Pandemic pushes Pinoys to invest
22 Feb 2021 The SMDC International Sales Team led by director Norberto Layug Jr. at their recent courtesy call to Ambassador to the UAE Hjayceelyn M. Quintana (middle) at the Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi.
Mariecar Jara-Puyod,
Senior Reporter
Overseas Filipinos (OFs) including from the UAE and other parts of the Middle East have been noted to engage in real estate/property development investments back home.
This was from two separate remote Monday interviews with officials from two of the Top 5 Philippine property developers (as of March 2020), namely SM Development Corp. (SMDC)-Operations vice president Joseph Anthony Teves and Freedom Sales Corp. partnered with Filinvest-Europe/Middle East/Asia Maynard Portugal.
Students make spectacular landing at Financial Literacy programme finale by Visa 17:29 | 29/12/2020
The judging panel and winning teams at Visa s Financial Literacy programme finale
The Financial Literacy Programme, a collaboration between Visa â the world-leader in digital payments â the Central Committee of the Vietnam Studentsâ Association (CCVSA), and VinaCapital â a leading venture capital firm â sought to provide aspiring student entrepreneurs with the answers to common cash-flow dilemmas, and the skills needed to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams.
After being shortlisted from around 700 entrants, the seven three-person finalist teams gathered in Hanoi and pitched their startup ideas and business plans to a panel of expert judges, competing for the chance to win investment and internship opportunities at venture capital firm VinaCapital.