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Based on a report submitted by the PSE to the Capital Market Development Council (CMDC), local retail investors had accounted for 74.3 percent of stock market transactions as of end-March this year.
In terms of volume, retail investors accounted for 43.3 percent of total, a significant jump from 18.2 percent in 2019 and 26.9 percent last year.
Foreign participation in the stock market, on the other hand, declined in the first three-months to 25.7 percent from 55.5 percent in 2019 and 45.4 percent in 2020.
Despite the sharp drop in the number of overseas investors, the average trading volume of the local bourse still rose by 49.6 percent last quarter, which PSE President Ramon Monzon said “indicating that local investors have stepped up.”
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+ May 13, 2021 THE Philippine Stock Exchange Inc. (PSE) will be conducting a roundtable discussion entitled “The Road to IPO” on May 25, 2021 at 2 p.m.
Top executives of PSE-listed firms will talk about their successful initial public offering (IPO) journey and share with potential listing applicants the benefits their companies enjoy from being listed at the PSE.
This event aims to equip entrepreneurs and business owners with knowledge and insights on the process of going public from the perspective of those who have actually gone through it.
Panelists
Key panelists participating in “The Road to IPO” roundtable discussion are SM Investments Corp. chairman Jose Sio, Bank of the Philippine Islands president and chief executive officer Jose Teodoro Limcaoco, Puregold Price Club Inc. director and Cosco Capital Inc. president Leonardo Dayao and Wilcon Depot Inc. president and chief executive Lorraine Belo-Cincochan.