million bridge financing facility to complete the second phase of its Burgos wind project in Ilocos Norte.
[DatePublished] => 2014-06-28 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1804708
[AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales
[SectionName] => Business
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[Title] => Analysts forecast hike in policy, SDA rates
[Summary] => Following the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) move to raise banks’ reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by one percentage point to 20 percent, analysts said the monetary regulator will likely increase by a total of 50 basis points (bps) its policy and special deposit account (SDA) rates.
[DatePublished] => 2014-05-11 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres
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