JTR Bentulan

A meek woman tries this thing called private banking in Germany. On ValentineÆs Day, she attempted an incredible cross-border funds transfer.

As the World Bank''s investment arm into the private sector, the International Finance Corporation recently earmarked a substantial $125 million for the Philippines. Country manager, Vipul C. Prakash, reveals the details of this investment.

The Philippine finance bureaucrats invented a perfect solution but applied it to the wrong problem.

Using German and Argentinian bonds to solve Philippine debt problems.

In another aggressive move, the Philippine monetary board lowered key interest rates by another 50 basis points even as Bangko Sentral (central bank) defended its governorÆs right to the post.

Two factors can prompt a bear bond market: the new administrationÆs management of banking NPL, and planned bond issuance this quarter.