Philippine Stock Exchange

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The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) is the only stock exchange in the Philippines and is also one of the major stock exchanges in Southeast Asia. The PSE has two trading floors, one in Makati City's Central Business District and one at its headquarters in Pasig City.

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History

The Philippine Stock Exchange was formed from two stock exchanges, the Manila Stock Exchange (MSE), established on August 8, 1927, and the Makati Stock Exchange (MkSE), which was established on May 27, 1963.

Although both the MSE and the MkSE traded the same stocks of the same companies, the bourses were separate stock exchanges for nearly 30 years until December 23, 1992, when both exchanges merged into the present-day Philippine Stock Exchange.

In June 1998, the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission granted the PSE a "Self-Regulatory Organization" (SRO) status, meaning the bourse can implement its own policies and establish penalties on erring stock brokers, traders, and companies.

In 2001, one year after the enactment of the Securities Regulation Code, the PSE was transformed from a non-profit, no-stock, member-governed organization into a fledgling revenue-earning corporation headed by a president and a board of directors. The PSE eventually listed its shares on the exchange (traded under the ticker symbol PSE) and eventually ventured on into new fields such as debt securities.

Business

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The PSE before the mid-1990s was reminiscent of other outcry stock exchanges found throughout Southeast Asia before the technological advancements made during the last decade. On January 4, 1993, the former Manila Stock Exchange started the computerization of its operations using the Stratus Trading System (STS) with a company called Intelligent Wave Philippines. Later that year, on June 15, the former Makati Stock Exchange adopted the MakTrade trading system, the same system used on the Stock Exchange of Thailand and developed by the Chicago Stock Exchange. Both systems were linked on March 25, 1994, producing one set of opening and closing share prices, but orders were queued up on two different books.

Two years later, on November 13, 1995, both systems were unified when the PSE adopted the "Unified Trading System" (UTS) operating under the MakTrade system.

When the PSE started trading bonds on January 15, 2001, the system was modified to allow stock brokers to trade bonds using the same terminal. Also, the PSE-RoSS Interface System, a system allowing stock brokers to access the Philippine Bureau of the Treasury's Registry of Scriptless Securities (BTr-RoSS), was made operational on the same day.

Levels

  • Listed companies: 235
  • Brokerage houses: 200 +, but only 130 operational

Components

The PSE is split into eight indices based on various financial sectors. They are namely:

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