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*'''PH 2nd fastest-rising bond market in EAsia'''

*Thursday June 20, 2019

:Business expansion in both government and corporate securities in the Philippines enabled the local bond market to become the second fastest-growing in emerging East Asia, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.

:In its latest Asia Bond Monitor released on Wednesday, ADB said the country’s currency bond market grew by 17 percent to P6.5 billion ($125.4 million) in the first quarter of the year from P5.5 billion ($107 billion) in the same quarter of 2018 ........... [https://www.manilatimes.net/ph-2nd-fastest-rising-bond-market-in-easia/572193/<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]

*'''USAID, ADB partner on $7-billion clean energy technical assistance program'''

*Wednesday, June 19, 2019

:PRIVATE-sector firms in the Philippines and other countries in the Asia and the Pacific region can access a new technical assistance support for clean energy investments from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

:In a briefing on Tuesday, the ADB said the agreement aims to mobilize $7 billion in technical assistance, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region, in the next five years ........... [https://businessmirror.com.ph/2019/06/19/usaid-adb-partner-on-7-billion-clean-energy-technical-assistance-program/<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]