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Top Frontier Holdings (TFHI) to list by way of introduction

Top Frontier Investment Holdings Inc. (TFHI), the single largest shareholder of conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has secured approval from the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) to list its shares on the PSE next year.

Top Frontier Investment Holdings owns a major stake in SMC but, interestingly, the conglomerate SMC is also the biggest shareholder of Top Frontier.

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ATM Withdrawal, Balance Inquiry Fees of Philippine banks

Do you know how much your bank is charging you whenever you use your automated teller machine (ATM) to make a withdrawal or balance inquiry in another bank’s ATM?

Be aware, because if you have no idea how much the fees are, they can eat up your total deposit balance.

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Invest in PAGIBIG Housing Bonds for only P5,000

The Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF), commonly known as Pag-ibig, recently issued bonds that even small-time investors can buy and invest in. Last week, the Pag-ibig Fund announced that they are issuing to the public the new series of Bahay Bonds, a five-year mortgage-backed security aimed at raising P300-600 million that Pag-ibig can use to sustain its housing loan services to beneficiaries.

Pag-ibig Fund’s Bahay or Housing Bonds will pay a coupon rate of 4.80% per year. Each bonds costs only P5,000 making it easier for retail investors to participate in this bond offering.

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Top 10 banks in the Philippines

Update: Largest Banks in the Philippines (2009)

Banco de Oro (BDO) is now the largest bank in the Philippines, in terms of both assets and total deposits.

This is according to a report of comparative sizes of Philippine banks which I got from my bank.

Until 2007, Metrobank was the largest bank. As of December 31, 2008, however, Banco de Oro has overtaken Metrobank and has grabbed the title since.

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