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On September 23, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") issued Memorandum Circular No. 13, Series of 2025, or the Guidelines on Philippine Green Equity (the "Green Equity Guidelines").

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended the deadline for applications for amnesty...

The Circular took effect on January 1, 2023. It increased the penalties imposed under the 2019 Circular and imposed additional non-financial penalties.

Last March 1, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued its Memorandum Circular No. 3 to implement the ceilings previously imposed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas...

The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued Memorandum Circular No. 16, series of 2025 (“SEC MC No. 16-2025”)...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued Memorandum Circular No. 18, Series of 2023, providing guidelines on the submission of digital copies of applications, compliance documents...

The guide covers the setting up of a corporation or a branch office in the Philippines, post-SEC registration permits, how Philippine entities are taxed, tax incentives available, and merger notification rules.

On May 06, 2022, Republic Act (RA) No. 11765, or the Financial Products and Services Consumer Protection Act, was signed into law.

There is no specific definition of "doing business" in the Corporation Code of the Philippines. However, under the Foreign Investments Act...

The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has further extended to September 30, 2023 the deadline for amnesty applications for late and non-filing of annual...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has released a draft memorandum circular proposing to lift the moratorium on new online lending platform registrations while establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital lending operations. The proposed guidelines introduce stringent prudential, disclosure, and market conduct requirements that will reshape how financing and lending companies operate in the digital space.

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued Memorandum Circular No. 3, Series of 2023 or the Guidelines on the Issuance of Sustainability-Linked Bonds Under the ASEAN Sustainability-Linked Bond Standards...

Republic Act No. 11523, also known as "An Act Ensuring Philippine Financial Industry Resiliency Against the COVID-19 Pandemic" (FIST Act).

On 25 April 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued Memorandum Circular No. 5, series of 2023 (link here) and adopted the SEC Rules and Regulations of the Financial Products...

Following a series of public consultations, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued SEC Memorandum Circular No. 20, Series of 2026, entitled “Guidelines Prescribing Prudential...

The Circular took effect on March 17, 2023.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) issued Memorandum CN-No. 2020-0104, dated December 21, 2020, on the amendments to its Voluntary Delisting Rules.

The government passed Republic Act (RA) No. 11765, otherwise known as Financial Products and Services Consumer Protection Act, to ensure that appropriate mechanisms are in place to protect...