8 Canada banks join Facebook boycott
Eight major Canadian banks said Thursday they would heed a call by other major global advertisers to boycott Facebook, demanding the social network do more to tackle racist and other hate speech. Scotiabank, RBC, CIBC, TD, BMO, National Bank of Canada, Desjardins and Laurentian Bank confirmed to AFP that they support the #StopHateForProfit movement launched […] The post 8 Canada banks join Facebook boycott appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Phl economic team to woo investors in Middle East
The Philippine economic team will perform a roadshow and briefings throughout the Middle East this week to attract new investors in the country, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Sunday. In a statement, DBM said the economic team will hold the roadshow in Doha, Qatar on 10 September and another Philippine Economic Briefing (PEB) in Dubai, UAE on 12 September after successful briefings in Europe, Washington D.C., Singapore, Japan, and Canada this year. Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno will give the keynote address for both programs, followed by Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, who will present priority expenditures, including climate change, sustainability, and maintaining infrastructure spending at 5–6% of GDP over the medium term. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Deputy Governor Francisco Dakila Jr. will discuss the monetary, external, and financial sectors. On the other hand, National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Arsenio Balisacan will discuss infrastructure investment and development. Budget Undersecretary Margaux Salcedo and HSBC Head of Communications in Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey Nick Edwards will lead a panel discussion on the Philippine economy and investment possibilities after the presentations. The Economic Team will also meet with banks, financial institutions, and other investors from both nations in small groups. BSP, DOF, Philippine Embassy in Doha and Abu Dhabi, Philippine Consulate General in Dubai, Philippine Trade and Investment Center Dubai, Dubai Islamic Bank, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, MUFG, Standard Chartered Bank, and others co-organize the event. The post Phl economic team to woo investors in Middle East appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
An inane idea
The conflict in the disputed waters in the West Philippine Sea has birthed unnecessary and unpalatable narratives plus inane proposals to dramatize the country’s condemnation of the provocative and aggressive navigational acts coming from some government functionaries, apart from escalating the tension between claimants China and the Philippines. The repeated infuriating bullying by the Chinese Coast Guard on our own Philippine Coast Guard and Philippine vessels has been relentless. China has been oblivious to our countless diplomatic protests and calls for it to stop its incursions on our territorial waters, respect our sovereign rights and accept the arbitrary ruling handed by the Permanent Arbitration Court. It has turned deaf ears to our protestations. It has been unmoved by the collective expression of condemnation of its acts of aggression against the Philippines from countries consisting of the European Union, Japan, Australia Canada, and the United States. Not even the threat by the latter to use counter-offensive and defensive measures by way of enforcing the Mutual Defense Treaty between it and our country could soften China’s provocative and aggressive stance. It stubbornly refuses to recognize the arbitral ruling of the Permanent Arbitration Court that has rejected its nine-dash expansionist claim over a large part of the South China Sea while validating the Philippines’ claim over Ayungin Shoal as within its exclusive economic zone. China’s emergence from an underdeveloped and weak country to a superpower like the United States and Russia made it easy for it to adopt the maxim that might is right. Truly, from a sleeping giant, it has become a mighty dragon spewing fire. China’s unacceptable and outrageous assaults on our territorial waters, which must be stopped, is, however, not an excuse to call for a boycott of its products. It’s a stupid idea. The proponents have not considered the repercussions if we enforce such an inane thought. We cannot be hostage to that vexing conflict with China and throw to the winds the benefits derived from our trade relations with it. China, being the largest supplier of manufactured goods, is known as the “ world’s factory.“ Every imaginable household use, clothes, shoes, textiles, construction materials, kitchen and toilet fixtures, beauty equipment, electronic gadgets, toys, outdoor and interior decors, tiles, air conditioning units, electric fans, engineered floors, kitchen utensils, heavy machinery and equipment, engineered wood floors, and a thousand other items. Compared to US and European-made, Chinese-manufactured goods are much cheaper. No wonder, they are much preferred now by the average Filipino because of the affordable prices of these products. Quality-wise, they can give Western merchandise a run for their money. A government policy of boycotting goods coming from China will deprive millions of ordinary Filipinos to have them. This is an anti-poor program. The propagates of this boycott idea seem to be either ignorant or oblivious to the fact that China is the biggest trade partner of the Philippines. Philippines exports to China have reached a whopping $10.97 billion in 2022 while imports from China rose to $28.2 billion per the latest data. If we enforce a boycott policy of Chinese products, those figures will be jeopardized. Do those propagators of such foolish advocacy realize the monstrosity of that monumentally folly? (To be continued) The post An inane idea appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Digibanks to open financial access to unserved
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is studying whether to open license applications to more digital banks in the country soon. In a Philippine economic briefing in Canada last Thursday, BSP Governor Eli Remolona said officials are still monitoring developments in digital banking and electronic payments in the Philippines and building the proper infrastructure, systems, and human resources before authorizing more industry players. “We’ve limited licenses to six digital banks for now, and we must catch up with technology. So we’re expanding our capacity to work with digital banks, and pretty soon, I think we’ll be ready to work with more digital banks,” Remolona said. BSP has been collaborating with financial technology firms through its regulatory sandbox, where financial technology firms present their innovative products and services and have them tested under the watch of a BSP regulator. “What we do is put them in the sandbox and bring in the regulator to work with them so the regulator understands the implications of the innovations. Usually, you have the innovation and regulations at the end of the year. It’s a matter of efficiency and competitiveness for the banking system,” Remolona explained further. Department of Budget and Management Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, who previously served as assistant BSP governor, said further studies on digital banking and electronic money issuers or EMIs are needed to ensure BSP regulations truly promote the adoption of these innovative services nationally. “We have a study that there was a time when there were a lot of EMIs in the country. As of now, it’s on hold before a study. Hopefully, BSP will develop recommendations on whether to open the digital banking space or limit the players moving forward.” McKinsey & Company reported that GoTyme, UnionDigital Bank, and UNO Bank had a total market value of $3 billion, more than the $ 2.2 billion of traditional banks between January 2021 and January 2023. However, the report stressed: While competition in digital financial services is intensifying, dominant players have yet to emerge outside the mobile payments subsector. Six digital banks have recently launched operations in the Philippines, but none lend at scale. Tonik Digital Bank Inc., Maya, and Overseas Filipino Bank Inc are the three other digital banks. In a summit on artificial intelligence in May, Henry Aguda, president of UnionDigital Bank, said digital banks must still acquire trust from most Filipinos, especially for loans, before new industry players can compete successfully and be profitable. “If I use a car analogy, the six digital banks generally use the same road and most car parts. But ours is a different engine, and that changes the game. I’m not saying there should be lighter regulations, but more progressive regulations with a digital banking slant.” The post Digibanks to open financial access to unserved appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Phl mulls Islamic bond issue
The Marcos administration unveiled plans to issue its first Islamic bond or sukuk, in the third quarter of this year to raise additional funds for its economic recovery initiatives, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said. On the sidelines of the Philippine Economic Briefing in Toronto, Canada, on Thursday morning (Eastern Time), Diokno told reporters that the country eyes raising $1 billion through sukuk. National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon, for her part, said the Philippines wants to “penetrate” the Middle East market for Islamic bond issuance. However, she said that the Philippine banks still need a mandate for the transaction. De Leon added that the transaction, which could include two parts with durations of five years and 10 years, respectively, may occur later this year, depending on market conditions. “We are looking at 10 years, but we are also being advised that the sweet spot would be five years,” De Leon said. “We are working on the structure of the notes,” De Leon added. For context, Fitch Ratings said in a report earlier this week that the volume of sukuk bonds grew by 10 percent during the first 12 months ending 30 June and even exceeded $800 billion. Fitch Ratings added that the Islamic bonds could pick up in the last quarter of the year. Earlier this month, Diokno said that apart from the Islamic bonds, the government eyes selling US dollar denominated bonds to retail investors to raise $2 billion. In his speech before the PEB, Diokno expressed optimism that the country would reach its target gross domestic product growth rate of six to seven percent this year. He explained that the Philippines is among Asia’s “fastest-growing economies,” beating growth expectations in the first quarter. Gross domestic product in the three months through March rose 6.4 percent from a year earlier. Diokno added that the World Bank and International Monetary Fund recently upgraded the growth outlook on the Philippines to six percent for 2023 against the backdrop of slower growth in developed markets globally. He added that the Philippines also maintained investor-grade credit ratings. Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook on the Philippines’ BBB rating from negative to stable due to the country’s growth outlook and some macroeconomic policy framework. However, Diokno said inflation remains a concern for the country’s economic managers as the Philippines’ inflation eased for the fifth consecutive month in June 2023. The latest data showed that the country’s inflation rate hit 5.4 percent, down from 6.1 percent in May. “This slowdown in inflation suggests that the government’s inflation mitigating measures are gaining ground,” Diokno said. “In terms of policy, the Philippine government is continuously harmonizing efforts to ensure a timely analysis of the demand and supply of key commodities,” Diokno added. The post Phl mulls Islamic bond issue appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Losing cash while holding it
Consulting firm Manulife Investment Management or MIM has presented a financial paradox in that an investor loses money kept in the vault for too long. Investors are increasingly concerned about market risks because of factors such as the increases in US Federal Reserve interest rates, individual banking crises, and increasingly serious geopolitical risks. As a result, many investors are reluctant to invest in the market, and some even sell their stocks and bonds to minimize losses. In response, banks offer higher deposit rates to appeal to investors, who choose to hold money in the form of term deposits. MIM, however, warned in a report that holding cash may seem like a good option during periods of market volatility, but cash remains vulnerable to inflation, especially in the current macroeconomic environment. Inflation erodes the purchasing power of cash, meaning it will buy less with it in the future. A simple calculation to prove the difference between holding cash versus stocks: Between 2011 and 2021, the return on cash (as measured by the annualized return of the three-month US Treasury bill) was 0.47 percent. Adjusted for inflation, which was 2.17 percent on average during those 10 years, the return was minus 1.7 percent. Put simply, $100,000 in Treasury bills in 2011 would have had $84,243.26 of buying power 10 years later. Conversely, over the same 10-year period, a $100,000 investment in the S&P/TSX composite dividend index, the stocks benchmark in Canada, would have resulted in $200,797.37 of buying power, thanks to its inflation-adjusted annualized return of 7.22 percent. In addition, investors should also consider how real interest rates (i.e. bank deposit rates minus inflation) affect their returns. From January to February 2023, the annual nominal interest rate on three-month term deposits in most Asian countries or regions varied from 2.5 percent to 5.4 percent. Then there’s deposit rates However, when adjusted for changes in the consumer price index during the same period, the real three-month time deposit annual interest rate ranged from negative 5.2 percent to 1.09 percent. “History tells us that equities, bonds, and some income-oriented investments have the potential to deliver higher long-term returns than cash and could potentially outstrip inflation,” MIM’s report stated. From 2009 to 2022, compounded annual nominal returns for Asian equities and bonds were 8.15 percent and 4.38 percent, respectively. Real estate investment trusts in the Asia-Pacific region generated an annualized return as high as 11.38 percent. The post Losing cash while holding it appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Asian markets struggle to match Wall Street as inflation data looms
Markets were mixed in Asia on Tuesday, with investors awaiting the release of key US inflation data later in the day that could play a big role in the Federal Reserve's keenly anticipated interest rate decision. Expectations are for the US central bank to hold fire at the end of its meeting Wednesday -- after 10 straight hikes -- as data suggested the economy remained healthy but was showing signs that the tightening measures are kicking in. Analysts said bets are on a pause for another increase next month, though they warned that a forecast-busting reading on the consumer price index could force officials to keep lifting. Optimism that borrowing costs will be held -- traders have priced in a 20 percent chance of a hike -- has helped push stocks higher this month, with the S&P 500 now in a bull market, having risen 20 percent from its October lows. "The committee is expected to skip the June meeting but still pair that with hawkish communications to counter any sense that a June pause trumpets the end of their hiking campaign," said SPI Asset Management's Stephen Innes. "However, a big upside surprise in today's CPI could move the rate hike needle for June up to and above 50-50." After a strong performance on Wall Street, Asia struggled to pick up the baton. Tokyo, Seoul, Wellington and Taipei rose but Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, Singapore, Manila and Jakarta were in negative territory. The Fed decision comes as central banks around the world continue to struggle in their battle against inflation, which remains well above their two percent targets. The European Central Bank is expected to unveil another increase Thursday despite the eurozone dipping into recession, while the Bank of Japan is tipped to stand pat when it meets Friday. Canada and Australia announced increases last week. But China on Tuesday announced a small cut in its short-term lending rates as authorities try to kickstart a recovery in the economy, which has run out of steam after an initial burst seen after the lifting of zero-Covid restrictions. The move comes after figures showed inflation remained subdued and saw the yuan drop against the dollar. China's ongoing problems remained a weight on the crude market as investors fret over the impact on demand, even after Saudi Arabia's surprise decision to slash output by a million barrels a day next month. WTI is down about 15 percent this year Brent has lost around 13 percent. Both contracts edged up Tuesday but made little headway into the four percent losses suffered the day before as Goldman Sachs slashed its price forecast for the third time in six months. - Key figures around 0230 GMT - Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 1.6 percent at 32,946.49 (break) Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: DOWN 0.6 percent at 19,296.53 Shanghai - Composite: DOWN 0.4 percent at 3,217.54 Euro/dollar: UP at $1.0772 from $1.0762 on Monday Pound/dollar: UP at $1.2522 from $1.2510 Dollar/yen: DOWN at 139.49 yen from 139.56 yen Euro/pound: UP at 86.04 percent from 86.00 pence West Texas Intermediate: UP 0.2 percent at $67.26 per barrel Brent North Sea crude: UP 0.4 percent at $72.11 per barrel New York - Dow: UP 0.6 percent at 34,066.33 (close) London - FTSE 100: UP 0.1 percent at 7,570.69 (close) dan/dva © Agence France-Presse The post Asian markets struggle to match Wall Street as inflation data looms appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
G7 to squeeze Russia, weigh risk of China’s ‘economic coercion’
G7 leaders arrived in Hiroshima, Japan, on Thursday to weigh tighter sanctions on Russia and protections against China's "economic coercion", surrounded by reminders about the harrowing cost of war. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is hosting leaders from six other wealthy democracies in his hometown -- a city synonymous with nuclear destruction and now peppered with peace monuments. Leaders including US President Joe Biden will try over three days to forge a united front on Russia and China, where the allies' interests do not always neatly align. Biden's delicate diplomatic offensive in Asia hit a bump even before Air Force One left US soil: A domestic budget row forced him to cancel stops in Papua New Guinea and Australia. He arrived in Hiroshima Thursday, becoming just the second US president after Barack Obama to visit a city levelled by his country's "Little Boy" atomic bomb. Russia's 15-month-old invasion of Ukraine will top the agenda when the G7 summit gets underway Friday, after a new spate of aerial attacks on Kyiv and a long winter of grinding warfare in Bakhmut and other frontline towns. "We stand up for the shared values including supporting the people of Ukraine as they defend their sovereign territory and holding Russia accountable for its brutal aggression," Biden said as he met Kishida Thursday. The United States and its allies have poured weaponry into Ukraine to stall the Russian advance, but a long-anticipated spring counteroffensive by Kyiv's forces has yet to materialize. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to address the group by video link. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said leaders would discuss battlefield developments and tightening a sanctions regime that, according to official statistics, caused Russia's economy to contract a further 1.9 percent last quarter. G7 nations have already adopted sanctions on Russian banks and military firms, and placed price caps on Russian crude. Discussions are expected on tighter enforcement, and new measures on a range of goods, including Moscow's roughly $5 billion annual trade in diamonds. Nuclear shadow Putin's repeated threats to turn the Ukraine conflict nuclear have been roundly condemned by G7 leaders and dismissed by some commentators as little more than an attempt to shake European and American resolve. But a leaders' visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Friday is likely to pull those threats into sharper focus. The bombing on 6 August 1945 obliterated Hiroshima, claimed an estimated 140,000 lives and forever changed the world. Kishida wants to use the summit to press his guests -- nuclear powers Britain, France and the United States -- to commit to transparency on stockpiles and arsenal reductions. But expectations for a breakthrough are low. 'Economic coercion' Summit discussions on China are expected to focus on efforts to insulate G7 economies from potential economic blackmail, by diversifying supply chains and markets. In disputes with countries from Australia to Canada, President Xi Jinping's administration has shown a willingness to block, tax or hamper trade with little warning or explanation. White House official Sullivan said leaders were expected to decry this "economic coercion" and work to bridge transatlantic differences about how to engage with China. Washington has taken an aggressive approach, blocking China's access to the most advanced semiconductors and the equipment to make them, and has pressed Japan and the Netherlands to follow suit. But European policymakers -- most notably those in Berlin and Paris -- are keen to make sure that "de-risking" does not mean shattering ties with China, one of the world's largest markets. "This G7 is not an anti-Chinese G7," an adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron told journalists before the summit. "We have a positive message for China, which is that we are ready to cooperate on condition that we negotiate together," the adviser added. Host Japan is also keen to talk to developing nations that have been wooed by Chinese investment, with leaders from India, Brazil and Indonesia among those invited by Kishida to Hiroshima. Evidence of Beijing's growing economic and diplomatic clout was on display Thursday in the former imperial capital Xi'an. There, Xi is hosting the leaders of five Central Asian countries that were once seen as firmly in Moscow's orbit but are increasingly drawn to Beijing. The post G7 to squeeze Russia, weigh risk of China’s ‘economic coercion’ appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Cash remittances dip 6.4% in January-May
The central bank said cash remittances or transfers via the banking system has declined by 6.4 percent year-on-year in the first five months of the year to $11.554 billion from $12.349 billion. “The decline in cash remittances was due to the negative effects of the continued limited operating hours of some banks and institutions that provide money transfer services during the lockdown and the repatriation of many OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) in March 2020,” said the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in a statement Monday. The cash remittances of land-based overseas Filipinos dropped 7.2 percent to $8.965 billion compared to same time last year of $9.664 billion. The remittances of sea-based workers also dipped 3.6 percent to $2.589 billion from $2.684 billion. “By country source, the US registered the highest share to total overseas Filipinos remittances at 39.4 percent for January–May. It was followed by Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Japan, the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Hongkong, Qatar, and Taiwan,” the BSP said. “The combined remittances from these countries accounted for 78.8 percent of total cash remittances.” For the month of May only, remittances sent through the banks decreased by 19.3 percent to $2.106 billion compared to $2.609 billion same time in 2019. Also for the month of May, personal remittances fell by 19.2 percent to $2.341 billion versus $2.896 billion in May 2019. Personal remittances from land-based workers with work contracts of one year or more slipped by 21.2 percent to $1.77 billion in May from $2.24 billion. Sea-based workers and land-based workers with work contracts of less than one year also declined by 12.4 percent to $519 million from $592 million in 2019. According to the BSP, “this is the third consecutive month that personal remittances posted year-on-year contraction amid the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on global economic activity, travel, and employment, resulting in the repatriation or deferment of employment of many OFWs.” For the cumulative January-May, personal remittances went down by 6.4 percent year-on-year to $12.835 billion from $13.707 billion. Personal remittances as defined by the BSP, is the “sum of net compensation of employees, personal transfers and capital transfers between households.” For 2020, the BSP expects cash remittances to contract by five percent and end up with $28.6 billion and then recover next year, bouncing back to a four percent growth to $29.8 billion. Last year, cash remittances reached $30.133 billion or up 4.1 percent from 2018, while personal remittances grew by 3.9 percent year-on-year to $33.467 billion......»»
Pandemic hammers HSBC profits in H1
HONG KONG (AFP) – HSBC on Monday said profits for the first half of 2020 plunged by 69 percent on year as the banking giant was hammered by the coronavirus pandemic and spiralling China-US tensions. The lender reported post-tax profits of $3.1 billion while pre-tax profit was $4.3 billion, a 64 percent drop on the same period last year. Reported revenue was down nine percent at $26.7 billion. Chief executive Noel Quinn described the first six months of the year as ”some of the most challenging in living memory”. ”Our first-half performance was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, falling interest rates, increased geopolitical risk and heightened levels of market volatility,” he said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange, Even by the standards of the current economic maelstrom engulfing global banks, HSBC has had a torrid year. Before the coronavirus crisis it was beset by disappointing profit growth, ground down by US-China trade war uncertainties and Britain’s departure from the European Union. The Asia-focused lender embarked on a huge cost-cutting initiative at the start of the year, including plans to slash some 35,000 jobs as well as trimming fat from less profitable divisions, primarily in the United States and Europe. The coronavirus upended some of that cost-cutting drive with banks hammered by market volatility and the economic slowdown caused by the pandemic. But HSBC has a further headache — geopolitical tensions via its status as a major business conduit between China and the West. HSBC makes 90 percent of its profit in Asia, with China and Hong Kong being the major drivers of growth. Caught in crossfire As a result it has found itself more vulnerable than most to the crossfire caused by the increasingly bellicose relationship between Beijing and Washington. The bank has tried to stay in Beijing’s good graces. It vocally backed a draconian national security law that Beijing imposed on Hong Kong in June to end a year of unrest and pro-democracy protests. The move sparked criticism in Washington and London but analysts saw it as an attempt to protect its access to China, which has a track record of punishing businesses that do not toe Beijing’s line. But that has not shielded it from Beijing’s wrath. Last month the bank was a subject of multiple reports in China’s state-run media claiming that it had helped to provide the evidence that led to the arrest in Canada of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on a US arrest warrant. HSBC released a statement on its Chinese Weibo accounts saying it had not ”framed” telecom giant Huawei or ”fabricated evidence” that led to the arrest of Meng. China’s internet censors blocked access to HSBC’s statement within hours of publication, without offering an explanation. Quinn referenced the bank’s growing political vulnerability in Monday’s statement. ”Current tensions between China and the US inevitably create challenging situations for an organization with HSBC’s footprint,” he said. ”However, the need for a bank capable of bridging the economies of East and West is acute, and we are well placed to fulfill this role,” he added. The bank’s Asia operations continued to show ”good resilience”, Quinn said, with profit before tax of $7.4 billion. Earlier this year Quinn put some of the job cuts on hold as the pandemic struck. But in Monday’s statement he vowed to press ahead with the cost-cutting. ”As we seek to accelerate our transformation in the second half of the year, I am mindful of the impact it will have for some of our people, particularly those leaving us,” he said......»»
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Thousands join Porac town earthquake drill
Thousands join Porac town earthquake drill.....»»
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