Countries / Southeast Asia
Investing in Philippines
Remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are a structural pillar of household savings and, increasingly, of the investing products built to capture that inflow.
- Capital
- Manila
- Currency
- Philippine peso
- Main exchange
- Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)
- Regulator
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
How people invest in Philippines
Bank-distributed mutual funds and unit investment trust funds (UITFs) are the most common entry point; variable universal life (VUL) insurance-investment hybrids are heavily sold; PSE equities are dominated by a small number of century-old family conglomerates.
Entrepreneurial families to know
Business families based in Philippines who are also active capital allocators — see the full family capital directory.
Sy family
Henry Sy Sr., who moved from Xiamen, China, to the Philippines at age 12, opened the first ShoeMart …
Real estateAyala family
Ayala Corporation traces to 1834, when Domingo Roxas and Antonio de Ayala established the trading ho…
Food & beverageGokongwei family
John Gokongwei Jr., born in Xiamen, China, lost his family's fortune after his father's death and th…
Other Southeast Asia markets
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